Kasz216 said:
Mazty said:
Kasz216 said:
And your saying HE is talking in stupid hyperbole.
If you want to talk years. The latest 6760 was released in 2011... and Moore's law hasn't applied for some time now.
And he said it was a $100 GPU NOW... that wasn't the price in 2009. He's using the price to tally up what the hardware for the Wii U costs to make today. So according to you on pricing... that makes it a budget/middle of the road card today. Exactly Source's point.
That you could make such a reading mistake and the $100 price point in 09 seemed credible to you makes me REALLY puts your knowledge on the subject in question.
As for paying more for less performace? That's every console ever when it comes to tech. Consoles always release with behind the edge processors and graphics cards. That's why if you actually care about shit like this it's PC or nothing.
They rely on low system reqs for OS and such. I mean hell, why do you think most consoles have about as much Ram as a computer from 2002.
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Is that opening comment not just as inflammatory as "HAVE FUN! LMFAO!" ?
I didn't say stupid hyperbole, I said he was completely wrong no matter what way you look at it. Let's be mature about this and not warp words.
Actually Moore's law is doing just fine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transistor_Count_and_Moore%27s_Law_-_2011.svg
And it's still going to be around for a while:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/10/intel_asml_deal/
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.
Consoles are generally behind computer hardware, but not by this much, and certainly not at this stage of the existing console generation. With news on this GPU and the next consoles stated for release in 2013, it does beg the question why bother with the Wii U?
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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.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=100006662&isNodeId=1&Description=Radeon+HD+4650&x=11&y=16
http://www.serversupply.com/products/part_search/pid_lookup.asp?pid=124277&gclid=CL_cuIWEzLICFWWCQgodZSUAgg
http://www.compuvest.com/Search.jsp?Search=VN566ATR&advsite=froogle&sku=331010308-10&dp=1:HPR:10565:0:0
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.
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