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adriane23 on 29 June 2014
teigaga said:
BraLoD said:
spemanig said:
BraLoD said:
PS4 is 400 since last november, and can do 1080p/60fps, so...


There's nothing I can really say to this. I just want to highlight that someone somewhere can actually post something like this in a thread like this.


Nothing wrong with what I said, it's pointless to build a PC 25% more expensive than a PS4 that will be useless in like 2 years and a PS4 will endure at least 5-6 years.
People would better invest a little more into building a PC to game. But nothing wrong with doing this either, I just don't see any good point in it.


Very few console games will be 1080p/60fps. Most will be 1080p, 30p on the PS4. 

For $400, that's pretty damn good. You couldn't hope to get the same results with a custom built PC for the same amount of money.



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mornelithe on 29 June 2014
adriane23 said:
teigaga said:
BraLoD said:
spemanig said:
BraLoD said:
PS4 is 400 since last november, and can do 1080p/60fps, so...


There's nothing I can really say to this. I just want to highlight that someone somewhere can actually post something like this in a thread like this.


Nothing wrong with what I said, it's pointless to build a PC 25% more expensive than a PS4 that will be useless in like 2 years and a PS4 will endure at least 5-6 years.
People would better invest a little more into building a PC to game. But nothing wrong with doing this either, I just don't see any good point in it.


Very few console games will be 1080p/60fps. Most will be 1080p, 30p on the PS4. 

For $400, that's pretty damn good. You couldn't hope to get the same results with a custom built PC for the same amount of money.

True, but that's also assuming you're not starting off from a pretty good position, either.  Not that I'm trying to encourage anyone into anything here, but the thing I really like about building my own PC is I can design it to allow for serious upgrade options, and still be in damn good shape gaming wise for years before thinking about adding/replacing hardware.   Yes, it requires a decent initial investment, specifically a good motherboard, but the rest you can make sacrifices on and still be over 1080p/60fps.  The same, can also be said of most store bought pre-built configs; you already have a PC there, find out it's specs and see what parts it can handle.  Simple and sub-$400 investments can have dramatic effects.

That having been said, I also love some console exclusive devs, so...it's nice to get some variety in hardware as well.



Game_God on 29 June 2014

Pretty generic OP, 1080p 60fps with what graphical options enabled???

You don't need a 500$ rig to play 1080p 60fps with minimal graphical settings...

PS4 would melt to try & run BF3/BF4(I regret it so much)/Crysis2/Crysis3 @ 1080P 60-80fps on highest graphical settings like my PC, of course I paid 1250€,  2 years ago, but still, for a 2 y-old rig, I play pretty much any game on max settings, wich the PS4 is way off...



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Trunkin on 29 June 2014
VanceIX said:

1080p/30fps for more recent games, an it will be completely outdated in a year.

If you're going to build a gaming PC, be ready to spend $800 minimum, more if you want to be future-proof.

I'd say $800 should get you a pretty futureproof system. I spent under $400 on mine, and that's including the monitor. Tack a GTX 760 onto that and spend an extra $50 on the mobo(mine's dirt cheap) and you end up at $700 give or take. Course, I did shop around for the best deals.



GameAnalyser on 29 June 2014

I'd certainly say this budget would be wishful thinking. PC optimization for games vary between AMD and Nvidia GPUs. So if a game was optimised more on a card that is not yours, then you're at loss. If I were to afford a high end PC, I wouldn't still go for it because of the PC patches and updates that would always warrant your attention for the best gameplay and performance. Consoles save the trouble. I currently game on an AMD and always keep updating catalyst drivers. PCs are the best to purchase around mid-gen when multi-platform games appear to look far more superior and not comparable.



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BrawlWiiN64 on 28 July 2014

Here's a $420 PC i found

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQjHR82vj7c

 



Danman27 on 28 July 2014

Good builds, but I would recommend just getting a ps4 if you're going to spend less the $800 on a gaming PC.



justgames7604 on 28 July 2014
adriane23 said:
VanceIX said:

1080p/30fps for more recent games, an it will be completely outdated in a year.

If you're going to build a gaming PC, be ready to spend $800 minimum, more if you want to be future-proof.

This. I hate that people don't understand this yet.



Wert? nothing is known john snow. you can pay 500 and just turn down the options to high or med instead of ultra, turn off fxaa and some shadow effects and it will play like a ps4 for the entire gen. Jesus, turning down the graphics is an option when talking about pcs.

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HokageTenshi on 28 July 2014

how about build for 720p with much better price since people say there is not much difference between them... 



Locknuts on 28 July 2014

It certainly gives all the benefits of PC gaming, but at that price you would have to be happy with your games looking worse than on a PS4. If 60fps is a priority though, like he says this machine could do it with other setting turned down. $300 more and you're talking.