Squilliam said:
Because the consoles are so powerful in the software market, The specs for most games are not likely to increase much over the next 4-5 years. A more powerful PC can play them faster with higher resolutions but the demands aren't likely to change much in that time. |
So if they don't change that much for 4-5 years, again, why would my 3 year old kickass laptop be nearly obsolete?
I remember even Oblivion even pushing it pretty hard and Neverwinter Nights 2 pushed it *really* hard so that I had to have settings turned down and even had to read tweak guides just to get them to run well.
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And before you point out I know nothing about gaming PC's or laptops (because I don't) it wasn't me that picked it out, it was the school I went to that picked them out. Part of your tuition is devoted towards buying about the best possible laptop at the time of enrolling and each term you pay off a little more.
And I only guess at the $3000 mark, they told us the cost once but that was 3 years ago and I only remember it was really high and that number included the software so I also take down the number (the number was originially over $4000, I do remember that).