Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
*within reason, of course.
Testing 10 recent games 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.
In this first episode of what I hope will be an ongoing series, I've built two gaming rigs at opposite ends of the spec spectrum. One is at the top of the stack at the end of 2025, with a Geforce RTX 5090 (thanks to Scan Computers) and a Ryzen 7 9800X3D (thanks to my own poor impulse control). The other is a 2019-era average spec gaming rig, with a Ryzen 5 3600 and an RTX 2060 Super -components that are starting to show their age, but which still meet the minimum requirements of almost every modern game.
There's no question that there will be a difference between the image quality and FPS performance of an old sub-$1000 PC, and a new $4000 one. The question is, does that difference matter?
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 Your specs don't matter
01:05 The PCs
01:28 The "minimum spec" PC
04:58 The "maximum spec" PC
06:39 How do you compare a $500 PC and a $4000 one?
07:31 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
10:49 Doom: The Dark Ages
13:43 Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
15:10 Assassin's Creed Shadows
17:43 The Last of Us Part 2
19:42 Borderlands 4: A Rant
22:30 Battlefield 6
25:03 ARC Raiders
26:15 Megabonk
27:15 Dispatch
28:17 Fortnite
30:03 Counter Strike 2
31:46 So wait... specs DO matter?
34:07 Side-by-side image comparisons
35:44 Conclusion
#scalperpandemic #ryzen #geforce
*within reason, of course.
Testing 10 recent games 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.
In this first episode of what I hope will be an ongoing series, I've built two gaming rigs at opposite ends of the spec spectrum. One is at the top of the stack at the end of 2025, with a Geforce RTX 5090 (thanks to Scan Computers) and a Ryzen 7 9800X3D (thanks to my own poor impulse control). The other is a 2019-era average spec gaming rig, with a Ryzen 5 3600 and an RTX 2060 Super -components that are starting to show their age, but which still meet the minimum requirements of almost every modern game.
There's no question that there will be a difference between the image quality and FPS performance of an old sub-$1000 PC, and a new $4000 one. The question is, does that difference matter?
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 Your specs don't matter
01:05 The PCs
01:28 The "minimum spec" PC
04:58 The "maximum spec" PC
06:39 How do you compare a $500 PC and a $4000 one?
07:31 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
10:49 Doom: The Dark Ages
13:43 Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
15:10 Assassin's Creed Shadows
17:43 The Last of Us Part 2
19:42 Borderlands 4: A Rant
22:30 Battlefield 6
25:03 ARC Raiders
26:15 Megabonk
27:15 Dispatch
28:17 Fortnite
30:03 Counter Strike 2
31:46 So wait... specs DO matter?
34:07 Side-by-side image comparisons
35:44 Conclusion
#scalperpandemic #ryzen #geforce
