The Duality of Gaming and Workstation PCs: Debunking Common Misconceptions

Gaming PCs are often misunderstood as being solely designed for gaming, with some people believing that they are not suitable for use as workstations. However, this couldn't be further from the truth. In reality, many modern gaming PCs have more than enough power to handle demanding tasks such as video editing, 3D modeling, and programming. With high-end components like multi-threaded CPUs, 16 GB or more of RAM, and dedicated graphics cards, a gaming PC can easily serve as a reliable workstation. The versatility of these systems makes them an excellent option for those who need a single machine to handle both work and play.

One aspect that often comes up in discussions about high-performance PCs is the human eye's ability to perceive frames per second (FPS). Many people believe that the human eye can only see a certain number of FPS, usually around 30-60. However, this argument overlooks several key points. The human eye can process visual information at an incredible rate, with estimates suggesting that it can fire between 300 to 1,000 times per second. This information is then transmitted to the brain, where it's interpreted and processed. The problem lies in measuring this speed accurately, but it's clear that the human eye is capable of handling a wide range of frame rates.

When it comes to display technology, there's also much debate about the effectiveness of different refresh rates. Some people argue that the human eye can only see a certain number of FPS, and that frame rates above 60 are unnecessary. However, this view neglects the fact that different games and applications require different levels of smoothness. For example, high-refresh-rate monitors with technologies like FreeSync or G-Sync can provide a smoother experience for gamers and developers alike. The key is to find a balance between visual quality and system performance, rather than trying to pin down an arbitrary number of FPS.

In recent years, there has been a growing trend among PC enthusiasts to share their experiences and opinions on various topics, including gaming PCs. One common thread that emerges in many discussions is the idea that all gamers are "PC Fanboys" who can't stand Macs. However, this stereotype couldn't be further from the truth. In reality, there's no correlation between a person's preference for PC or Mac and their dedication to their chosen platform.

In conclusion, gaming PCs are more than just machines designed for playing games. They're capable systems that can handle demanding tasks with ease. By understanding the capabilities of modern hardware and the limitations of human perception, we can appreciate the versatility of these machines and make informed decisions when it comes to choosing a PC that meets our needs.

The Future of High-Performance PCs

As technology continues to advance, it's likely that high-performance PCs will become even more powerful and capable. The next generation of CPUs, GPUs, and RAM is already on the horizon, and manufacturers are working tirelessly to push the boundaries of what's possible. With advancements in AI, machine learning, and data processing, the demand for high-performance computing is only set to grow.

Gaming PCs will likely play a key role in this future landscape, with systems designed specifically for demanding tasks like 3D modeling, video editing, and programming. The use of multi-threaded CPUs, dedicated graphics cards, and advanced cooling systems will become even more widespread, enabling developers to tackle complex projects with ease. As the gap between gaming PCs and workstations continues to narrow, it's clear that these machines are destined for greatness.

The Role of GPU Performance in Day-to-Day Tasks

GPUs have long been recognized as a key component in high-performance computing. However, their importance extends far beyond the realm of graphics rendering. With the increasing adoption of GPU acceleration, developers can offload complex tasks to the GPU, freeing up system resources and improving overall performance.

In reality, GPUs are already being used for a wide range of day-to-day tasks, from video editing and 3D modeling to machine learning and data processing. By leveraging the power of the GPU, developers can significantly improve their productivity and efficiency. As the range of available tools and libraries continues to expand, it's clear that GPUs will play an increasingly important role in shaping the future of computing.

Gaming and Workstation Performance: A Tale of Two Worlds

The debate between gaming PCs and workstations has long been a contentious one. However, as we've seen, both types of machines have their strengths and weaknesses. Gaming PCs are capable of delivering exceptional performance for demanding games, while workstations offer a level of customization and control that's hard to match.

