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dahuman on 25 June 2011
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Viper1 said:
Resident_Hazard said:

Saying the PC is "already stronger than the PS4 will most likely be" based on no logic, information, or intelligent thought is a foolhardy comment at best, deliberate ignorance from someone who knows they're wrong and too stubborn to admit it at worst.

The PC, as it currently is, is barely a step up beyond the abilities of the PS3 and Xbox360, and to be truly advanced over either of those consoles means spending vastly more money on hardware to upgrade the PC to that level than it costs to simply own a PS3 or Xbox360.

I consider myself quit well versed in hardware technology and build computers as a side project for fun.  If you like, I can build a PC for under $400 that will most certainly take down the PS3/X360 in game performance.   As for competing against current top end PC hardware, not a chance.

The PS3/X360 may render a game at sub-HD levels or even 720p if you're lucky but rarely with much AA applied and then you'll get 30fps...60 if, again, you're lucky.   A top end PC will take the same game with better textures, more polygons, better shaders and give you 1920 x 1080 or higher, with lots of AA, lots of AF and more than 60 fps quite easily.

I don't think you grasp just how much more powerful PC's are than the HD consoles.  Irstupid is actually correct.  The PS4/Next X will not exceed the gaming capabilities of top end hardware right now.


They still have 4 years to.... well, put the performance of 3 GTX580s or 3 6950s into a single chip that draws much less power...... I mean, it might be possible in 4 years time to surpass that if they use the latest tech in 4-5 years, would definitely have better tessellation which would make a big difference in how games look and change how games are made. But when you count in the R&D part of the consoles, it's very unlikely that they can keep the cost to a reasonable level without gimping something to create a bottleneck just like what they did this gen, they need to reach a point of balance, and would never beat PCs on the market at their release time frame in general.