Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
* but it helps.
Testing 10 games with beautiful graphics on two PCs - one high end "max spec" machine, one second-hand "min spec" build - to see how different the PC gaming experience is between them.
Anyone who has spent any time with PC games understands that better graphics are more demanding on the hardware. To play at higher resolutions and quality settings, you need expensive high end graphics cards and fast multi-core CPUs. But how does the very best gaming PC in 2026 compare to an older, cheaper model when put side by side? Is the difference worth the money - especially when it's SO MUCH money these days?
Check out Scan for your UK PC component needs, as well as their custom 3XS builds: scan.co.uk
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Music by Backing Track backingtrack.gg
Tracks: "Binary Sunrise", "Midnight Racer", "Hotline", "Neon Nights" and "Vercetti Forever"
00:00 Good Graphics Don't Need Expensive PCs
00:40 Min Spec & Max Spec PCs
02:53 The Games
02:56 Resident Evil Requiem
07:40 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
10:08 Senua's Sage: Hellblade 2
12:08 Alan Wake 2
13:38 Horizon: Forbidden West
15:02 Cyberpunk 2077
16:34 Indiana Jones & The Great Circle
19:03 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
20:39 Control
22:37 Red Dead Redemption 2
24:31 A Plague Tale: Requiem
25:56 Hi-Fi Rush
27:00 Assassin’s Creed: Unity
28:19 Uncharted 4
29:31 Ori & The Will o’ the Wisp
31:09 Conclusion
#scalperpandemic #ryzen #geforce
* but it helps.
Testing 10 games with beautiful graphics on two PCs - one high end "max spec" machine, one second-hand "min spec" build - to see how different the PC gaming experience is between them.
Anyone who has spent any time with PC games understands that better graphics are more demanding on the hardware. To play at higher resolutions and quality settings, you need expensive high end graphics cards and fast multi-core CPUs. But how does the very best gaming PC in 2026 compare to an older, cheaper model when put side by side? Is the difference worth the money - especially when it's SO MUCH money these days?
Check out Scan for your UK PC component needs, as well as their custom 3XS builds: scan.co.uk
Support the channel by becoming a member, or by subscribing on Patreon:
patreon.com/icebergtech
Music by Backing Track backingtrack.gg
Tracks: "Binary Sunrise", "Midnight Racer", "Hotline", "Neon Nights" and "Vercetti Forever"
00:00 Good Graphics Don't Need Expensive PCs
00:40 Min Spec & Max Spec PCs
02:53 The Games
02:56 Resident Evil Requiem
07:40 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
10:08 Senua's Sage: Hellblade 2
12:08 Alan Wake 2
13:38 Horizon: Forbidden West
15:02 Cyberpunk 2077
16:34 Indiana Jones & The Great Circle
19:03 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
20:39 Control
22:37 Red Dead Redemption 2
24:31 A Plague Tale: Requiem
25:56 Hi-Fi Rush
27:00 Assassin’s Creed: Unity
28:19 Uncharted 4
29:31 Ori & The Will o’ the Wisp
31:09 Conclusion
#scalperpandemic #ryzen #geforce
