Mazty said:
Is that opening comment not just as inflammatory as "HAVE FUN! LMFAO!" ? Actually Moore's law is doing just fine: You're clearly not a PC gamer, or keep up to date with PC hardware and yet you're trying to argue the value of components? If you've ever seen a 4650 it's instantly clear that it's not a gaming card it's so small and certainly not worth $100 unless you are going to seriously argue that the HD4650, a low end card from '08, is on par with modern day $100 cards like the HD7750. He didn't say NOW and people who write on websites aren't always right, as shown by him getting the cards year wrong. It's not exactly polite, nor pleasent, to try and argue about things so vehemently when you're guessing at most of it. |
Read the article and you note he does say NOW as the entire article is a comparison of what the Wii costs to make now vs it's release cost.
2 Gigs of Ram = 30 Bucks
High End Blu-ray Drive - 80 bucks
E6760 - 100 bucks
and I quote here
"So far, just based on available retail parts (and the above illustrations I used aren't even discounted) we're looking at $210."
So... your wrong. He's talking about the Wii U's price to create based on retail parts. I mean... why would he use the 2009 price when constructing how much the Wii would cost to make today? Or did you just not read the entire article?
Now as for how much a Radeon HD 4650 costs? About $100 bucks.
http://www.pinnaclemicro.com/computer/parts.php?g=VN566AT&gclid=CO7sgaOEzLICFcZxQgodZggAQA
So yeah... he clearly means $100 now. You are just outright wrong... a quick google search would of showed you that... and your complaining about other people not performing due diligence.
As for not being a PC gamer...
277 PC Games on Steam alone...
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003014739/
so there is that.
PC gaming is all I do... I'm likely to skip all three of the next generation consoles.