PC gamers have a time-honored tradition of flexing hard on console peasants who, in their opinion, play on inferior hardware. Microsoft’s Xbox Series X is about to put that tradition to the test, and I’m not sure the PC’s hardware superiority will survive.
The Xbox Series X, now confirmed to have a GPU with 12 teraflops of compute performance, is much quicker than any previous console. It doubles the GPU performance of the Xbox One X, and nearly triples the PlayStation 4 Pro. At the same time, performance gains in PC hardware have stalled. New CPUs and GPUs are quicker than their predecessors, but the gains are slim.
This creates an unusual situation. The Xbox Series X is almost certainly faster than your gaming PC, and the new Xbox will maintain its dominance for years to come. What does that mean for PC gaming?
The Xbox Series X beats most gaming PCs
12 teraflops.
That number, confirmed by Xbox head Phil Spencer on February 24, 2020, is a big deal. The raw compute performance claimed by a component signals roughly (and I do mean roughly) how it stacks up to the competition. It’s a number that puts most of today’s PC gaming rigs to shame.
Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Ti, which claims 13.4 teraflops, is one of only two consumer graphics card that can beat the Xbox Series X today. You’d have to pay at least $1,100 to buy one today, and most RTX 2080 Ti cards go for $1,200 or more. Nvidia’s RTX Titan is the only card that beats it, but at about $2,500, it’s simply out of the realm of discussion for most PC gamers.
user that's not how graphics cards work...Even comparing AMD vs Nvidia that doesn't work because they "solve" graphics problems totally differently ways, it's why OG bitcoin miners only really used AMD cards
Logan Miller
You’re too lazy to read, lol What’s your BMI?
Charles Stewart
what are you trying to say, nigger? speak properly. my BMI is 22, now fuck off
The Shitbox Shitsies X can't even compete with a Shitstation 5 you dumb pleb. Literally LMAOing at your life.
Leo Bailey
You posted a picture of a guy pointing a gun while directing your reply at me so I guess you’re just joking & didn’t mean wrong by that.
Blake Rodriguez
>retard phoneposter lol
Jacob Wright
>12 teraflops >still gets framerate drops below 60 and variable resolution that can go as low as sub-1080p in games like dirt 5 I own a one x and why the hell would I upgrade right now? Everything is backwards compat for now and I'd rather just play at 1080 standard than poorly attempt to run at 4k
Untrue unproven buddy, of course you provide no evidence or source... typical pc gamer
Jace Robinson
Games? Thought not.
Daniel Ortiz
>Xbox I love how xbots can't beat sonyfags so they try to go after pcfags. Piece of shit console.
Jonathan Price
Literally can't care less. There's almost infinite amount of games for PC by now and practically none that physically cannot be played because lack of power. The maximum settings are obnoxiously overrated, they're a meme, like people don't even think of the *possibility* of not wanting max. So... now what? Indeed.
Jason Cook
It's not tho. My PC gets 250 fps in dmc5 while my PS5 gets 100 and my Xbox gets 140.
The law is getting very strict, all those who download torrents aka breaking the law won’t enjoy their gamingprivileges in the future because the law is cracking down on people who illegally share & download torrents for free. ISPs will one day work closer & closer with law enforcement. It’s against the law to pirate, I read in a public news forum online that ISPs are keeping logs already of some who download torrents which is punishable by law.
Luke Scott
The amount of xbox shills on this board is incredible
James Taylor
He’s the one making the claim you wild animal.
Liam Powell
They've been saying this for 20 years now
Noah Edwards
I think government is just figuring out how they’re gonna enforce the law, people have already been getting warnings as of recent about not downloading illegal torrents, eventually government/technology will catch up with law breakers.
