re: so I just spent too much building a pc what do I do now?

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would there be a major downside of running my pc through my xbox. would i loose any quality or experience more lag from running the hdmi from my pc to the xbox and from there the tv?

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I don't have any consoles, so I don't quite understand the reasoning for running it through the XBox, unless you're just out of HDMI ports on the TV and don't want to have to keep changing them. In which case, anything interrupting a video signal's direct path is going to introduce latency, but I have no idea whether it would be 1ms or 200ms.


As for couch PC gaming on the TV, lots of people do it, and it seems popular among people who are transitioning away from console. It's not my thing, but since I also work full time at my computer, I actually have a chair meant for 8+ hours use:



I can sit in that chair for far longer than I can tolerate a couch.

Of course, you're also wasting potential by gaming on a 1080P TV with a $1200 rig. You could always just go 2x NVIDIA DSR on some games to render at double resolution, which cuts down on the aliasing a bit. Though it won't help you a whole lot if you're the type who thinks sitting 5 feet away from a 75-inch 1080p panel is somehow immersive. Also, if you plan to play any online FPS, using a mouse and keyboard from a couch is cumbersome.