Barozi said:
Well the games are definitely cheaper, but you're definitely right about something.
If you're going to buy a PC you most likely won't get a cheap ass one, because if you did you'd need to replace ALL parts in a few years. So you're going to get a more expensive one that is more future proof and yet after some years you're angry that you can't run the games at full details and you buy a new CPU because on its own it's not that expensive..... and then you buy more because the GPU now sucks compared to the new CPU and so on.
So yeah PC gaming is not really cheap. Though it can be worth it.
I bought a completely new PC in 2009 for 700€ ($900 incl. tax). Because Skyrim didn't run as good I bought a new GPU (GTX 580) for 200€ ($260) even though my old one (4890HD) was still pretty good. Now I'm also buying more RAM for 35€ ($45). But then I'm thinking that my CPU (E8400 dual core overclocked to 3.6GHz) sucks compared to the other parts and even though I don't plan to replace it, I probably will next year or in two years.
And obviously the power consumption is much higher, which doesn't help in these times.
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damn, still running an E8400? O_O; That's impressive, Core 2s bottleneck like bitches.
