jkimball said:
Yeah,just like on a console. Consoles are stuckt at 720p (for the most part). A $1200 Quadcore Dell XPS bought today (I just priced - it's on dell.com front page ) will easily play 5 -6 years of games at 1280X720. Sure it won't play them a 1920x1200 - but then again neither do consoles! You guys are comparing high end ultra high resolution PC gaming to a console and claming the PC is more expensive. A console can't do 1900x1220 (or higher) ever. Your PC will do that for a few years, then drift down as games bvecome more complex eventually bottoming out right around console level 720p. So for $350 you get 720p for 5 years. For $1200 you get to surf vgcharts, do your homework, chat with firends, watch you tube AND play games at super high resolutions for the first few years....
It seems everyone here has a PC already anyway! |
I bought a $1200ish Dell about four and a half years ago. It stopped being able to run current games at 1280x720 about a year ago. Last I checked, it could barely handle Oblivion unless I turned the graphics way down, much less a current graphics-hog like Crysis. And that's with a RAM and video card upgrade over the original.
Aside from that, you're paying $1200 to do the same thing that a $350 Xbox can do. That's... sort of stupid.
@ Legend11: Spore is coming out for every console in existence as well as the PC. Dragon Age and Starcraft 2 probably won't be coming out this year - at least, I'll be surprised if they do. And Warcraft... well, if I wanted a second job, I'd at least want to get paid for it. ;)
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