Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, we talked about why most gamers do not need a new CPU. Because apparently every stutter, every frame drop, every weird PC port, and every bad day your computer has is now called a bottleneck. Very convenient. Today we move to something even more expensive: … Read more
Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, we talked about VRAM panic. 8GB is dead.12GB is safe.16GB is comfort.24GB is future-proof, bro, trust me. Naturally, the internet cannot survive with only one panic button. So today we move to the next one: Your CPU. Apparently, if your processor is not brand new, … Read more
Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, I argued that before buying a new GPU, most people should try something radical: Lower a few settings. Very brave. Very controversial. Somewhere on the internet, a benchmark chart just fainted. Naturally, the internet did not approve. Now we move to the next panic trigger: … Read more
Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. So far, we have talked about an “obsolete” PC that still works, a GPU that refused to die, and why the internet loves declaring perfectly usable hardware dead. Now comes the uncomfortable question: Do you actually need a new GPU? Or do you just need to stop treating the … Read more
The most common PC upgrade panic might not be a real problem. Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, I said your PC might not be obsolete. Your expectations may have changed. Or, more likely, they may have been changed for you by benchmarks, thumbnails, spec sheets, and the usual internet choir … Read more
Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last few posts, I talked about my own PC and the RX 6700 XT that powers it. But those articles were never really about one CPU or one graphics card. They were about something bigger. Maybe your PC is not obsolete. Maybe your expectations changed. Or more … Read more
Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the first post, I said this entire site started with one suspicious little question: Does this actually need upgrading, or is somebody just trying to sell me something? Before I start judging everyone else’s hardware, it’s only fair to put my own PC on trial first. My daily … Read more
Five years later, AMD’s mid-range survivor is still making upgrade marketing uncomfortable. Welcome back to Upgrade or Skip. In the last post, I talked about my own supposedly obsolete PC: an Intel i5-12490F paired with a Radeon RX 6700 XT. That article was about the whole machine. This one is about the part that makes … Read more