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vivster on 27 December 2014
DerNebel said:
Pointless thread is pointless.

It wasn't pointless. It was just in the wrong section.

It's actually a late introduction thread for a member that is a big fan of PCs.



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vivster on 27 December 2014
the-pi-guy said:
vivster said:

A used PS3 is like 150 bucks. You will be hard pressed to even build a whole PC from that, let alone one that can run PS3 games. Even if you could by buying used and old PC parts it's never wise to invest in old technology.

A new PS3 is 179$.  I got a new one from walmart for 135$ though.  

Stop making my points even better! It's pointy enough, you might hurt someone with it.



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rolltide101x on 27 December 2014
Conina said:

You put the DVD in the DVD-ROM, then the auto-start starts the installer of the game. If it doesn't find Steam already on the system, it offers to install it.

And setting up a Steam account ain't more difficult than setting up a PSN or XBL account... you chose a name and enter some other data requested on the screen... it's no rocket science!

When Steam is set up, it auto-updates games and the newest directx-drivers. The graphic driver tells you, when a updated version is available and offers to install it. If you have a Nvidia-card and "Nvidia GeForce Experience", it even checks your hardware and offers to chose the most sensible performance settings for most games.

I get what you are saying, but to you defintely need more tech knowledge to be a PC gamer than a console gamer. I run into bugs on PC very regularly. Kinda hoping Steam OS catches on and can help solve this in the future

 

For a 100$ setup there is no way in heck this has a GPU, it is going to have hopefully an AMD APU because a Intel without a GPU is god awful. 



CladInShadows on 27 December 2014
vivster said:
CladInShadows said:
vivster said:

A used PS3 is like 150 bucks. You will be hard pressed to even build a whole PC from that, let alone one that can run PS3 games. Even if you could by buying used and old PC parts it's never wise to invest in old technology.

I never said you could get one for 150. But I'm more supporting the fact that you can get a computer that plays PS3 level graphics for a decent price. You don't need to spend thousands like everyone around here seems to think.

That is true but that wasn't the hyperbole OP used. Consoles will always be superior in the performance/price department which is good, because it gives people with less money and less technical knowledge the means to properly play games.

It seems some PC fans aren't content with the fact that they already own the preformance crown forever and just want it all.

Perhaps. I'm not delusional. I know how expensive PC gaming can be, at least in terms of up front cost. I'll admit to spending 1200 bucks on PC upgrades every 3-4 years.

Anyways, my wording was that it wasn't TOO far from the truth. No, you can't get a decent system for 150 bucks. But 300-400? Absolutely. On board video has come a long way in the last decade.



ArnoldRimmer on 27 December 2014

I had a very different experience with Skyrim:

My girlfriend killed my Xbox 360 trying to play the game.

Wish she had used a PC instead.



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rolltide101x on 27 December 2014
CladInShadows said:

Anyways, my wording was that it wasn't TOO far from the truth. No, you can't get a decent system for 150 bucks. But 300-400? Absolutely. On board video has come a long way in the last decade.


The OP is claiming he can out do a PS3 for less than 100$ (I could find used PS3s cheaper than that if I wanted) not for 300-400$. For 400$ I could easily out do a PS3 but that is 4x the cost as well with more tech issues at that.

 

In general it would cost 300$ish to be on par with a PS3 and 750$ish or so to be on par with a PS4



the_real_dsister44 on 27 December 2014

Skyrim had a day 1 patch if you bought it from stores though... I remember because it was 200MB and I had to download it on dial up



rolltide101x on 27 December 2014
the_real_dsister44 said:
Skyrim had a day 1 patch if you bought it from stores though... I remember because it was 200MB and I had to download it on dial up


NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 27 December 2014

Its not hard, people just get too intimated too easily these days instead of actually finding it out for themselves how easy pc gaming really is



                  

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Kane1389 on 27 December 2014
errorpwns said:

Yet somehow my mom was able to open skyrim and just play it. No setting changes, no technical issues. No downloading of patches after buying a disc in a store. Just download it in minutes on steam and play it. She has no technical PC skills. Her PC was cheaper to build than a used PS3 too and runs it better than a PS3 could ever dream of running it. Required no extra talent to run.

Holy shit it runs a terribly optimazed game known for shit ton of glitches on all platform better than an almost 10 year old console does ?

PC gaming is beastin, man. I am convinced