In reality, most of these &quot;features&quot; aren&#x27;t very noticeable to the average gamer. In the case where it is a noticeable, a little screen tearing really isn&#x27;t a huge deal (not to mention G-sync requires an Nvidia GPU, which not everyone has nor will have).<p>Avid gamers do have a habit of going overboard on things, such as buying 64GB+ of RAM even though they never use it (and wont unless they run VM&#x27;s, or huge services&#x2F;server software, etc...).<p>It&#x27;s easy to spend $2,000-$4,000+ on a super high end gaming rig, but in reality the $1,000 rig will game just fine for a long while before mandating upgrades.