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greenmedic88 on 16 June 2009
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Mendicate Bias said:
shio said:

Most PC gamers DON'T upgrade, so your point is moot. There is almost no need to upgrade PCs anymore because of what I've stated before. For example, my brother's 6 years old PC (bought early 2003) can still play most of today's PC games, and this is a PC from before the multi-core era.

And again, if we are comparing strictly gaming then there is no need to bring up "MSN messages popping up" because that is not a gaming related, but the fact that you can use MSN, AIM and several other IM's while you're playing PC games but not console games means that PC is that flexible. With Steam you can even use web-browse INSIDE the games!

PC gaming is becoming more accessible, while console gaming is becoming more complicated... what is there to not understand? I'm not saying whether PC is easier or not, that is irrelevant.

And you clearly know NOTHING about PC games, because when you're downloading a game from Steam it actually installs it AT THE SAME TIME. Right after the game is downloaded you can already play it, there is no additional installs!!!! And you usually don't need a CD key for digital copies... /facepalm

Many PC games also have local multiplayer, probably more than on any console. And PC also has a vastly bigger LAN support than all consoles combined.

 

Wait so you can play split screen on your computer, thats amazing I wish the rest of us noobs knew how to play split screen on our computers.

And actually you can be signed on to msn and playing games on the 360 at the same time. Not that I ever am since its ridiculously annoying getting messages while in an online match.

Also I know you keep saying that you can buy a pc for very cheap that can easily play crysis. I'm assuming you mean building your own pc, which the massive majority of the general public wouldn't even know where to start. However if you can find me a pc at retail for $400 that can play crysis on med-high settings then I will concede the point. I honestly don't know much about pc costs right now so you might easily be able to do this, I'm just curious.

The main problem with OEM systems is that every spec tends to be more than enough for games... except for the VGA card.

Naturally, cheap systems with integrated video go right out.

Slightly less cheap systems with very cheap discrete video cards (well under $100 retail bought separate) aren't much better.

Unfortunately, most OEM systems with decent video cards (9800GT or HD4850 for example) will charge the buyer an unnecessary premium since it will likely be marketed as a "gaming" rig. You will not find these for $500 or even $600, barring inventory clearing sales.

Best bet for the low tech savvy buyer is get a low cost rig with a decent processor and memory and buy the best VGA card your budget permits. Learn how to install a PCI card and install/update drivers. If you can't do that, then stick with console gaming.

 

And no, this won't be a $400 or even a $500 game slaying box.