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Slimebeast on 30 March 2014
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bonzobanana said:
Slimebeast said:
 

A full AMD system, yes!!

The optimal low cost solution is cool too. Did you build it by yourself or it was pre-built? For how long do you plan to keep it until you upgrade to something that will be able to handle upcoming "true" next gen games?


I built it myself. If the xbox one is next gen so is my PC, considering I have a huge advantage in cpu performance, slightly more gpu power and more memory too.

Dare I suggest I think this will probably last me 3 years. I have two PC's and currently my other PC is the second PC (dual core intel PC ) so that one will get upgraded next and this AMD pc will become the second PC.

Obviously if a game comes along that specifically needs 8 cpu cores and more graphics memory that I desperately want to play on PC then I may be pushed to upgrade. I doubt 8 cpu cores will be the minimum spec for sometime though and my quadcore 4ghz cpu will manage.

Currently out of about 150 games I own on steam, 100% play perfectly with perhaps 10% needing to drop max detail level for 2D gaming and perhaps 20% for 3D gaming. I have about 5 on origin and 2 or 3 on uplay that have similar performance statistics.

Everytime I play Skyrim I'm amazed at how beautiful it looks on such a humble PC and I'm running a lot of mods too that slow the game down. To be honest I'd be happy to take it down to 720p if I had to although currently 1080p. The viewing distance to my 42" screen means I use a 720p mode for web browsing etc and I can't really tell the difference between 720p and 1080p gaming anyway. That said I may re-arrange my living room so I'm closer to the screen at some point.

Yeah, it will take eons before we see 8 cores as minimum specs.

But 3 years is a bit optimistic. Although it totally depends on what demands on quality you have. To be honest I am still fine with gaming on my old Radeon 4850, which will end up on my secondary comp.