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Someone looking to dive headfirst into the world of gaming will likely have one pressing question they need to answer right away. Are you going to be a console gamer, or embrace the PC gaming community? One is certainly more accessible, as a console is a singular purchase that requires much less maintenance, upgrades, or understanding…

Since the price increase in April 2026, the PlayStation 5 Pro has cost around $899,99 at U.S. retailers. Although this price brings it a little closer to what you would pay to build a gaming PC with similar specs, some important differences remain between the platforms. While the console already offers everything you need to…

VR gaming is a tricky proposition. On one hand, VR headsets provide an immersive experience you can’t get with the best gaming monitors. On the other hand, unless you buy a standalone VR headset like the Meta Quest 3, you might get tangled in wires while playing a game. But how much power can manufacturers…

Many people view gaming consoles as weak from a pure performance standpoint, but that’s not always quite true. Sure, consoles pale in comparison to even more robust mini gaming PCs, but models like the Xbox Series S can still run all the latest games. In fact, Microsoft’s weaker variant (compared to Xbox X and PlayStation…

The Xbox Series S is a really interesting console in the current console landscape. Microsoft’s digital-only box is the little brother of the larger, more powerful Xbox Series X, and while far weaker, the Series S can still play all the games that release for the Series X while being much cheaper. And as someone…

Consoles get a bad rep for being underpowered. For instance, you can find plenty of gaming laptops that blow the PS5 out of the water, and if you want to take it up a notch, it’s easy to track down graphics cards that outperform the PS5 Pro. Say you wanted to build something equivalent to…

Sony’s PlayStation 5 runs on AMD hardware, using a custom chip that’s built on the company’s RDNA 2 graphics architecture. Finding a direct equivalent to the $900 PS5 Pro is a little difficult, as AMD’s recent PC offerings have mostly trumped the PS5 Pro in terms of performance. With an advertised uplift over the baseline…

Valve’s Steam Machine is a bizarre little device. We’ve covered the five things you need to know going in when buying one of the “Half-Life” company’s Linux gaming devices, but which Nvidia graphics card is the equivalent? Well, if you haven’t been keeping tabs on the benchmarks floating around, things might surprise you: it’s not…

Since its arrival last year, the Nintendo Switch 2 has delivered a major hardware upgrade over the original Switch. That is because Nvidia built a custom GPU on the Ampere architecture, which is the same generation that powers RTX 30-series cards, and then fit it inside a portable console. 

The Steam Deck is one of the most popular modern handheld gaming platforms on the market (the Nintendo Switch is the most popular), and it’s easy to see why. The Steam Deck is basically a gaming PC that is easier to bring on long trips than a laptop. But all that portability comes at a…