twesterm said:
Squilliam said:
twesterm said:
Yeah, but how long will that $500 computer last? I'm not trying to get into a console vs. PC argument, I just hate it when people start throwing prices out there but then don't tell you how long that computer will be current.
I had a $3000 laptop that was just over 3 years old and it can't play anything that's coming out now. True laptops are more expensive but that doesn't change the fact it was an incredible laptop. I would often have the laptop running at 1900x1200, another monitor running at 1680x1050, Photoshop CS2 running with very large files open, 3DSMax open, whatever editor I happened to be working in (and when I was working in Source I usually had FacePoser open too), iTunes open, and Outlook open with everything running very smooth.
If I tried to run any current games like Gears or whatever it just couldn't run that and the few games I could run I had to run everything at very low settings.
So yeah, my 3 year old kickass laptop is nearly obsolete today. What makes me think a $500 PC would run anything in 3 years? |
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.
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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).
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Core 2 processors were only released in 2006, for a laptop that would mean you'd be using a lower clocked Pentium M right? Which would be wholly inadeqaure compared to consoles of today.
Also the GPU of those times in a laptop would be pretty pathetic, remember it has to operate in a power envelope thats about the same size as a Nintendo Wii.
