Xbox One X absolutely supports 120hz at 1080p and 1440p. It also supports Freesync. Whether or not developers want to add support for it in their games, is a different story.
Only if you bought one for the sole intention of playing current-gen systems at that resolution and refresh rate, since they don’t support them. However, if you bought it for other things including console gaming, or you bought it in preparation for the next-gen consoles, then no, you probably are not, which gets to my next point:
First off, you don’t need to explain PC hardware and/or market prices to me. I’ve been building my own PC’s for around 15 yrs. and I used to play PC exclusively for about as long.
Second, the flaw in your argument, is that you are going by PC part benchmarks. Sadly for you, consoles are not PC, which is why an Xbox One X at $500, has consistently better bang-for-buck in terms of both power and performance vs a $500 PC. This is also a reason why a console generation can last nearly a decade and games can actually look and perform better at the end of the life-cycle rather than worse.
This is one of the benefits of a closed-system - everybody is running the exact, same setup unlike on PC, so console optimization can be fundamentally better than PC optimization, because they have access to lower level, more close-to-the-metal graphics APIs than are available on the PC.
Or to put it another way, you are comparing apples to oranges…
Here’s the fatal flaw in your arguement… you’re making your arguement based on what “could be” and not “what is”
And Xbox One X is capable of this, this, this but let’s blame every single developer for not doing it. Even if it did you can probably buy 10 1080p 144hrtz monitors for 1 4k 144 hrtz monitor. So spend 1,800 dollars to play 1 game at 1080p at 120 hrtz Instead of buying 1 200 dollar 1080p 120 hrtz monitor to play that 1 game. Makes alot sense.
Oh let’s post a link about nextgen consoles…“We are aiming for 4k 60 fps. - Phil Spencer” You know the monitors I said are in abundance and cost half as much.
You can cherry pick all you want…what you said has not and will not happen. It’s time to come back reality. I didnt mean to hijack the post, just dont want people falling for bad advice. I don’t care how many PCs you built, I build them too…you should know better.
I just heard the game was like 40gb to download. Which is nice since I had recently gotten myself an external HDD (mostly cause RDR2 was too big for the space I had left).
An external HDD is pretty much mandatory for consoles. I’ve had one for years. I also do spring cleaning and delete games I haven’t played in awhile. I can always re-download them later.
I mayyyybe built a whole new PC for this. And also got a new monitor. To be fair my setup was getting pretty old. But uhh. Borderlands 3 was good motivation to do this.
I haven’t bought a new tv or monitor, but I recently found out that Windows 10 has an app that lets me talk to my friends while they’re playing on console and I’m on PC. My system is a number of years old, but between BL3 and being able to talk to my friends, I’m seriously looking into upgrading my system so I can play more games on PC going forward. Unfortunately, I’m basically having to build the whole thing from the ground up, as I have to replace the Motherboard, CPU, GPU, RAM, and (apparently) PSU. The only things I’m going to be able to keep are the Hard Drive, the case, and the DVD drive. It’s going to take me at least a couple of months, but I’ve been wanting to get into PC gaming for a while, so this is a good excuse. I’ll play on Console until it comes out on Steam (don’t know enough to hate the Epic Games Store; just don’t feel like installing another game store and having to have another account to keep track of), though, so I will definitely be enjoying the game while I get the parts together.
If you are new to PC building, check out this site. https://pcpartpicker.com/
They have up to date pricing on parts, a “system builder” that allows you pick you r parts and check if they are all compatible, as well as build guides.
I say upgrade. No idea when the PS5 is launching, I just know the next Xbox is holiday 2020. Regardless you can just trade in your Pro towards the new console. GameStop normally runs a special during the launch windows as well.
I don’t do business with them unless it benefits me (trading in my consoles). Just traded in my PS4 Pro for $225 and put it towards the new Gears 5 console. Guess I could have just sold it to a stranger online or something but it’s less of a hassle that way lol. Or the OP could just wait for PS5.
So did I and for the same reasons Since this thread is about TVs/monitors, I settled on an ASUS ROG Swift (2560 x 1440, 1ms grey to grey, 165Hz refresh, G-SYNC). I play FPSs mainly and the received wisdom is to sacrifice 4K pretties for a faster response. Compared to my aging Toshiba, it looks flippin’ marvelous No regrets.
sammantixbb
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If the DVD drive came on the computer factory, and so did the PSU, be careful. I learned that the PSU upgrade I did on my old computer didn’t have a power output to run the DVD drive, and since I hated the side load anyway, it wasn’t a big deal to me. But if you’re hoping to keep it, you might have to actually do something. I looked at mine for 4 minutes, said “I don’t see anything to connect these.” And just tucked the wire away.
Then my From Scratch pc doesn’t have a DVD drive at all.
Usually the drive will come with (or you can buy) a cable that plugs into an existing molex cable, instead of plugging it directly into the PSU. Although it’s becoming more common to have cases that do not have drive bays for internal optical drives, especially in small form factors like mini ITX cases, I’ve never seen it where a PC/PSU outright did not support optical drives at all.
Example:
my case is a Core V21 micro cube case. It does not have any drive bay slots, but you are still able to connect an optical drive to the PSU. This case in particular actually has a slot inside the case that fits a DVD drive, almost as if they were going to include one and then did not, so with a little modding, I cut a whole in the front of the case and now I have a DVD drive.
At the very least, you could have an external drive.
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sammantixbb
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Sorry, I meant SideWays load. Like. Where the disc drive sticks out and you hang the cd in there vertically and hope your desk is level enough that it doesn’t fall out on the way back in.
I use a USB dvd drive now…except I never have use for it. shrugs I’m just trying to say it was more complicated than I expected and probably requires extra thought. I’m sure I could have done it, but I wasn’t prepared.
@ fash… funny you mention as I called GameStop and they said they’d give $150 for my ps4. You can get a Pro on trade in for $299 or brand new for $399. So for an extra $250 I’m essentially leasing the Pro for a year. When the PS5 comes out I’ll get a credit for the Pro anyway. So really, your talking peanuts a month.
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I’m seriously considering a new flatscreen + Xbox One X before launch. I don’t buy other titles, only Borderlands. My lady and I live well under our means, and are great about saving. This feels like a good time to splurge a little.
Oled’s are hands down best picture but for serious gaming the Samsung Qled maybe a better choice as burn in is not an issue. I’ve had my LG OLED C8 for about 8 months and it is, hands down, the most stunning flatscreen I’ve ever seen. Prices have also come way down with the launch of the new C9’s. Go for it!
Since this thread is about TVs/monitors, I settled on an ASUS ROG Swift (2560 x 1440, 1ms grey to grey, 165Hz refresh, G-SYNC). I play FPSs mainly and the received wisdom is to sacrifice 4K pretties for a faster response. Compared to my aging Toshiba, it looks flippin’ marvelous 
No regrets.
