Affiliate Disclosure
In plain language: some of the hardware and product links on this site earn us a small commission if you buy something after clicking, at no extra cost to you.
Programs we participate in
- GameReadyCheck participates in Amazon Associates and the HD OPTI affiliate program. We may earn a commission on qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Best Buy, Walmart, Alternate.de, Newegg, B&H and GameStop are not active affiliate partners. Commercial relationships do not determine checker results.
Until a program is active, links to that retailer go to a plain, untracked search or product page, see our Methodology page for how this degrades gracefully rather than showing a broken or fake link.
As of September 2026, "Newegg," "B&H," and "GameStop" buttons on this site are plain, untracked links, not affiliate links. Our access to those programs (all run through Rakuten Advertising) was terminated, and we haven't rebuilt that relationship yet. We'll update this page the moment that changes.
How these links are marked
Every active affiliate link on this site (currently our Amazon and HD OPTI links, for example "Buy on Amazon", "View price on Amazon" or "Check availability") opens in a new tab and carries a rel="sponsored" attribute, per Google's and the FTC's guidance on marking paid or commissioned links. Links to Best Buy, Walmart, Alternate.de, Newegg, B&H and GameStop are plain, untracked links for now, see above, and do not carry that attribute.
Does this affect our recommendations?
No. A component's Minimum, Recommended, or Enthusiast placement is derived entirely from the ReadyScore™ methodology, not from which retailer pays the highest commission. We link to the same specific product (a given GPU model, a given console SKU) regardless of which retailer's program happens to be approved at the time; if other retailers are linked as well, they are shown as secondary options rather than replacing the product we recommend.
Advertising
This site does not currently show display ads. We may enable Google AdSense later, after a Google-certified consent platform is set up. If we do, ad placement and content would be handled by Google's automated systems, not by us directly, and would not influence editorial content.
Full details on data collection are in our Privacy Policy.