According to a report in New Scientist, modern PC graphics cards are 24 times more powerful than the one used in the Xbox 360.

That's according to Nvidia engineer Simon Green, whose GeForce GTX 680 card is reportedly the card powering Epic's recent demonstrations of their Unreal Engine 4.

While the GTX 680 is more than capable of running Unreal Engine 4, its successor, the GTX 690, is twice as powerful again, offering a potentially mind-boggling degree of power.

On the topic of cloud gaming, Green said that as technology and hardware evolve, "the whole idea of owning a separate piece of hardware to play games on might be completely redundant."

With Unreal Engine 4 and Square Enix's Luminous Engine suggesting publishers and studios are ready to move into the next-gen, do you think Sony and Microsoft are halting progress?

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/353860/pc-graphics-now-24-times-more-powerful-than-the-xbox-360/

Even as a PC Master Race bro, I see little point to this thread.

I hope it is, this has been the longest gen for consoles I think.

I hierd that the ps4 is liek 100x times moar powerfull so Ps4 is now master race.. Hut hut hut

CGI-Quality said: You're on a roll with threads today, eh?! OT: I thought this was a no-brainer? I imagine that the ratio is nearly identical for top end PCs vs PS3. And, since the Xbox 360 is a 7-year-old device (almost 8), this isn't something worth noting, really.

Yeah, it was a slow day for me lol

It might be expected, but it's still quite amazing really. Still it's weird that people say the leap to the next generation is not that noticeable anymore eh?

Somini said: CGI-Quality said: You're on a roll with threads today, eh?! OT: I thought this was a no-brainer? I imagine that the ratio is nearly identical for top end PCs vs PS3. And, since the Xbox 360 is a 7-year-old device (almost 8), this isn't something worth noting, really. Yeah, it was a slow day for me lol It might be expected, but it's still quite amazing really. Still it's weird that people say the leap to the next generation is not that noticeable anymore eh?

I think it's mostly how eye opening the gen leap between the ps2/xbox to ps3/xbox 360 was. It was into the hd gaming. The leap now is big, but just not as easily noticed I guess.

This has been known for a while. Just shows you how outdated PS3/X360 is.

WoW a 1000 USD graphics card is better than the graphic card built in a $199 console. Crazy shit.

I'm sure these tech demos can be run on 360 though. All they have to do is turn off shadows, lower the particle effects, no AA and make it 20FPS. I'm sure people won't notice.

If we were going by Moore's Law shouldn't it be something closer to 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 (and almost another x 2)?

PC's should be 128 to 256 times more powerful than the 360/PS3!

Suggested new spin on article: PC power increases are way below expectations