Thanks everyone for your replies. I was wondering if someone could post screenshots comparing an old PC running a modern game on low vs a console running the same game on a console.
yeah the best video card in 2007 that you could get for $200 was the x1900xt. That card can still run most games at 720p low to medium settings. For $280 you could get the 8800gts 320mb version. Best cpu back then for the money was the intel quad core q6600 which is STILL good for gaming and will continue to be for another 2 years. So yeah definitely it can be done for say $1000 for 5 years but then you will be so used to playing at 1080p settings that you will want to stay there and upgrade sooner than 5 years. That is the problem with pc gaming, when you get used to the best everything else is crap.
blaznwiipspman1
Thanks for your informative reply. Battlefield 3 is one of my favourite games and I was wondering if you have had the chance to try it on the setup you mentioned. Does BF3 run at least on low with 720p and 30fps? And does it then look at least as good as it does on consoles? I,m thinking of getting an Alienware but since I need portability for school work I think I would have to go with an m14x. Do you think a current m14x would be able to hold its own against whatever consoles come out later until at least their mid cycle? If I go for an x51 desktop I could upgrade my cpu and GPU after about 4 years and have a pretty much new system right?
All I can say is that as a casual gamer I am quite satisfied with my PS3 and Xbox 360's performance, it outputs 720p with a mostly consistent 30fps and looks great too. I haven't been able to compare it with any PC so I would like to know how multiplatform games look on PCs when played on low settings. Do they look as good as games do on the Xbox or PS3? Does it matter whether you have a high end new graphics card or do all GPUs output look about the same when set on low settings?
Thanks everyone for your replies. Could you give me an actual real world example (actual specs) of a PC that was configured say an year after the PS3 was released and cost about $1000 back then and has not been updated since then. Could you show me screenshots or a screen capture showing that clearly the old PC runs modern games like far cry 3 better than a console? The rain I'm asking all this is because I've had bad experiences with PCs and the simplicity and price of consoles is tempting.
Consoles don't have operating systems and aren't loaded with software. Plus, all XBOX's are the same so the developers can optimize performance to run on them specifically.
You'd have to have significantly better specs on your PC in order to run games on the level of an XBOX or Playstation, which can be easily done but it might cost more.
8BitKila
This is what I'm worried about. I don't have money growing off a tree to be able to upgrade a PC every year with the latest and greatest graphics cards and processors. Heck given the low cost of consoles even at launch I wouldn't want to spend more than $1200/1400 over 6-8 years on the hardware. I'm perfectly happy with 30 fps gaming on 720p with the games looking at least as good as they do on consoles.
So there's always this debate about console vs PC but what I would to know is that if a gaming PC from about 4 or 5 years ago that cost around $600 back then would be able to play modern games as good as the PS3 or Xbox 360? How about an Alienware PC that cost about $1000 back then, would it be able to play games like Battlefield 3 or Call of Duty Black Ops II or some other popular cross platform in 720p and look as good or better than the same game on a PS3 or Xbox 360?
Had I wanted to purchase a PC earlier this year it would almost certainly have been an Alienware m11x. The price was just right, it was a gaming laptop, it was portable, had HDMI, integrated graphics for non gaming tasks. I still think its stupid that Alienware discontinued it.
So now that the m11x is gone, is there any equivalent laptop that's about 11-13", costs around $1000, is portable and not back hurting brick.
Thanks for the replies. I already have a pair of Klipsch S4i earphones and won't really be buying new audio gear. What can be done to make games sound good using these earphones?
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