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twesterm on 06 October 2010
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bmmb1 said:
twesterm said:
bmmb1 said:

3D gaming is the latest buzz lately, and this buzz isn't going to subside as people actually start to play these games. The problem is that the present HD consoles, in order to display games in 3D, will display the games with a noticeable drop in fidelity. And in order to see the game in 3D, you need one of those expensive 3D TVs.

To the rescue comes... The PC!!!

New PCs have the horsepower to render 3D without loss

AND

3D capable screens for PC are much, much more affordable

I predict that more and more 3D enabled games will come to the PC as well, and more and more gamers will go back to the PC for such games, as this will be the affordable way (and in some ways, possibly the best way) to play games in 3D.

Discuss!


If you don't think people want to pay the price for a 3DTV why do you think they'll want to pay the price for a 3D gaming computer setup?

Because entry price is much, much lower. Most people have a PC already, they just need to upgrade some parts of it.


That's a load of crap.  I'm sorry, but it is.

I built my last PC in 2006 and guess what I could use for new PC?  My DVD drive.

Motherboard- worthless

CPU- worthless

Ram- worthless

HDD- way too small

Power supply- not enough

Graphics card- couldn't dream of running anything

The sad thing is when I built that PC in 2006 it was a really good PC.  In three or four years when I update again I totally expect the same situation.  Hell, my friend that bought a $3000 Alienware PC 2-3 years ago has to run games on the lowest settings today. 

Slightly off topic, but people keep telling me how much cheaper PC gaming is to get into but I just don't believe them.  I could spend $250 in a year or two to upgrade my video card and I could spend another $100 at any time to get more ram.  So in a year I could spend $350 to keep my PC current and probably have to do the same again in another year or two after that.  So if I wanted to constantly game on my PC that's the $1000 initial build plus another lets be generous and say $400 over the next five years.  That's not even counting software, monitors, and other accessories.

For $1400 I can get a good TV ($1000) that will be used for a very long time and a console game that will last 4-5 years.

Don't get me wrong, I like my new PC and it's excellent at running Starcraft II, Dragon Age and FFXIV but the whole "PC gaming is cheaper" thing is a myth.

As for the 3D thing, the point is they're both incredibly expensive and they both require a large buy-in.  If I'm going to spend a lot of money with the intent of getting the 3D experience, I would much rather blow that money on a TV that I'm going to use for gaming and movie watching.

-edit-

And don't read too much into that rant, I like my PC and I like gaming on it.  Sometimes I'm a little annoyed by the lack of consideration for lefties in some games, but I still like it.  I'm just saying that despite what people say, PC gaming is not as cheap as they make it out to be.

You either spend a little and upgrade a lot down the road, spend a fair amount and upgrade intermittently, or spend a lot and upgrade rarely.  Whichever way, you're always putting more and more money into the PC and it has the bonus of being complicated.