However, there's a growing trend towards blurring the lines between these two categories. With the increasing adoption of GPU acceleration and multi-threaded CPUs, gaming PCs are becoming more viable options for developers and content creators. Meanwhile, workstations are gaining an edge in terms of graphics performance, thanks to the availability of powerful GPUs.

As the gap between gaming PCs and workstations continues to narrow, it's clear that both types of machines have a role to play in shaping the future of computing. By understanding their strengths and weaknesses, we can make informed decisions when it comes to choosing the right machine for our needs.

The Intersection of Gaming and Workstation Performance

One area where gaming PCs and workstations intersect is in terms of performance. Both types of machines are capable of delivering exceptional performance for demanding applications, whether that's running complex games or crunching large datasets.

However, there's a key difference between the two: gaming PCs tend to prioritize raw performance, while workstations often focus on customization and control. This isn't to say that one approach is better than the other – it's simply a matter of perspective.

As we look to the future, it's clear that both types of machines will continue to coexist and evolve. With advancements in technology and changing user needs, the line between gaming PCs and workstations will continue to blur. By embracing this trend and exploring new ways of using these machines, we can unlock new levels of performance and productivity.

The Myth of the "PC Fanboy"

One common stereotype that emerges in many online discussions is the idea that all gamers are "PC Fanboys" who can't stand Macs. However, this stereotype couldn't be further from the truth.

In reality, people's preferences for PC or Mac have little to do with their dedication to their chosen platform. Many gamers and developers simply prefer the flexibility and customization options offered by PCs. Meanwhile, others may prefer the sleek design and user-friendly interface of Macs.

Ultimately, it comes down to individual choice and personal preference. Rather than perpetuating stereotypes and biases, we should focus on sharing our experiences and opinions in a constructive and respectful manner.

Conclusion

The world of high-performance computing is constantly evolving, with new technologies and innovations emerging every day. As we look to the future, it's clear that both gaming PCs and workstations will continue to play a vital role in shaping this landscape.

By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of these machines, we can make informed decisions when it comes to choosing the right system for our needs. Whether you're a gamer or a developer, there's no denying that high-performance computing has the potential to unlock new levels of productivity and creativity.

