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Locknuts on 09 March 2015
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fatslob-:O said:
Locknuts said:

2 x 560tis in SLI. Sometimes I have to reduce texture settings (Shadow of Mordor), but I can always run 1080p/60fps. I don't remember stating anything regarding poor optimisation though.

I don't know about you but 2 GTX 560 Ti used to run for about $500 and no one is going to be able to build a system from $600 or even $700 ... 

SLI and crossfire does not work for every game and in highly video memory bound scenario's it will tank harder than the consoles ... 

But now you can buy a single card that smokes my two old cards for far less money and with 4 x the Vram. For example an R9 290:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=r9+290&N=-1&isNodeId=1

With one of those you could definitely build a PC for the prices you mentioned. The 360 could be bought for as little as $299 back in 2007 and would smoke a $1000 PC. It was a true beast. I remeber because I built a PC back in 2007 for that price and my friends 360 absolutely owned it. I subsequently bought a 360 and only used my PC for RTS games until my upgrade in 2011.

The 360 was a real alternative to a gaming PC. These new consoles are very disappointing by comparison.