Vena said:
But referencing Titans or 295X is somewhat pointless here and way overkill, they cost far too much for any common gamer to go out of their way and buy. What I am talking about is that cards that are on the affordable end can already keep up with the current generation on IQ and, more often than not, the whole rig will be able to run the games at 60 FPS (I would say that similar IQ and 60 FPS is "slightly better" than consoles). With Maxwell's release, the scope of affordable is going to change drastically as old-gen cards even from the high-end of AMDs portfolio will have to slide down the price tag to keep in the race until Pirate Islands. As of right now, the R9270 is more than enough ($170 market price, obviously buy it on sale) but, as I said, these prices are going to get really scrambled soon when the Maxwell 960 drops. CPUs and the other guts aren't really changing much in yield or otherwise. You'll spend more on the PC's first build in general, as I said, 400-500$ but you won't be paying the $$$$ for online play which will quickly pile up, and every subsequent PC update will be cheaper. Heck, Tom's had a not to long ago article on a budget PC bought complete at market price for 573$ which was more than capable of high gaming. |
Yeah I know it's way overkill, I was just citing it as an example, is all :) I plan my builds for longevity, so after the first serious expense (everything), I really only have to upgrade piecemeal (RAM, or CPU, or GPU). Usually far cheaper than buying a brand new console