As we continue on this journey, let's focus on sharing knowledge, experiences, and opinions in a constructive and respectful manner. By doing so, we can build a community that celebrates the diversity of high-performance computing and fosters innovation and progress.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up everyone jay2 here and before we jump into today's topic I want to remind you all that I am currently doing a giveaway of one of my GTX 1080 Founders edition cards one of my very own cards that was intended to go in Skunk Works before when up going the Titan X's it is a worldwide giveaway you guys will find the link to the giveaway down in the description of the video but I'm not only giving away the card I'm also giving away a full cover Plexi nickel EK water block as well as a nickel back plate for it so yeah you definitely don't want to miss out on that it is available worldwide it's except where prohibited but the topic of today's video is definitely guaranteed to ruffle some feathers upset some people and that's perfectly okay with me because we are going to talk about five PC myths that you shouldn't believe hey guys don't miss the OverWatch Cooler Master Invitational on July 15th and 16th at Esports arena in Santa Ana the tournament gives 12 High School robotic teams a chance to compete for a grand prize of $40,000 directly benefiting their school's robotics program so save the date and come on out to the Esports Arena and Santa Ana on July 15th and 16th now the first myth here is kind of a two-parter and it basically says you can't build APC on carpet now that kind of ties into the whole anti-static or ESD electrostatic discharge argument which is if you accidentally shock something in your system you can damage it now that's very true but there's a lot of things that have changed over the years a lot of components these days have very good ESD protection a lot of motherboards specifically now have ESD caps on there to design designed to absorb any ESD that might accidentally make its way into the system and I'll tell you right now almost every PC you've seen built on this channel and just about every PC I've ever built in the history of building PCS I've done while sitting on carpet and the argument with carpet is the fact that it can build up static charge if you've ever walked across carpet with socks on and touched a doorknob you know exactly what I'm talking about so the fear is that you would accidentally shock something on your system and kill it now that doesn't mean that even though we have ESD protection today that you can't damage your component so that's why I say it's somewhat true but you could damage some of these smaller components in your system for instance HDMI ports USB ports uh Thunderbolt type c ports these types of things if you get a charge that accidentally makes it directly into the port that could cause damage I do know people who have killed ports that way but you've never actually destroyed the system that's We've Come Along way in ESD protection now this next one's a good one I hear it a lot amongst people who are sending me build lists or asking me questions and that specifically is can an oversized power supply damage your computer well the problem is a lot of people who don't really understand power supplies and electricity and how these components work together is they tend to think that if your computer only needs 500 watts to run underload but you hook up 1,000 watt power supply that you're sending 1,000 watts to your computer I've seen a lot of comments saying using an oversized power supply can damage your system and that just boggles my mind the way a power supply works is it's only going to supply the amount of power that the computer needs up to its Max rating so 1,000 watt power supply can supply up to 1,000 watts of power to the components now that doesn't mean it's sending 1,000 Watts at all times now the reason why you'll see people use oversized power supplies and me being one of them is I want to kind of try ins siize the power supply to be more in the peak of the efficiency curve right around 50% is where 50% usage or load is where power supply is most efficient so a th000 watt power supply supplying power to a 500 wat system would be at the height of its efficiency curve but of course there's going to be a huge diminishing return in terms of cost where you're going to spend a lot more for 1,000 wat power supply than say a good 650 or 700 wat power supply which could also maintain that same sort of efficiency curve so you want to pay attention to diminishing returns and not go too big the only thing you're really going to destroy when you use a power supply that's too big is your wallet now this next one's a pretty popular myth and you've probably seen it if you've ever been to any sort of PC Forum Facebook group or even the comment section of my videos and that is you can speed up a slow computer by adding more RAM or technically downloading more RAM as some people call it anyway I digress guys that really depends on why your system is running slow in the first place do you have an extremely undersized or underperforming CPU based on the tasks you're asking of it are you talking about gaming performance and you have a very slow GPU well things like that Ram is not going to actually help what Ram is going to help is if you have tasks that are utilizing a huge amount of data being stored in the memory CAD drawings uh video rendering or huge Photoshop projects that stuff is heavily Ram dependent because all of those previews and stuff are stored in memory and what happens when you run out of memory is your computer doesn't just shut down people seem to think if you have too little memory and you ask more of your memory than it has capable that your system is