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mtu9356 on 02 March 2013
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Captain_Tom said:
mtu9356 said:
Will the fact that the PS4/XboxNext are coming out late this year have any impact on the price of pc parts? I'm thinking of building my first pc sometime in the next year or so and I'm looking for advice. When would be the best time to build one which can ideally last me 5 years and be able to run games in the upper-mid to high range. Also I'm wondering how the DDR5 Ram that the ps4 will have on games which are ported to pc. If a game is with utilizing its added speed, how will it affect pcs that are running it? Will it take a significantly better pc to outshine it?


Buy a PC now or durring summer.   Right now you can get a 7870 LE (Which is about as strong as a 7970) for $240 and it comes with Bioshock: Infinite and Crysis 3!  Otherwise prices are always best around summer.   

The current gen of AMD video cards are so strong that they aren't going to relase new ones until late 2013 or early 2014.   Also if you get a 7870 or up, you are fine fo 5 years don't worry lol.

As for how much power it takes to compete with optimized consoles; consoles really don't get much of a boost.  Really they just run them at lower than par resolutions (BF3 is 704p), and get an extra 10% boost in performance.   For instance a 6450 ($30 card) is rated as about the same strength as the card the PS3 was derived from, and still performs just as well in modern games as the PS3.   The real reason Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 looked awesome is because ND and GG are amazing at what they do!

I've been looking at parts and and am thinking about going with 7950 and overclocking it.  I'd like to get the most for my money and have a pc with good longevity.  However, I doubt I'll have money for a gaming pc for at least a few months :(.  I hope there are a lot of good sales this summer.