Digital Foundry: £100 Graphics Card vs Next-gen consoles

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Munkeh111 said:

Cleary397 said:

Munkeh111 said:
So it's not quite a fair comparison as your £100 graphics card will likely find itself in a £400+ system. You would also only expect this parity to last another few months and teams get more time and more experience working on next-gen hardware

The problem is as a PC gamer you always want more. My 670 could provide nice 1080p gaming, but once I can't hit ultra and keep the frame rate up, I'm going to want more power rather than just lowering the settings. Star Citizen is going to ruin me

Very true, but most PC gamers will already have the system, and will just be looking for upgrades, as i did recently.

Purchased a GTX770 for £250 with 3 games bundled in as an upgrade for my PC (which is a 5 year old build), and the GTX770 will keep my system going for a good number of years, and am able to play everything on Ultra with no issues. 

Its true that building a capable PC is going to be more expensive than a console in the initial purchase, but in the long run, with the ability to just upgrade individual components every couple of years, it works out cheaper (and get better performance) than buying a brand new console every 6 or so years.

Must have been a good deal, my 670 was £350... Personally, I'm not convinced that it does end up cheaper in the long run, it just depends on what your normal PC usage is. I have a laptop and gaming PC, so the gaming PC wouldn't exist if it weren't for gaming. But then again, I would probably have a more expensive laptop...

Anyway, I play on consoles more simply because their less of a hastle and great exclusives. I'm lucky that money isn't so much of a problem

Well my main reason for PC gaming stems from my interest in computing. As someone doing a computing degree its essential i have a decent enough PC for heavy amounts of programming, which means my PC is also an extremely capable games machine.

Plus, being a student, money is a bit tight and games are generally £10-£20 cheaper on PC