just going to blue screen or shut down that's not true what happens is it starts to access what's called a page file in the windows environment or a swap file in the Linux environment where that data is then stored on the hard drive or even an SSD the problem is even m two ssds are extremely slow compared to the data rates and transfer speeds of the physical memory itself so if you're starting to have to share data and swap files with your hard drive that's what's going to slow down your PC so most gaming PCs home PCS or home PC environment are not going to be doing things that need more than roughly 16 GB of memory but having faster memory and more memory is of course going to have a diminishing return just like power supply so it really comes down to what you're doing with your PC now this is one I've actually heard quite a bit considering the fact that I used to work in it uh in an Enterprise environment was this is a good one to talk about and that being gaming PCs make terrible workstation PCS and and that I don't entirely understand now unless we're talking like full-on CAD rendering PCS with multi-cpu xon systems with you know 128 gigs of ECC registered Ram or whatever you're building servers then this doesn't really make a whole lot of sense because I don't know about you but most gaming enthusiasts tend to go quite over board with their Hardware more often than not they build PCS that are way above and beyond what they need to play their games that's cuz they're Enthusiast and they like high-r Hardware at least most people here if you can't afford it you would use it if you could you know what I'm saying so I don't understand how people can say gaming PCs are not good workstation PCS often times they have at least 16 GB of RAM or more they tend to have multi-threaded CPUs usually it's some sort of i7 with hyperthreading or now a ryen with all these cores which would make a great workstation PC and now with gpus being used in a lot of day-to-day tasks and a lot of uh programs able to offload onto GPU and coding it makes more sense than ever that a gaming PC is really a dual purpose PC you can work on it and you can game on it and no longer do you have to have a specific build guide or Direction based on that use case you can now have a gaming PC that you can also build an entire business based off of now this next one I know is one that we have all heard guaranteed if you've ever read any discussion on any website or YouTube comment or anything regarding gpus and GPU performance and high refresh rate monitors it's who cares the human eye can only see blah blah blah FPS anyway and you can replace blah blah blah with any denomination because nobody can agree on what the human eye can actually see now I can tell you there was a really good discussion that took place on Reddit yeah I know right I read a Reddit post very strange the general consensus at least amongst eye experts was that the human eyes in the nerves can fire anywhere between 300 to 1,000 times per second sending information to the brain and that information travels at 200 100 mph from your eye to your brain I don't know how they measure that but whatever again I'm not no I'm Optimist but I can tell you that most people in here actually agree that the human eye can see approximately 1 1,000th of a second now how that actually translates to FPS I don't know but what I can tell you is that what we can definitely see is the variation between frame rates yeah TV is only at what 29.97 FPS movies are at 24p or 24 frames per second and the reason why that looks super smooth is because of two things one extremely consistent frame intervals the frame is being rendered and redrawn exactly the same amount of time between each frame so that gives you a lot of smoothness the second thing is when you're dealing with video cameras and stuff like that there's a lot of motion blur so you get blurred images between those frames which makes it like that's what we're doing right now this is this is looking super smooth at 30 FPS because of the fact that the frames are blending together in games it's not like that it is a very harsh redrawn frame over and over and over and over there's no blending between the two so of course they've added things like motion blur to games to try and give it that cinematic effect but most of us turn that off anyway but the problem is if you're getting 60 FPS and then 75 and then 58 and then 62 and 71 that's a constant change of frame rates where you're getting different gaps between frames as things are adjusting what's happening on screen so that's why you have now frame uh pacing uh technology like freesync and gsync and vyncs of course been around for quite a while where the point is to draw the frames consistently there's no conclusive argument to this and that's certainly not going to happen today because the problem is all of our eyes are different all of our brains work at different speeds again read the YouTube comments and that will make sense to you not everyone's brain Fires at the same time not everyone's eyes are transmitting the same speed of information and not everyone's eyes are created equal so of course it's a very subjective subject matter subjective subject matter if that yeah you know what I'm trying to say guys go with fast gpus go with high refresh rate monitors and enjoy it I promise you will see a difference and if you say you can't why refer back to the the brain firing speed thing so anyway I had basically asked you guys on Twitter last night tell me your top PC myths and uh maybe we make it into a video and basically what I did was I took the ones that seem to be reoccurring a lot of people were mentioning over and over and those were the ones that made it in here maybe we'll do another installment of this video we talk