| Locknuts said: 8800 Ultra was an $830 card. With inflation that's probably closer to Titan prices. I'm saying that just over 1 year after launch (same as 360 was in 2007), these consoles are getting not just beaten, but absolutely destroyed by a $270 card. This card can run the same games as the consoles at 1080p/60fps at ultra settings where the consoles are not even managing 1080p/60fps at lower settings: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2013/11/27/battlefield-4-performance-analysis/3 Hell, looking at that page, even the aging 7970 (280x these days) is almost averaging 60fps at ultra settings. If they'd just put $100-$150 more into the hardware and just absorbed it themselves, I'm sure we could have seen some truly impressive machines. |
The GeForce 8800 Ultra wasn't the only thing available that year. There was also the GeForce 8800 GTS which could also crumple the Xbox 360 at a price of $250. When you put things in perspective the neither of the last gen consoles were all that impressive ...
The video card isn't the only thing you need. I'm pretty sure you needed an Intel core i5 to drive that GPU to it's highest performance which will also run you about $250. That doesn't even include other components which would raise the initial investment price even more ...
Microsoft and Sony can add as much hardware as they want to their consoles but those craving for more power will never be satisfied because the next thing they do is ask for more power instead of appreciating the gains. The only sensible thing left to do was to settle for $400 ...
