[QUOTE="GioVela2010"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"] Carmark's quote means you get better performance with same hardware04dcarraher
That's all that matters :lol: not the same quality assets
also you never get a set amount of gains, a 7850 on consoles might perform as well as a 7870 on pc after optimzation but you have to take into affect that certain assets and features are toned down or missing.
I'd be more than willing to compromise on non perceptible aspects if that means being able to play games with decent performance on old hardware just like consoles.
I want to upgrade my MacBook Pro's 5400 rpm HDD to an SSD. There's no point going with a SATA II since those are about the same price as a SATA III and if I got a SATA III SSD I could use it on whatever new computer I get later on. So I've got a choice between the following:
should i get a new relatively high end pc right now or is there the fear of a huge tehnological leap(and much stronger graphic cards) once the new consoles are released rendering my expensive purchase useless?
04dcarraher
Wait.....4K is coming......not very soon.....but soon. lol, consoles aren't going to do 4k, Its guaranteed that the next round of consoles wont be any stronger then an AMD 7850, with a moderate clocked quad core or a low clocked eight core cpu. So as long as you pick up an AMD eight core or Intel i5/i7 with a gpu 7870+ or GTX 660 you will be better off then the consoles. AMD and Nvidia will be releasing their new gpu line this year, so its up to you TC. Yeh but towards the end of the consoles generation, the consoles will continue running the latest games decently whereas the PC you recommend will probably not be able to run even low settings. Have a look at what's happening to setups with 8800GTXs for example. Used to be the best back when the consoles were rolling out. Can't run the latest games on even console quality today. Oh and not to mention cost.
Thanks for the replies. If I were interested in budget gaming at just 720p/30fps, which current 'level' of GPU would you recommend? How much do you think upgrades would cost over say 6-8 years? Any chance of the hardware being almost equal to a console in price over a period of 6-8 years?
[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Pretty sure it is. I'd say 3 years on high end cards No I mean how long would a card run with its intended resolution (say 720p for low end) with acceptable performance 30fps, low/medium settings before being unable to do so? If I'm not mistaken the AMD HD series has been going strong for at least a year now.
I don't know how else to put it but are GPUs divided into low end, mid level, high end according to what kind of gaming is to be done on them? So high end could be for those people who want extremely high resolutions, SLI for multi monitor, mid level for 1080p and low end for 720p? Are these the markets that the manufacturers target with the different levels of their products? If so approximately how long is a GPU expected to run the latest games decently before being obsolete as in unable to run the latest games at 30 fps with medium settings?
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