about five more PC myths you shouldn't believe here's another myth you shouldn't believe and that's the fact that Jay is a PC Fanboy and doesn't like mac wellwhat's up everyone jay2 here and before we jump into today's topic I want to remind you all that I am currently doing a giveaway of one of my GTX 1080 Founders edition cards one of my very own cards that was intended to go in Skunk Works before when up going the Titan X's it is a worldwide giveaway you guys will find the link to the giveaway down in the description of the video but I'm not only giving away the card I'm also giving away a full cover Plexi nickel EK water block as well as a nickel back plate for it so yeah you definitely don't want to miss out on that it is available worldwide it's except where prohibited but the topic of today's video is definitely guaranteed to ruffle some feathers upset some people and that's perfectly okay with me because we are going to talk about five PC myths that you shouldn't believe hey guys don't miss the OverWatch Cooler Master Invitational on July 15th and 16th at Esports arena in Santa Ana the tournament gives 12 High School robotic teams a chance to compete for a grand prize of $40,000 directly benefiting their school's robotics program so save the date and come on out to the Esports Arena and Santa Ana on July 15th and 16th now the first myth here is kind of a two-parter and it basically says you can't build APC on carpet now that kind of ties into the whole anti-static or ESD electrostatic discharge argument which is if you accidentally shock something in your system you can damage it now that's very true but there's a lot of things that have changed over the years a lot of components these days have very good ESD protection a lot of motherboards specifically now have ESD caps on there to design designed to absorb any ESD that might accidentally make its way into the system and I'll tell you right now almost every PC you've seen built on this channel and just about every PC I've ever built in the history of building PCS I've done while sitting on carpet and the argument with carpet is the fact that it can build up static charge if you've ever walked across carpet with socks on and touched a doorknob you know exactly what I'm talking about so the fear is that you would accidentally shock something on your system and kill it now that doesn't mean that even though we have ESD protection today that you can't damage your component so that's why I say it's somewhat true but you could damage some of these smaller components in your system for instance HDMI ports USB ports uh Thunderbolt type c ports these types of things if you get a charge that accidentally makes it directly into the port that could cause damage I do know people who have killed ports that way but you've never actually destroyed the system that's We've Come Along way in ESD protection now this next one's a good one I hear it a lot amongst people who are sending me build lists or asking me questions and that specifically is can an oversized power supply damage your computer well the problem is a lot of people who don't really understand power supplies and electricity and how these components work together is they tend to think that if your computer only needs 500 watts to run underload but you hook up 1,000 watt power supply that you're sending 1,000 watts to your computer I've seen a lot of comments saying using an oversized power supply can damage your system and that just boggles my mind the way a power supply works is it's only going to supply the amount of power that the computer needs up to its Max rating so 1,000 watt power supply can supply up to 1,000 watts of power to the components now that doesn't mean it's sending 1,000 Watts at all times now the reason why you'll see people use oversized power supplies and me being one of them is I want to kind of try ins siize the power supply to be more in the peak of the efficiency curve right around 50% is where 50% usage or load is where power supply is most efficient so a th000 watt power supply supplying power to a 500 wat system would be at the height of its efficiency curve but of course there's going to be a huge diminishing return in terms of cost where you're going to spend a lot more for 1,000 wat power supply than say a good 650 or 700 wat power supply which could also maintain that same sort of efficiency curve so you want to pay attention to diminishing returns and not go too big the only thing you're really going to destroy when you use a power supply that's too big is your wallet now this next one's a pretty popular myth and you've probably seen it if you've ever been to any sort of PC Forum Facebook group or even the comment section of my videos and that is you can speed up a slow computer by adding more RAM or technically downloading more RAM as some people call it anyway I digress guys that really depends on why your system is running slow in the first place do you have an extremely undersized or underperforming CPU based on the tasks you're asking of it are you talking about gaming performance and you have a very slow GPU well things like that Ram is not going to actually help what Ram is going to help is if you have tasks that are utilizing a huge amount of data being stored in the memory CAD drawings uh video rendering or huge Photoshop projects that stuff is heavily Ram dependent because all of those previews and stuff are stored in memory and what happens when you run out of memory is your computer doesn't just shut down people seem to think if you have too little memory and you ask more of your memory than it has capable that your system is just going to blue screen or shut down that's not true what happens is it starts to access what's called a page file in the windows environment or a swap file