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elnino334 on 14 February 2008
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rocketpig said:
naznatips said:
Final-Fan said:
Moreover, PC prices are indeed falling but a PC in the same price range as consoles are NOT going to last as long for gaming as consoles.

This is a common misconception from people who don't understsand PC hardware. It's true that your PC will not play games on maximum settings for 5 years, but a PC built now will run all games over the next 5 years easily, and if you do want to continue running games at higher graphical power, the only thing you'll need to upgrade is your video card once every 2 years or so. Possibly your RAM as well.

Honestly I've never understood where people got this idea that PCs suddenly won't be able to play the games the consoles do. It's truly a ridiculous notion. My PC, from a technical standpoint, is simply far more powerful than either console. I have a better GPU, more RAM, and a better Processor. Where on Earth did you get the idea that I'm suddenly not going to be playing the multiplatform games 3 years down the line?

I swear, the complaints people come up with against PC gaming defy all logic. People who have no understanding of PC technology at all just hop on the bandwago.


While, as a PC gamer for years, I agree with most of what you're saying, I have a hard time believing any 2002 computer could run Crysis.

In the PC gaming world, you probably have more like three years (if you drop $1k on parts, not including monitor) of high-to-mid gaming on a PC.  After that, you'll be struggling to run newer games at even midrange resolutions and horsepower hogs like Crysis won't run at all (though those types of games are pretty rare).


it also assumes most people got a kick ass computer in 2002.  Anyone who bought their PC at a local store like best buy, circuit city, costco, BJ's etc will have a kick ass computer for the internet and office but not for gaming.  Most of those are always under $1000 with everything included because they have cheap ass motherboards, sounds cards and video cards.  I went out and tried to get the best card I could afford 2-3 years ago in the x800 ati pci express which I thought would be good for 5 years or so yet crysis runs like crap.  Yeah I am sure I can run other games like city of heroes but as mentioned most people didn't go out to buy a nice card with their new machine.  Maybe we should refer to PC gamers as hardcore who know the latest and greatest that know who to build machines that last 5 years etc.  Seems all the PC gamers here are basically that but what about everyone else getting new PC"s typically for college whos parent bought it for them and they can't run games good.  Of course the hardware has advanced alot faster then software with memory becoming a non issue but what about the previous years etc.  Again I am all for PC doing well but the current setup sucks.