Are "next gen" consoles already last gen compared to the best PC rigs from today ?

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fillet said:

twilight_link said:
the first and last short lived technological lead was in 1996 with n64 since then no.

Saturn/PS1 were better than anything a PC could do at time of release excluding 3D cards. n64 wasn't as good graphically as a pc with a 3dfx card in either.

Even the Xbox 360 had a suprior GPU to what was even purchasable on the PC at the time, was similar but had some extra bits...technical explanation is easily obtainabe via google.

This is actually the first "next gen" where PCs have easily been ahead even before release of said consoles.

the problem is n64 was released nearly 6 months earlier than 3Dfx, well if you wish you can count some intergraph Win NT workstations but the cost was 10 000 $+