Playing Xbox Series X games on PC? Here’s what you’ll need

Playing Xbox Series X games on PC? Here's what you lot'll demand

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One of the major questions surrounding the PS5 and Xbox Series X is just how powerful the consoles really are and what would information technology have to brand an equivalent gaming PC. Simply the minimum and recommended specs for the upcoming multi-platform game The Medium gives us a proper insight what the functioning of the Xbox Series Ten might be equivalent to.

Earlier we swoop into it, let's recap on what The Medium is. Set up in belatedly 80s Poland, the game follows the story of a medium chosen Maria, who is able to access the "spirit realm" and is haunted past visions linked to a mystery at an erstwhile resort in Cracow. At Microsoft'due south Xbox 20/20 games upshot, we saw how The Medium volition return ii complete game worlds at once as players control Maria in both the real world and through the spirit realm.

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The game looks very atmospheric and rather attractive, and its unique dual-reality gameplay makes it seem like a proper next-generation title. This does appear to have a chip of a caveat, as The Medium will run at 4K resolution and xxx frames per second on Xbox Series 10, rather than a smoother lx fps.

Running games at 4K and xxx fps is something well-specced gaming PCs can do at the moment, depending on the graphics carte du jour the estimator comes with. And a decent gaming PC looks similar it'll run The Medium reasonably well.

The minimum spec for the game, equally listed on Steam, requires an Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 5 2500X CPU, 8GB of RAM, and for running at 1080p, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon R9 390X with 4GB of video retentiveness. That'southward not a peculiarly enervating specification, and with a bit of shopping around yous could build such a PC for under $one,000.

But that spec is for running the game at FHD rather than 4K, which the Xbox Series 10 will do by default.

So to hit the 4K recommended spec, an Intel Cadre i5-9600 / AMD Ryzen vii 3700X CPU will exist needed aslope 16GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 / Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics card. This specification is a pretty powerful 1, and such a machine volition be a lot more expensive than a $400 to $500 console. The GeForce RTX 2070 retails for northward of $500 by itself.

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But the recommended spec gives us an indication that the 12 teraflops of the Xbox Series X could be the equivalent to a pretty powerful PC.

However, earlier you commencement doing calculations to piece of work out the overall teraflops of a well-specced PC and and so yell at us in the comments nigh how much better PCs are than games consoles, there is 1 big factor to consider.

In that location's a good adventure the recommended 4K PC spec for The Medium will deliver performance that sits somewhere betwixt 30fps and 60fps at 4K. And more graphics effects could be applied to the game on the PC than on the next-generation console; such is the customizable nature of PC gaming.

The Xbox Series X will deliver a lot of performance for a cost tag that might be below $400. And if it does indeed deliver ray tracing in a suite of games, then it could offering graphics that require pretty expensive graphics cards in gaming PCs.

However, The Medium's system requirements also show that if you're a dedicated PC gamer and have a i of the best gaming PCs, so you lot're in a good position for next-generation gaming.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.G. Editor at Tom's Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He often writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other $.25 of hardware; he's likewise got an interest in cars. When not at his desk Roland tin can exist found wandering around London, ofttimes with a look of curiosity on his face up.