These days, most modern titles run just fine on mid-range gaming PCs or even fairly basic hardware. Logically, if you want to play at 4K resolution, with the graphics turned up to the max and with Ray Tracing on a PC of this nature, you will not have a good performance, but nevertheless you can enjoy gaming with low-budget hardware. Do you need an RTX 4090 to play Valorant or Overwatch 2? Well that.
Myth 2: More cores 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 a greater number of cores, or more specifically from more parallel processing threads, since this way the PC You can run multiple processes simultaneously. However, in the case of games this does not work quite like that…
A modern processor usually has between six and twelve cores, and the processing threads already reach up to 20 even in medium-high range processors, without having to go to TOP hardware. However, most not-so-modern applications and games still rely on single-core performance, while newer software benefits from 2-6 processor cores. Keep in mind that processors from literally 10 years ago already offered 4 to 8 cores, so do we need to explain more?
Besides, it must be taken into account that a greater number of cores is not everything, since operating speed, lithography, cache, and the rest of the characteristics must be taken into account (also take into account that, in terms of games, almost a higher speed is always worth more than a higher number of cores).
Myth 3: The more RAM, the better performance
We are not going to go into details on this because it is the most obvious urban legend… more memory means that the processor will have more space to accommodate temporary calculations, but this will only mean more performance when you have very small amounts of memory ( We are referring, at present, to having 4 GB of RAM, since with 8 GB you usually have plenty for almost everything). In terms of performance, speed and latency matter more than the raw amount of RAM.
Myth 4: There are no exclusive games on PC
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have accustomed us to exclusive titles for their video game consoles… the exclusive ones are a clumsy excuse to try to sell more of their consoles, although the truth is that the vast majority of console fans are passionate about it. . The culture is quite different when it comes to PC gamers, who generally have no limits as to which games to play. However, to say that there are no “PC exclusives” is totally false…
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. Also, the PC is home to massive amounts of modding for hundreds and hundreds of games, which means that titles like The Witcher 3 or Skyrim can be radically changed by mods and become almost completely different games… let’s not forget that, for example, Counter-Strike was nothing more than a mod of the first Half-Life.
Myth 5: Overclocking gives a new life to the PC
Many users (and especially store vendors) tend to say that when your PC has fallen short of playing certain games, by overclocking it a bit you can give it a new life and play again without problems thanks to the increase in performance that you will be able to obtain.
However, although it is true that overclocking the processor, RAM memory and/or graphics card will make you gain performance, it will also increase the consumption and temperature of the components, in addition to reducing their useful life. This is one of those myths related to the PC that is also dangerous, because Overclocking safely is quite complicated and puts your hardware at risk. You know that from here, we never recommend doing it.
Myth 6: A gaming PC is more expensive than a console
This is the usual story… it is true that if you buy a PC with TOP hardware you are going to spend several thousand Euros, but the reality is that for 1,200-1,500 you will 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 euros and that later you will have to spend 70-80 Euros 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 run it’s the same or even cheaper (it depends on how you use it and how you take care of it), with the addition that on PC you’ll be able to do countless things that consoles are incapable of.
Good luck, for example, creating designs for your 3D printer from your brand new PlayStation 5.
