celcius_451 t1_ixoazy2 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 12:13 AM

Samsung has good price/performance monitors. Look for M5 and M7 series. If you're below 4k don't ever worry about frame rate drops in both consoles.

Also Hogwarts Legacy is coming to both Xbox Series and PS5 as far as I know.

You have some experience with Nintendo exclusives as you said, if you're into that you might check PlayStation exclusives too. Xbox is clearly the better console in many ways but it's a machine that you buy to play games so, I think it's better to make your choice based on which games you're looking forward to play not better GPU and CPU etc.

That being said I think PS5 is a better choice in my opinion today. This is coming from someone who owns both consoles. Xbox has good games on the horizon but they're yet to deliver whereas PS5 has already great exclusives.

3rd party games are similar on both consoles performance-wise so no worries on that end.

Lastly try to get a console with disc driver. In the long run you can buy some games cheaper as physical copies or share some games with your friends. Don't get stuck to digital storefront only.

venturousperson t1_ixod4yy wrote on November 25, 2022 at 12:31 AM

Hey thank you so much for your suggestions! I was wondering about Freesync/VRR; would you recommend getting a monitor that supports these standards, even if the screen resolution is 1440p? Or would it not matter for that resolution? Sadly I can’t go to a store and try out monitors, so I have no first hand experience.

celcius_451 t1_ixogihx wrote on November 25, 2022 at 1:02 AM

I bought a TV last year and my partner bought a monitor two months ago. Here's what I learned from all our research before our purchases:

From my limited knowledge monitors usually have freesync not vrr. And vice versa for TV's. It's not impossible to find a monitor with vrr and tv with freesync but it would be hard I imagine.

Adding to that there is no 1440p TV's that I know of. Only 1080p or 2160p.

I easily experience sensory overload from visual and audio sources so it's really really important for me to look at pleasant, balanced and not oversaturated colors on a monitor. I tried many brands at my local electronics shop with my laptop thanks to understanding staff and decided that Samsung and LG has best looking panels in both TV's and monitors.

If you're looking something smaller than 32 inches I recommend you check out Samsung Odyssey G5. If you're looking something bigger around the same price range, 43 inch for example, check out Samsung M5 or M7. Those were my favorites.