The console war is over

[goopy20]

Conina said:

goopy20 said:

In the end, the average gaming pc will always catch up with new consoles. In the past we had the $200 8800GT that was released around the same time as the ps3 and you could buy a GTX660 (also for around $200) when the ps4 came out. But will we see RTX2080 like performance on pc for $200 as well? I highly doubt it, but I guess we'll see when AMD and Nvidia announce their new gpu's.

Here we go again...

The 8800 GT was available 12 months AFTER the PS3 launch (and 24 months AFTER the Xbox 360 launch).

The 8800 GTX which launched at the same time as the PS3 launch (and still 12 months AFTER the Xbox 360 launch) costed $600.

My bad, I mixed up the GT with the GTS :) However, the 8800 GT pissed all over the Xbox 360 and ps3, and back in 2006 you could also buy the 7900 GT for like $250. 

In any case, I wonder how long it'll will take before we'll see a mass market, $250 gpu with RTX2080 (or better) like performance. Somehow I got a feeling it will take a bit longer than what we've seen in the past. And until that happens, its in MS's best interest not to release games on GP that recommend those kind of specs as it would piss off the bulk of the GP subscribers. 

Last edited by goopy20 - on 04 August 2020