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    How the Xbox Series X (and xCloud) saved me from buying a gaming PC

    Dec 02, 2020 5 minutes
    BY MARK HACHMAN

    Hotly anticipated Radeon cards expected to sell out. Shortages of GeForce GPUs. Even if you wanted to build a gaming PC right now, obtaining the all-important discrete GPU is practically impossible. But there is an alternative: The Xbox Series X.

    For a week or so, I’ve tested a $499 Xbox Series X console provided by Microsoft. Announced November 5 and shipping as of November 10, it remains one of the most accessible ways to play next-gen games at PC-like resolutions and frame rates. There are also a few things it can do that the PC can’t.

    So who needs a gaming PC? Read on to see why you don’t.

    HORRENDOUS GPU SHORTAGES? BUY AN XBOX!

    The GPU shortage is real. Nvidia’s cards are .  and liveblogging their attempts at purchasing them. What good is listing  if you can’t even buy is $499, the same price as the Xbox Series X. (The slightly less powerful Xbox Series S, which we do not have, costs $299.) That’s before you start testing the waters at eBay, where RTX 3070 .

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