How good is the average gaming PC today?

This thead has nothing to do with System Wars (oh the irony :P ) but I'm just wondering - what's the average gaming PC today?

If you can back up your speculation with evidence, all the better.

wouldn't this question be better suited in the PC Hardware board?...and i thought you were a PC gamer :?lawlessx

the average game pc isnt even as strong as the 360/ps3. Forums \=/ real lifeslarkyslark

Wrong. The average PC may or may not be on par with consoles. However, it's not hard to guess that the average gaming PC is less than 5 years old, and thus better than any console.

Just look at Steam hardware survey.lowe0

[QUOTE="slarkyslark"]the average game pc isnt even as strong as the 360/ps3. Forums \=/ real lifemilannoir

Wrong. The average PC may or may not be on par with consoles. However, it's not hard to guess that the average gaming PC is less than 5 years old, and thus better than any console.

the average game pc isnt even as strong as the 360/ps3. Forums \=/ real lifeslarkyslark

At least 1 and 1/2 as powerful as the current gen consoles.

Console gamers always think only super-duper high end PC can ape them, when in reality, even the average college kids laptops nowadays mostly more powerful than teh cell and are sold at reasonable prices.

This thead has nothing to do with System Wars (oh the irony :P ) but I'm just wondering - what's the average gaming PC today?

If you can back up your speculation with evidence, all the better.

nameless12345

LOL what? you know its outside the board description yet made the post anyway?

Impossible to say, as it's rather different to quantify what is and isn't a gaming PC.

[QUOTE="lowe0"]Just look at Steam hardware survey.Darsander

[QUOTE="lowe0"]Just look at Steam hardware survey.Darsander

Well Steam says the following. Much stronger than consoles.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

average computer? not too great

average gamers rig? more powerful than a console that's for sure

if judging by lowend parts, even integrated graphics, with AMD's APU's are mopre powerful than either console

[QUOTE="milannoir"]

[QUOTE="slarkyslark"]the average game pc isnt even as strong as the 360/ps3. Forums \=/ real lifeslarkyslark

Wrong. The average PC may or may not be on par with consoles. However, it's not hard to guess that the average gaming PC is less than 5 years old, and thus better than any console.

beats random guesses. the average GAMING PC is most likely well above 360 and ps3.

average general pc? who knows and who cares.

Talking about a gaming PC, then probably more powerful than the 360/PS3. I'm still rocking a e8400/4870 after 3 years.

[QUOTE="milannoir"]

[QUOTE="slarkyslark"]the average game pc isnt even as strong as the 360/ps3. Forums \=/ real lifeslarkyslark

Wrong. The average PC may or may not be on par with consoles. However, it's not hard to guess that the average gaming PC is less than 5 years old, and thus better than any console.

Apparently the hardcore types have 9800 GT's & dual-cores and only 5.6% of hardcores have DX11...

Most likely running:

Windows 7 64 bit

4Gb RAM

2.3-2.69 Ghz dual core intel CPU

Gaming at 1080p with a 9800/GPU with 1gb Vram.

Source

[QUOTE="lowe0"]Just look at Steam hardware survey.Darsander

If you want to see the average gaming PC, look at the Steam hardware survey.

If you ask here, you are just going to get console fanboys trying to spin office computers as being part of the "Gaming PC" install base.

[QUOTE="nameless12345"]

This thead has nothing to do with System Wars (oh the irony :P ) but I'm just wondering - what's the average gaming PC today?

If you can back up your speculation with evidence, all the better.

jedikevin2

LOL what? you know its outside the board description yet made the post anyway?

[QUOTE="slarkyslark"][QUOTE="milannoir"]

Wrong. The average PC may or may not be on par with consoles. However, it's not hard to guess that the average gaming PC is less than 5 years old, and thus better than any console.

Tezcatlipoca666

Apparently the hardcore types have 9800 GT's & dual-cores and only 5.6% of hardcores have DX11...

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

[QUOTE="slarkyslark"] I doubt that. Steam surveys are hardly trustworthy. Only people who even do them are hardcore types.ShadowDeathX

Apparently the hardcore types have 9800 GT's & dual-cores and only 5.6% of hardcores have DX11...