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

[adriane23]

Scoobes said:

adriane23 said:

5) I made two points here, so I'm not sure what you're stating is my opinion exactly. If you're saying that it's my opinion that you should be trying to outperform consoles and not match them, then no shit. I never said it was a fact or mandatory did I?  But trying to price match consoles with a PC build is silly because it's pretty much impossible, which is a fact. Lastly, I don't understand why you brought up sacrificing graphics since the whole point of this thread is about a Digital Foundry article about getting the same performance (this includes graphics) in your PC as next gen consoles.

Considering the performance of the X1 and the fact this R7 260 graphics card is superior to it (similar to PS4 performance), the price differential between console and PC has never been so close (an extra £20 and you can beat PS4 performance). Take into account the cheaper games and free conline play and the price differences between console and PC don't seem so huge.

I wholeheartedly agree with you about the X1 compared to the 260 (in the X1's current state), but the PS4 is comparable to a 7850, so an extra £20 over the cost of a 260 to beat the PS4 is not accurate. Also, you need to take into account the PS4's architecture, as it will probably be slightly outperforming a 7850 in a year or two with better optimized games and software. Having locked specs is the reason why you eventually need a more powerful PC setup to match console performance.