Most modern titles these days run just fine on mid-range gaming PCs or even fairly basic hardware. Logically, if you want to play in 4K resolution, with maximum graphics and with Ray Tracing on a PC of this nature, you will not have good performance, but you will still be able to enjoy the game with low budget hardware. Do you need an RTX 4090 to play Valorant or Overwatch 2? That.
Myth 2: More hearts is always better
Having a processor with many cores is usually synonymous with having better performance…tasks such as rendering or running virtual machines will benefit from more cores, or more specifically more threads of parallel processing, because in this way the PC can run several processes simultaneously. However, in the case of games, it doesn’t quite work that way…
A modern processor usually has between six and twelve cores, and processing threads already reach up to 20 even in medium-high range processors, without having to upgrade to TOP hardware. However, most not-so-modern apps and games still rely on single-core performance, while newer software benefits from 2-6 CPU cores. Keep in mind that processors from literally 10 years ago already offered 4-8 cores, so need we explain more?
In addition, it must be taken into account that more cores are not everything, since the operating speed, lithography, cache and the rest of the characteristics must be taken into account (also take into account that that in terms of gaming, almost higher speed is always worth more than higher core count).
Myth 3: More RAM means better performance
We’re not going to go into detail on this because it’s the most obvious urban legend… more memory means the processor will have more space to accommodate temporary calculations, but that won’t mean more performance than when you have very small amounts of memory (We’re talking, right now, about having 4GB of RAM, because with 8GB you usually have plenty for almost everything). When it comes to performance, speed and latency matter more than the raw amount of RAM.
Myth 4: There are no PC exclusive games
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have accustomed us to exclusive titles for their video game consoles…exclusives are a clumsy excuse to try to sell more of their consoles, even if the truth is that the vast majority of console fans in are passionate. . The culture is quite different when it comes to PC gamers, who generally have no limits on what games to play. However, to say that there are no “PC exclusives” is totally wrong…
On PC, there are many titles that you will never see on consoles, such as Valorant, CS:GO, League of Legends, Escape from Tarkov or Half-Life: Alyx. Plus, the PC is home to a massive amount of modding for hundreds and hundreds of games, meaning titles like The Witcher 3 or Skyrim can be drastically altered through mods and become almost completely different games…let’s not forget not that, say, Counter-Strike was anything more than a mod of the first Half-Life.
Myth 5: Overclocking brings new life to the PC
Many users (and especially store sellers) tend to say that when your PC is “running out” of playing certain games, with a little overclocking you can breathe new life into it and play again with no problem thanks to the increase in performance that you will be able to obtain.
However, while it is true that overclocking the processor, RAM memory and/or graphics card will make you gain in performance, it will also increase the consumption and temperature of the components, in addition to reducing their lifespan. This is one of those PC-related myths that is also dangerous because overclocking safely is quite complicated and puts your hardware at risk. You know from here we never recommend doing that.
Myth 6: A gaming PC costs more than a console
It’s the usual story… it’s true that if you buy a PC with TOP hardware you’re going to spend several thousand dollars, but the reality is that for 1,200-1,500 you’ll already have a pretty decent PC to be able to play. Then, if you take into account that a PlayStation 5 with a controller will already cost you around 600 dollars and later you will have to pay 70-80 dollars per game… you just have to do the math to know that yes, as an initial investment a gaming PC It’s more expensive, but in the long term it’s the same or even cheaper (it depends on how you use it and how you take care of it), plus that on a PC you can do countless things that consoles are incapable of.
Good luck, for example, creating designs for your 3D printer from your brand new PlayStation 5.
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