bang for buck the PS3 owns the Pc for graphics

The PC is a great gaming platform, arguably the best. but a good gaming PC will set you back about £300 - £400.where as the PS3 is just £250. No PC for that price could run games with graphics like Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Infamous 2, and lair.

So pound for pound the PS3 the playstation 3 offers the best graphics experience around.

Please feel free to disagree.

The PC is a great gaming platform, arguably the best. but a good gaming PC will set you back about £300 - £400.where as the PS3 is just £250. No PC for that price could run games with graphics like Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Infamous 2, and lair.

So pound for pound the PS3 the playstation 3 offers the best graphics experience around.

Please feel free to disagree.

Vinegar_Strokes

Well, for the same price it couldn't, no. Why? Due to the fact that Sony buys parts for the PS3 at much lower than they would be available at market. They'll get a much better price when producing mass amounts of components than you would buying a single PC component at retail.

For it's initial price, it was absolutely possible.

I was actually just thinking the same thing, Uncharted 2 running on a $300 PS3 looks much better than Crysis running on a $300 PCKevinButlerVP

Uncharted 2 isn't comparable to Crysis graphically, so why compare them using a same priced machine?

Well, for the same price it couldn't, no. Why? Due to the fact that Sony buys parts for the PS3 at much lower than they would be available at market. They'll get a much better price when producing mass amounts of components than you would buying a single PC component at retail.

For it's initial price, it was absolutely possible.

I was actually just thinking the same thing, Uncharted 2 running on a $300 PS3 looks much better than Crysis running on a $300 PCKevinButlerVP

Uncharted 2 isn't comparable to Crysis graphically, so why compare them using a same priced machine?

I'm not sure what you mean, Crysis running on say a 5970 with an I7 and 12 gigs of memory would destroy anything graphically. Crysis running on a much lower-end $300 PC looks way different than on the high quality oneKevinButlerVP

What I meant was Crysis has much better graphics than Uncharted 2, so why would you run them on a similar priced machine? I know what you're getting at, just got confused :P

Still consoles definately beat PC out in terms of entry costs.

But a graphics card like an 8800GT that cost $50 can produce better visuals than the ps3. Try a multiplat game on the 8800GT and ps3 and you will see that the 8800GT will play with more fps, bigger resolution etc. On there other hand you cannot make a gaming pc with $300, but pc's can do more things.

The PC is a great gaming platform, arguably the best. but a good gaming PC will set you back about £300 - £400.where as the PS3 is just £250. No PC for that price could run games with graphics like Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Infamous 2, and lair.

So pound for pound the PS3 the playstation 3 offers the best graphics experience around.

Please feel free to disagree.

Vinegar_Strokes

So pound for pound the playstation 2 offers the better graphics experience than PS3

I was actually just thinking the same thing, Uncharted 2 running on a $300 PS3 looks much better than Crysis running on a $300 PCKevinButlerVP

Yeah these are running on a 400 dollar PC

You have to remember, some us payed over 300 for the PS3 :o

I've had my PC quite a while now, maybe 2-3 years? I paid about the same price for a PS3 at launch for this, and it still plays games on high settings. Plus, with all the money I saved on games it's a hell of alot cheaper.

Not to mention it also does PC stuff too. Where as all you people who bought a PS3 paid that on top of your current computer!! :P

True. But when you buy a pc, you are buying a machine with many more uses. Most people in the world don't use pc's for gaming and this huge flexibility raises the price.

Also, prices tend to increase exponencially with quality. A graphics card can cost twice the amount of another one and only perform one tenth better. This is true for a lot of products, in fact, almost every single one.

I was actually just thinking the same thing, Uncharted 2 running on a $300 PS3 looks much better than Crysis running on a $300 PCKevinButlerVP

Plus...I'm not sure if you couldn't actualy buy 250 pounds PC that could run games on PS3 level...medium-low settings, low res and no real AF and AA

True. But when you buy a pc, you are buying a machine with many more uses. Most people in the world don't use pc's for gaming and this huge flexibility raises the price.

Also, prices tend to increase exponencially with quality. A graphics card can cost twice the amount of another one and only perform one tenth better. This is true for a lot of products, in fact, almost every single one.

Cataclism

[QUOTE="Vinegar_Strokes"]

The PC is a great gaming platform, arguably the best. but a good gaming PC will set you back about £300 - £400.where as the PS3 is just £250. No PC for that price could run games with graphics like Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Infamous 2, and lair.

