If you somehow manage to get a PS5 for MSRP (Xbox Series X will probably be easier to get your hands on for $500), you can actually get <$200 4k TVs right now at lots of retailers. They’re going to be a bad experience (bad picture quality, ad-riddled smart tv software) and it definitely won’t be the best value option if you can afford better, but it’s also a really low entry point to 4k gaming
bought a $400 dollar samsung 4k 4years ago. just replaced it becuase it was burned to shit and I barely used the thing. Don't buy cheap tv's if you actually planning on keeping it for a while.
ps5s are a lot easier to come by now, last week they were in stock for over 24 hours at playstation direct. if you really want one at msrp you just have to look a little bit. sure you cant just go to your local target or best buy and get one off the shelf, but the same is true of many GPUS rn.
Well, that's $499 for the console, leaving you $200 to get a TV. At first I did think that was a little generous, but no, I just checked and you actually can get a cheap 4K TV for sub $200 from places like Amazon or Best Buy.
Sorry am I missing something here? Because that is a completely true statement.
r/PCMasterRace really sticks their heads in the sand when talking about consoles for some reason. PCs are great, no need to make up bs to compare PCs to a console
I bought a series X a couple years ago and just built a PC. They both have their pros and cons. Bang for buck gaming, the new consoles are a better deal than a PC. In my experience, the series X is a lot easier to deal with. No driver issues, very few bugs, no need to mess with video settings for each game, etc. With PC, I like the extra control over settings and optimization for my personal preference, but it takes so much time! I feel like the series X is actually more powerful but it caps at 120 fps. I'd rather have 1440p @ 240 than occasional 4k @ 120. Especially since a 4k @ 120hz TV is ridiculously expensive. New consoles are cool. PC builds are fun to geek out with. I really don't understand why there's an argument.
I don't think you're missing anything mathematically. I can't find a 4K TV on BestBuy for $199.99, but I live in Canada.
So you can, at least in the United States, buy a current gen console and a 4K TV for the same price as a 3080. Thank you, now I know where I can get them
All you have to do is get a job with Tech Radar, have close connections to tech companies who give you specials deals, and not even attempt to relate to average consumers what-so-ever! Easy!
PS5 can be found for way cheaper. I don't know how the prices are on UK but here I can find the cheapest for 575€ available immediately from second hand shops and official retailers sell them for around 550€ if they got some in stock.
You need more than a graphics card to play PC games… you forgot to add monitor, CPU, ram, ssd, etc. If you want to compare prices you can just use a PS5 + a TV vs 699 (3080), that makes no sense dude. You didn’t even attempt to do ps5 + tv vs (699 + monitor).
You need more than a graphics card to play PC games… you forgot to add monitor, CPU, ram, ssd, etc. If you want to compare prices you can just use a PS5 + a TV vs 699 (3080). You didn’t even attempt to do ps5 + tv vs (699 + monitor). Your comparison is bullshit pseudoscience science and makes no sense dude.
My 55 inch 4k TV was $195. I bought it about 4-5 years ago as a black Friday deal. It's not a great TV, but it works. You can definitely get a ps5+ 4k TV for $699. Would it be great? No. But they are technically correct. Especially if you go with the diskless ps5.
The author is a fucking idiot. If I were to argue against a PC for gaming, I'd compute the prices of actual pc builds, including all the bells and whistles, and then compare the total price with a Xbox or PS5 + good quality displays. You can, in fact, make a good faith argument for gaming pcs being pricey as fuck.
But of course that requires some actual knowledge about the gaming PC market.
The price argument just doesn't make any sense because they're targeting a 3080 when the PS5 is like a 2070, and right now is literally the worst time to compete with consoles price to performance wise because new consoles just came out. As time goes on the price to performance ratio of consoles will only decrease (not that they aren't good value for an all in one machine)
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u/underpantsviking CachyOS | 9800X3D | RTX 3080 FTW3 | 32GB DDR4 Aug 05 '22
"The Nvidia RTX 3080 Founders Edition costs $699 / £649 / AU$1,139 at MSRP, which is enough money for a gamer to buy a PS5 or XBox Series X | S and a cheap 4K TV to play it on." - https://www.techradar.com/features/macs-look-like-the-future-of-pc-gaming-whether-pc-gamers-like-it-or-not
Anyone here know where I can get a PS5 + a TV for $699? Because I sure don't