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. Many thanks to Will Judd, Stella Judd and supporter Fidler_2K for making this content possible. Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: Join the DF Patreon to support the team more directly and to get access to everything we do via pristine quality downloads: Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies or pullovers? Check out our store: For commercial enquiries, please contact business@ 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