@rolla020980 @Rushaoz @dani3po @chippiez Basically. that's what I love about PC gaming. You can go all out or do the minimum and you'll still end up a happy camper. I think the rule of thumb is to pick a target resolution you want to game at. I wanted top game at 1080p so a $200-$300 GPU is the sweet spot.
@chippiez Hey man there's no room for logic in this place what's wrong with you??! :D but yea you're right. I spent a little over $1200 now that I add it all up. To be fair though I could have skipped out on all the luxuries and built a minimal system with no SSD, high end mobo or fancy fractal Design case and spent about 6-7 hundred.
Why would I want to skip out on awesomeness though? :)
@Duttyhandz @Rushaoz @chippiez HEY MAN there's no room for logic in this place what's wrong with you??! :D but yea you're right. I spent a little over $1200 to be fair now that I add it all up. But if you want to budget and just go after power and nevermind the luxuries you can spend alot less.
I could have opted out of the SSD, Coolermaster Evo cooler, Fractal Design case and a few other components and spent 7 or 8 hundred instead.
@chippiez @Rushaoz Ehhh I can't agree with that. Ever since I got back into PC gaming 4 years ago I've been playing all multiplatforms on PC and the experience to me has been far better than console. I don't have a $1000 PC lol All I have is an I5 2500k/GTX 660 rig. I own consoles now purely for exclusives and playing certain games with friends.
@Dark_Rage @Rushaoz I think it's the whole x86 architecture deal. These consoles are now literally PCs. There isn't much to figure out and optimize hardware wise like there was with the PS3's cell processor. So when multiplatform games are released they use the consoles raw power instead of having a game specifically coded for it. I mean look at Uncharted 4. That game looks astonishing.
@Dark_Rage @Rushaoz I also have both. I feel like it's a powerful piece of hardware only when it comes to exclusives. Multiplatform titles always look much worse. Battlefield 4 is a great example. I play it alot with friends and I also have it on PC where I can play it on ultra. Not only does the PS4 versions framerate tank, but the visual quality is nowhere near as good. If I had to describe it I'd the PS4 version of BF4 runs at medium settings.
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