So pound for pound the PS3 the playstation 3 offers the best graphics experience around.

Please feel free to disagree.

AdrianWerner

So pound for pound the playstation 2 offers the better graphics experience than PS3

The PC is a great gaming platform, arguably the best. but a good gaming PC will set you back about £300 - £400.where as the PS3 is just £250. No PC for that price could run games with graphics like Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Infamous 2, and lair.

So pound for pound the PS3 the playstation 3 offers the best graphics experience around.

Please feel free to disagree.

Vinegar_Strokes

I disagree. Pound for pound surely it is the significantly cheaper 360 with almost identical graphics capability. This is of course just using your logic.

[QUOTE="KevinButlerVP"]I was actually just thinking the same thing, Uncharted 2 running on a $300 PS3 looks much better than Crysis running on a $300 PCAnimal-Mother

Yeah these are running on a 400 dollar PC

You have to remember, some us payed over 300 for the PS3 :o

how do you know those are on a $400 dollar PC? also this it has to be a $300 vs $300 dollar, it's wat makes it fair and the PS3 is $300 right now. It doesn't matter how much it was before

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

[QUOTE="KevinButlerVP"]I was actually just thinking the same thing, Uncharted 2 running on a $300 PS3 looks much better than Crysis running on a $300 PCKevinButlerVP

Yeah these are running on a 400 dollar PC

You have to remember, some us payed over 300 for the PS3 :o

how do you know those are on a $400 dollar PC? also this it has to be a $300 vs $300 dollar, it's wat makes it fair and the PS3 is $300 right now. It doesn't matter how much it was before

And what is this 300 dollar vs 300 dollar.

My first 500 dollar PS3 has some words to exchange with you.

maybe that it still runs uncharted 2.

[QUOTE="KevinButlerVP"]

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

Yeah these are running on a 400 dollar PC

You have to remember, some us payed over 300 for the PS3 :o

how do you know those are on a $400 dollar PC? also this it has to be a $300 vs $300 dollar, it's wat makes it fair and the PS3 is $300 right now. It doesn't matter how much it was before

And what is this 300 dollar vs 300 dollar.

My first 500 dollar PS3 has some words to exchange with you.

maybe that it still runs uncharted 2.

[QUOTE="KevinButlerVP"]

how do you know those are on a $400 dollar PC? also this it has to be a $300 vs $300 dollar, it's wat makes it fair and the PS3 is $300 right now. It doesn't matter how much it was before

And what is this 300 dollar vs 300 dollar.

My first 500 dollar PS3 has some words to exchange with you.

maybe that it still runs uncharted 2.

Bang for your buck? The PC crushes the PS3 in terms of value.Stevo_the_gamer

I'm not sure what you mean, Crysis running on say a 5970 with an I7 and 12 gigs of memory would destroy anything graphically. Crysis running on a much lower-end $300 PC looks way different than on the high quality oneKevinButlerVP

This is on my computer, one bought in 2007 (everything but the case admittedly) almost the same price as a PS3 sold retail here at the time.

It is all a bit illogical, the PC has room to move in the visuals deparment, the PS3 doesn't it must work around the hardware, it will never match that of any 'gaming computer'; which is already many years ahead, despite age in hardware.

What does it matter, there are plenty of visually impressive games on the PS3 anyway, that would look at treat on any other platform, including the PC.

The PC is a great gaming platform, arguably the best. but a good gaming PC will set you back about £300 - £400.where as the PS3 is just £250. No PC for that price could run games with graphics like Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Infamous 2, and lair.

So pound for pound the PS3 the playstation 3 offers the best graphics experience around.

Please feel free to disagree.

Vinegar_Strokes

[QUOTE="Vinegar_Strokes"]

The PC is a great gaming platform, arguably the best. but a good gaming PC will set you back about £300 - £400.where as the PS3 is just £250. No PC for that price could run games with graphics like Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Infamous 2, and lair.

So pound for pound the PS3 the playstation 3 offers the best graphics experience around.

Please feel free to disagree.

Mystic-G

Indeed, TC ignored my original comment as there's no good comeback :P.

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Bang for your buck? The PC crushes the PS3 in terms of value.Animal-Mother

Ok. how much did you pay for your PS3... and how much did you pay for the PC you are currently typing on. Add those both together. The outcome? A price that could afford a gaming rig out of this world surely.

