Giving PS4 and Xbox One a run for their money

[SvennoJ]

Shido said:

outlawauron said:

 

I highly doubt it. I built a $1k+ PC about 4 years ago and I struggle to things on medium settings leading for there to be very few differences between it and consoles versions.

Which CPU, GPU do you have? resolution you play?

The newer game I could find running on a X1900XT which is a tad slower than Xbox 360 equivalent GPU(X1950XT) was battlefield bad company 2 with everything maxed out with 1X AA according to the video author: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLV3hU4uLc running problably on 720p or above

The best equivalent should be a HD 5570 which runs current games just fine at a low resolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbhxhxpgmwQ

AN 8800 GTX which was released the same year of the PS3  runs Metro Last Light very fluid at 1440x900 with medium texture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0cUPvm2lKw

Looks equal or better than the same games on the PS360 to me.

And the build I posted has more powerfull hardware than next gen consoles. 

An 8800 GTX was $599 in 2006....

I have a GT 230 v2 same or better specs then the Xenos and it's always a crapshoot if a console port will be optimized enough to run decently. I played Metro 2033 and Deus Ex HR on it in 1280x1024, The witcher 2 in 1280x720, Just cause 2 in 1080p and for all had to revisit the settings regularly to keep playable framerates. It's fine for indie games (go play Antichamber in 1080p on a big screen, it's awesome) but Bioshock infinite I chose to play on console. It's a mixed bag, Driver 3 in 1080p (no AA) worked fine 30fps ish, Bioshock 2 no trouble either, Portal 2 some severe slowdown in places but fine overall. That with $200 card from 2009, 3 years after the ps3.

Whatever budget build you make now is going to have the same problems in a few years against console games optimized to their hardware while the HD 7870 and 7950 have been forgotten. No gameplay guarantee for the next 5 years.