in the Linux environment where that data is then stored on the hard drive or even an SSD the problem is even m two ssds are extremely slow compared to the data rates and transfer speeds of the physical memory itself so if you're starting to have to share data and swap files with your hard drive that's what's going to slow down your PC so most gaming PCs home PCS or home PC environment are not going to be doing things that need more than roughly 16 GB of memory but having faster memory and more memory is of course going to have a diminishing return just like power supply so it really comes down to what you're doing with your PC now this is one I've actually heard quite a bit considering the fact that I used to work in it uh in an Enterprise environment was this is a good one to talk about and that being gaming PCs make terrible workstation PCS and and that I don't entirely understand now unless we're talking like full-on CAD rendering PCS with multi-cpu xon systems with you know 128 gigs of ECC registered Ram or whatever you're building servers then this doesn't really make a whole lot of sense because I don't know about you but most gaming enthusiasts tend to go quite over board with their Hardware more often than not they build PCS that are way above and beyond what they need to play their games that's cuz they're Enthusiast and they like high-r Hardware at least most people here if you can't afford it you would use it if you could you know what I'm saying so I don't understand how people can say gaming PCs are not good workstation PCS often times they have at least 16 GB of RAM or more they tend to have multi-threaded CPUs usually it's some sort of i7 with hyperthreading or now a ryen with all these cores which would make a great workstation PC and now with gpus being used in a lot of day-to-day tasks and a lot of uh programs able to offload onto GPU and coding it makes more sense than ever that a gaming PC is really a dual purpose PC you can work on it and you can game on it and no longer do you have to have a specific build guide or Direction based on that use case you can now have a gaming PC that you can also build an entire business based off of now this next one I know is one that we have all heard guaranteed if you've ever read any discussion on any website or YouTube comment or anything regarding gpus and GPU performance and high refresh rate monitors it's who cares the human eye can only see blah blah blah FPS anyway and you can replace blah blah blah with any denomination because nobody can agree on what the human eye can actually see now I can tell you there was a really good discussion that took place on Reddit yeah I know right I read a Reddit post very strange the general consensus at least amongst eye experts was that the human eyes in the nerves can fire anywhere between 300 to 1,000 times per second sending information to the brain and that information travels at 200 100 mph from your eye to your brain I don't know how they measure that but whatever again I'm not no I'm Optimist but I can tell you that most people in here actually agree that the human eye can see approximately 1 1,000th of a second now how that actually translates to FPS I don't know but what I can tell you is that what we can definitely see is the variation between frame rates yeah TV is only at what 29.97 FPS movies are at 24p or 24 frames per second and the reason why that looks super smooth is because of two things one extremely consistent frame intervals the frame is being rendered and redrawn exactly the same amount of time between each frame so that gives you a lot of smoothness the second thing is when you're dealing with video cameras and stuff like that there's a lot of motion blur so you get blurred images between those frames which makes it like that's what we're doing right now this is this is looking super smooth at 30 FPS because of the fact that the frames are blending together in games it's not like that it is a very harsh redrawn frame over and over and over and over there's no blending between the two so of course they've added things like motion blur to games to try and give it that cinematic effect but most of us turn that off anyway but the problem is if you're getting 60 FPS and then 75 and then 58 and then 62 and 71 that's a constant change of frame rates where you're getting different gaps between frames as things are adjusting what's happening on screen so that's why you have now frame uh pacing uh technology like freesync and gsync and vyncs of course been around for quite a while where the point is to draw the frames consistently there's no conclusive argument to this and that's certainly not going to happen today because the problem is all of our eyes are different all of our brains work at different speeds again read the YouTube comments and that will make sense to you not everyone's brain Fires at the same time not everyone's eyes are transmitting the same speed of information and not everyone's eyes are created equal so of course it's a very subjective subject matter subjective subject matter if that yeah you know what I'm trying to say guys go with fast gpus go with high refresh rate monitors and enjoy it I promise you will see a difference and if you say you can't why refer back to the the brain firing speed thing so anyway I had basically asked you guys on Twitter last night tell me your top PC myths and uh maybe we make it into a video and basically what I did was I took the ones that seem to be reoccurring a lot of people were mentioning over and over and those were the ones that made it in here maybe we'll do another installment of this video we talk about five more PC myths you shouldn't believe here's another myth you shouldn't believe and that's the fact that Jay is a PC Fanboy and doesn't like mac well\n"