NUC Hades Canyon for a 1080p gamer yay or nay?

[Wolverine2020]

As in the topic is the new NUC good for a 1080p high/ultra 60 Hz gamer ?Also can post release drivers make it better or should I just get a console?

 

[Powerage]

As in the topic is the new NUC good for a 1080p high/ultra 60 Hz gamer ?Also can post release drivers make it better or should I just get a console?

1) It's not released yet, so we don't really know. There might be some performance reviews out there.

2) Drivers can improve performance but likely won't make a significant difference.

3) Console is going to be cheaper up front and really isn't the same thing at all. If you're only getting it for gaming, I don't think the NUC is a good idea. Console is probably less than half the price of this when all said and done and is designed for gaming.

 

[kirbyrj]

Barebones Hades Canyon NUC's with the higher end i7-8800G start at $999 in the pre-order I saw. Better off with a console.

Even one of these Asus G20's with a GTX1070 is "only" $879 and it would run circles around the NUC in gaming.

 

[Erebus]

Hades Canyon with a Razer Core would make for a pretty awesome portable-ish setup.

If not going the core route, it seems that the performance of the on-die Vega is on par with a GTX 1050Ti or 1060 max q. There are some reviews here. 1080P gaming looks good but not sure you’d get ultra settings.

 

[Criticalhitkoala]

it's a little late now, but absolutely not unless you really want a tiny computer. YOu can get a dell optiplex sff 9020 with a geforce 1050ti and have almost the same experience for half the price, or 60% the price with a ssd and monitor.

 

[cjcox]

I guess it all depends. I means it's "ok", but it's not quite "mid-range". With that said, not everybody needs settings set to "ultra mega insane high".