Okay, so I'm gonna cave and get the X tomorrow. Haven't really played my Switch since I beat Zelda and Mario Odyssey, and I do not have another console. Was going to build my own PC for the first time in 5 or so years, but figured out that I'd have to throw $700~ into a build to get the equivalent power of the X. The only thing is, I don't have a 4k TV to take full advantage of the hardware. I have a 24" 1080p monitor/tv at 60hz. Should I see a noticeable difference in performance with an Xbox One X over an OG One? Is it worth the additional cost?
Sorry if it's been asked already.
When I use my X in my bedroom (1080p 60inch Samsung panel) the difference between the OG Xbox and the X is immediately obvious and it's *very hard* to go back to the OG Xbone. I sit about 1.5 meters from my TV for reference. Titanfall 2, Forza 7 and even enhanced Xbox 360 titles like Fallout 3 look absolutely fantastic on a 1080p panel when downsampled from 4k. The X plays all games at their highest resolution and downsamples them to your TVs (or monitor) res, so you're always getting pristine image quality (no jaggies, no pixel crawl, no blurriness from overzealous application of cheap-post-processing AA techniques and you get 16x AF for sharp textures on oblique angles ie. no PS4 texture soup).
That said, I haven't tried my X on a smaller monitor. On a 24 inch display, the difference might not be
as apparent. It will likely depend on how close that you sit to your display and how much that you personally care about image quality / sharpness. An Xbox One S might be sufficient in your circumstance (although I personally really don't like the overly blurry look of 900p games upscaled to 1080p displays).
I did plan to keep both my OG Xbox One and X hooked up in two different rooms but it's too hard for me to go back to the original Xbone now, so I just lug my X between the two.