Upgrade PC or buy Xbox?

It sounds like you are already invested in PC. Do you prefer KB/M and is it important to your experience? Have you considered the cost of paying to play online? Do you accept the game library of the Xbox? Also, in order to decide, it would be helpful to tell us which GPU you will find for the same price or slightly less than an Xbox. I haven't voted because I don't know enough about your situation and preference.

I didn't vote, because you forgot about the CPU.

It's not just all about upgrading your GPU either. Your CPU is crucial. Your CPU draws the scene and sends the drawn frames to the GPU to render them. If your game is CPU heavy and can't draw the frames, your graphics card won't render them.

If you Lower the resolution and or graphics settings and get an increased frame rate, then your GPU is the issue.

If the graphics or resolution change doesn't increase the FPS then the issue is a bottlenecked CPU.

What are your current specs?

Many on these System Wars forums are obsessed with TF (teraflops) which is only the mark of graphics performance, not CPU performance.

Obivously buy a new GPU.

4090.

Funny how you juddge all these games on your GTX 960.

Definitely upgrade pc the consoles are already dated compared to what GPU are out.

its all about affordable. GPU are too expensive in my country. waaay too expensives.

i can't imagine you with a console. upgrade your pc.

i've just recently bought an xbox, it's not blown me away, but it has gamepass

Whichever is more economically feasible. I have a lot of money so PC was an easy choice for me over some garbage like PS5.

What are your current system specs? What country do you live in? You offer too little information, might be a troll thread. Gpu that are about the same price as the consoles are either a 7800 XT or an RTX 4070. But if your cpu and other components suck ass it becomes pointless.

My vote would definitely be upgrade GPU since you already have a PC and a game library.

Whats your CPU though? If you have a super old CPU then you might be better off investing in an Xbox, but even then the CPU would be better than whats in consoles lol

Way too little information there. Need more on the rest of your system as well as what kind of GPU you are upgrading to.

Maybe someone can send their old GPU to Ghosts instead of collecting dust

Depends, ghosts does playing with a controller bother you alot? If so you need to just upgrade your pc. If you are OK with controller I say yeah, grab an SX

@sargentd: what does a controller have to do with this?

We already spoke about this many many times. If you think that upgrading the gpu will be enough, you're wrong. You will most certainly need a new cpu, 32gb of ddr5 and a new motherboard as well. I upgraded to the rx6800 earlier this year, and overclocked it past the rx6800xt. Now my i5 9600k running at 4.8 is bottlenecking the shit outta my gpu in Baldur's Gate 3, and that game isn't even graphically intensive. New games need new cpu's, and i hear fast ddr5 makes a big difference as well.

And remember, you have never used a controller in your life. A hermit with a controller in their hands will be incapable of controlling their in game character. As a matter of fact, a hermit with a controller is less skillfull than a granny in her late 70's. This is not a joke, its actually true and real. So think about that for a second.

@ghosts4ever: What are your PC specs?

As long as you have a 3rd zen Ryzen 3600+ or Intel i7 8700 or better you should be ok on the cpu front. Now if you have Ryzen 2000 series on a b450/x470 board you can upgrade to a Ryzen 5700 fairly cheap. Not knowing your gpu neither is not helping what would be a good upgrade for you.

Pretty sure his gpu is an rx580 lol

He could pick up a rtx 3060 12gb or a rx 6700 10gb for $280.

I know that Xbox/PS5 allow you to use keyboard and mouse, just not sure if it’s for all games.

That's not that bad of price for performance you get.

I do have Ryzen 5 3600. CPU side its fine. GPUs are too expensive in my region.

still using Rx 580. its showing age.

What are your specs for your PC?

@ghosts4ever: How does importing work? Can't you use some company like "shipito" to get a good price in another region and ship it to where you are?

@ghosts4ever: You can get a RX6700xt and a R5 5600x for the same price as a Series X

Yea, AMD isnt updating the drivers anymore for games for the Ol' 580. Also see if you can find a deal on used gpu's in your area too. At least look for a RTX 2070/ RX 6600XT or better.

Get a PS5 and let us know how you feel on a controller. I want to hear this😎

Is this a joke?

What? Not even trying anymore man.

GPU

lol he is not trolling. I have been talking with him about him upgrading his pc since early 2020. Its been almost 4 years since he has been planning to upgrade, but still hasn't

Upgrade

Upgrade!

UPGRAAAAAAAAAADE!

I mean if you already have a decent PC and all you need is a component or two, it'd be cheaper or roughly the same cost as a new console.

Even if it were more expensive, you'd reap far more benefits with a PC than a console. Including but not limited to:

• More storefronts to buy games
• Infinite backwards compatibility (well, almost infinite...)
• Cheaper games
• More subscription services to take advantage of.
• Game Pass on PC. Yes it's on Xbox of course, but on PC it's better cuz...PC.
• Larger playerbase
• Multiuse. You can play your game then alt-tab, put on some music, go back to playing your game or whatever, get to a tough spot, alt-tab and look up a strategy really quick. Could also hook up a second monitor to make it easier.
• More peripherals. Keyboards, mice, flightsticks and HOTAS setups, controllers, VR headsets, wheels, rudders and pedals...all kinds of cool shit.
• More future proof, with opportunities to upgrade and customize. PC's are not limited to finite "generations" like consoles.

@ghosts4ever: what do you need to upgrade?

PC without question. All major Xbox games are coming to PC so if you already have a PC, Xbox is useless. I would get a PS5 over the Xbox cause there are exclusives

Upgrade your PC. Use DSR if your monitor is 1080p.

I voted upgrade your PC, playing on a controller would be too hard for you.

I have the same processor. RTX 3060 12GB. 16 GB DDR4 ram. 600W PSU.

And yeah, it's pretty damn sweet.

Without knowing your circumstance, it's hard to say. I have a good gaming pc, not great but decently good. I personally like gaming on my Xbox better than the pc, and not really concerned with spending $2500 on a new gpu or whatever it costs these days.

People try to find fulfillment with junk, but end of the day they are the same, still not any better off or experiencing better gaming or life in general. Better graphics or the latest tech wont necessarily improve your experience, just a way to fool yourself into thinking you are.

With that said, go with what's in your budget, don't spend more money than you need to. There's tons of gaming options out there, and your enjoyment won't really be worse on an Xbox series consoles or the past gen Xbox than it is on pc.

Samesies. Very good CPU for the price at the time, but it's starting to show its age.

You either want a console experience or a PC gaming experience, what’s there to discuss?

I chose a console because I didn’t really want to go through a full overhaul of my PC when my current does everything but new games. It’s a personal choice.

If you want a console then it’s the simple question of whether like Xbox games or PlayStation games.

Hermits and cows will say upgrade pc/buy Ps5 and lems will say XBSX..

Yada,yada,yada

If it is, I can't even tell. Most games I play the CPU load hovers around 10-20% whereas the GPU load is closer to 80%.

SuperMight XSX MonsterBox or bust!! :P

You likely need a CPU, GPU and RAM upgrade. That will cost double what the Series X is, but will also outperform it. What matters more, price or performance? That will give you your answer

XSX my opinion

it's most likely fine if you don't aim for higher than console fps as that's kinda the same level as the console cpu's, some games it runs fine, some cpu intensive games like Darktide you wont be hitting 60fps with any settings, bg3 act3 is most likely 30fps city at best

Upgrade PC

Please get an X and upload a short vid of you playing AW2.