A week with the Xbox One X: How it compares to a living room PC

A week with the Xbox One X: How it compares to a living room PC

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The Xbox One X is the closest any console's come to the power and functionality of a gaming PC. It runs on a custom version of Windows, and has components that roughly compare to a $500 gaming PC, with enough GPU power and memory to run games at 4K, but a relatively weak CPU compared to a Core i5 or i7. For the past week I've been using the Xbox One X in my living room as an alternative to Steam's Big Picture mode, trying to get a feel for how this console compares to Microsoft's first stab at the Xbox One, which was big, ugly, and had a borderline-unusable OS. The Xbox One X is an impressively powerful and compact box, by comparison.

Are the Xbox One X's 4K chops and much-improved interface enough to make it a decent living room PC replacement, or the best complement for a desk-bound gaming PC? I asked my GamesRadar colleague Rachel Weber, who's also been testing out the console, to talk through the new hardware. Here's what we think.

 

A week with the Xbox One X: How it compares to a living room PC

Nov 6, 2017, 9:16pm UTC
http://www.pcgamer.com/a-week-with-the-xbox-one-x-how-it-compares-to-a-living-room-pc/ >The Xbox One X is the closest any console's come to the power and functionality of a gaming PC. It runs on a custom version of Windows, and has components that roughly compare to a $500 gaming PC, with enough GPU power and memory to run games at 4K, but a relatively weak CPU compared to a Core i5 or i7. For the past week I've been using the Xbox One X in my living room as an alternative to Steam's Big Picture mode, trying to get a feel for how this console compares to Microsoft's first stab at the Xbox One, which was big, ugly, and had a borderline-unusable OS. The Xbox One X is an impressively powerful and compact box, by comparison. >Are the Xbox One X's 4K chops and much-improved interface enough to make it a decent living room PC replacement, or the best complement for a desk-bound gaming PC? I asked my GamesRadar colleague Rachel Weber, who's also been testing out the console, to talk through the new hardware. Here's what we think.