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Bang for your buck? The PC crushes the PS3 in terms of value.lucfonzy

Ok. how much did you pay for your PS3... and how much did you pay for the PC you are currently typing on. Add those both together. The outcome? A price that could afford a gaming rig out of this world surely.

[QUOTE="Mystic-G"][QUOTE="Vinegar_Strokes"]

The PC is a great gaming platform, arguably the best. but a good gaming PC will set you back about £300 - £400.where as the PS3 is just £250. No PC for that price could run games with graphics like Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Infamous 2, and lair.

So pound for pound the PS3 the playstation 3 offers the best graphics experience around.

Please feel free to disagree.

1080pOnly

Indeed, TC ignored my original comment as there's no good comeback :P.

PC will always beat PS3 in terms of Graphics. But the cost of a decent PC part like a video card costs as much as the PS3NerubianWeaver

A high end card costs as much as a PS3. Using your words, a "decent PC part" could cost as little as $100.

[QUOTE="1080pOnly"]

[QUOTE="Mystic-G"] If that's the case then 360 destroys everyone. Vinegar_Strokes

Indeed, TC ignored my original comment as there's no good comeback :P.

[QUOTE="1080pOnly"]

[QUOTE="Mystic-G"] If that's the case then 360 destroys everyone. Vinegar_Strokes

Indeed, TC ignored my original comment as there's no good comeback :P.

Fair enough. I agree that for most a console will produce better graphics than an equally priced PC. However, just a few game purchases down the line and the PC has drawn level. A few more and it pulls way ahead.

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Bang for your buck? The PC crushes the PS3 in terms of value.Animal-Mother

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Bang for your buck? The PC crushes the PS3 in terms of value.Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="KevinButlerVP"][QUOTE="Animal-Mother"] Because it's my PC...... I payed for it with my credit card.

And what is this 300 dollar vs 300 dollar.

My first 500 dollar PS3 has some words to exchange with you.

maybe that it still runs uncharted 2.

Animal-Mother

I was actually just thinking the same thing, Uncharted 2 running on a $300 PS3 looks much better than Crysis running on a $300 PCKevinButlerVP

Yeah these are running on a 400 dollar PC

You have to remember, some us payed over 300 for the PS3 :o

Who said anything about 2007?

i never said I got it in 07, ohh, My timer was off that was taken about a month or so ago.

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="KevinButlerVP"] so if you can use numbers from two years ago, than any peice of hardware for the PC that obviously dropped in price would have to be compared at full price... your logic works both ways, hardware drops in price as time go's onKevinButlerVP

Who said anything about 2007?

i never said I got it in 07.

[QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]PC will always beat PS3 in terms of Graphics. But the cost of a decent PC part like a video card costs as much as the PS3lundy86_4

A high end card costs as much as a PS3. Using your words, a "decent PC part" could cost as little as $100.

Who said anything about 2007?

i never said I got it in 07.

Ehh, My point still stands. The 500 dollar PS3 can run uncharted. As well as the 300 dollar one. But my point still stands. PC can Put out pretty much even or better graphics within thta price range.Animal-Mother

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="KevinButlerVP"] the price range is $300, no more no less. PC can accomplish the best graphics, just not in that price range

KevinButlerVP

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]PC will always beat PS3 in terms of Graphics. But the cost of a decent PC part like a video card costs as much as the PS3NerubianWeaver

A high end card costs as much as a PS3. Using your words, a "decent PC part" could cost as little as $100.

I know it is. That much is obvious, and for reasons I explained in my initial post (regarding manufacturing costs and bulk purchasing). All I said, was that a decent PC part was not the price of a PS3. In fact, it is much cheaper. Only high end parts cost as much as a PS3, and really that would only be the GPU and CPU, as RAM (evenn DDR3) isn't all that expensive (around $150 for 6gb).

It also depends on the components you are buying. It's possible to find good processors for the sub-$100 range etc. Not every part must be top-of-the-line.

[QUOTE="KevinButlerVP"][QUOTE="Animal-Mother"] The price was still 500 bux back a year ago.Animal-Mother

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

[QUOTE="KevinButlerVP"] actually wasn't it like $400? either way the current SKU is $300, so people right now can play Uncharted 2 for $300 not $500KevinButlerVP