PC Gaming on the Xbox Series X CPU: AMD 4800S Desktop Kit Review

AMD's 4800S Desktop Kit is a Chinese OEM-only PC board featuring the Xbox Series X APU paired with 16GB of GDDR6 memory. The onboard GPU is disabled, but there's enough PCIe bandwidth to attach a powerful graphics card. So how does the Series X CPU stack up against other desktop Ryzen processors? What kind of limits does it have when combined with the best-of-the-best AMD graphics card? Rich investigates.

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00:00 Introduction
03:49 Synthetic Benchmarks: Cinebench R23, Memory Bandwidth + Latency
06:08 Gaming Benchmarks: Introduction
07:07 Gaming Benchmarks: COD BLOPs Cold War
08:15 Gaming Benchmarks: Crysis 3 Remastered
09:05 Gaming Benchmarks: Ashes of the Singularity
09:37 Gaming Benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077
10:12 Gaming Benchmarks: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
11:12 Gaming Benchmarks: Microsoft Flight Simulator
11:49 Gaming Benchmarks: Far Cry 6
12:14 Gaming Benchmarks: CS:GO
12:53 Gaming Benchmarks: Hitman 3
13:25 Gaming Benchmarks: Analysis + Conclusion
15:25 Gameplay Tests: Gotham Knights
16:55 Gameplay Tests: Hogwarts Legacy
17:55 Gameplay Tests: Fortnite UE5
19:05 Gameplay Tests: A Plague Tale Requiem
22:08 Gameplay Tests: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
24:08 Gameplay Tests: Microsoft Flight Simulator
25:52 Gameplay Tests: Cyberpunk 2077
28:26 And Now, The Conclusion