{"id":3581,"date":"2021-11-05T11:37:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T10:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/05\/upgrade-or-wait-getting-your-gaming-pc-ready-for-halo-infinite-and-more\/"},"modified":"2021-11-05T11:37:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T10:37:54","slug":"upgrade-or-wait-getting-your-gaming-pc-ready-for-halo-infinite-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/05\/upgrade-or-wait-getting-your-gaming-pc-ready-for-halo-infinite-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade or wait? Getting your gaming PC ready for Halo Infinite and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does your machine need an upgrade to get the most out of 2021\u2019s games? Here\u2019s what to consider<\/p>\n

With the autumn video game release schedule now in full swing, the thoughts of many PC owners are turning to hardware upgrades. Blockbusters such as Halo Infinite, Battlefield 1942 and Forza Horizon 5 will all support demanding visual effects such as ray tracing, so it seems like the perfect time to invest in new kit.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s just one problem: this is probably the worst, most expensive time in recent memory to boost your processing power. Manufacturing and distribution problems, together with skyrocketing demand, have seen prices soar, especially for high-end graphics cards. \u201cThere are GTX 1080Ti cards listed on eBay for over \u00a3500 \u2013 that\u2019s a four-year-old GPU for half a grand,\u201d says Chris Wilson, design director at Cardboard Sword<\/a>. \u201cThe suggestion for most people would probably be to wait it out. Intel is rumoured to have a serious GPU out early next year and they are likely to price it aggressively to try and gain some market share. Eventually the bottom has to fall out of this current disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nDoes your machine need an upgrade to get the most out of 2021\u2019s games? Here\u2019s what to consider
\nWith the autumn video game release schedule now in full swing, the thoughts of many PC owners are turning to hardware upgrades. Blockbusters such as Halo Infinite, Battlefield 1942 and Forza Horizon 5 will all support demanding visual effects such as ray tracing, so it seems like the perfect time to invest in new kit.
\nThere\u2019s just one problem: this is probably the worst, most expensive time in recent memory to boost your processing power. Manufacturing and distribution problems, together with skyrocketing demand, have seen prices soar, especially for high-end graphics cards. \u201cThere are GTX 1080Ti cards listed on eBay for over \u00a3500 \u2013 that\u2019s a four-year-old GPU for half a grand,\u201d says Chris Wilson, design director at Cardboard Sword. \u201cThe suggestion for most people would probably be to wait it out. Intel is rumoured to have a serious GPU out early next year and they are likely to price it aggressively to try and gain some market share. Eventually the bottom has to fall out of this current disaster.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Does your machine need an upgrade to get the most out of 2021\u2019s games? Here\u2019s what to consider With the autumn video game release schedule now in full swing, the thoughts of many PC owners are turning to hardware upgrades. Blockbusters such as Halo Infinite, Battlefield 1942 and Forza Horizon 5 will all support demanding …<\/p>\n

Upgrade or wait? Getting your gaming PC ready for Halo Infinite and more<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}