The cool thing though is that it's apparently running a Trinity APU.

And look at how small it is. It's like smalelr than a Wii.

Could you configure a PC that small though? 

Like, even itx is many time larger than that.

It seems like in America they're either huge hollywood-like studios or tiny indies

Europe yeah, seems more mid-sized. Mid-sized like gives you pretty good capability in graphics but small enough to let you take creative risk.

2k Czech I think is a good one. Like, there are a lot of really impressive sandboxy elements in Mafia 2. 

Overclocking is something that can be done reliably if you're one of those freaks who upgrades their CPU every year.

But like, a normal guy would have to do hours of research to make sure he did it correctly. And the next time an upgrade comes around, he'll have forgotten most of how to do it.

[QUOTE="taiwwa"]

Yeah, Crytek.

Crysis compared to like Gears of War, or even Half Life, is way more open-ended and sandbox-ey. Far Cry is like that too.

lostrib

Maybe the first one

Overclocking also

-- eats up more power. I remember seeing like the power figures for a Llano overclock and it was like 100 watts more than stock?

-- shortens life of CPU

-- generally more unstable system

-- you have to spend several hours trouble shooting, checking thermal paste, messing with voltage settings, running stress tests

It's fun just to see how far you can push it, but really, not really that useful practically.

Yeah, Crytek.

Crysis compared to like Gears of War, or even Half Life, is way more open-ended and sandbox-ey. Far Cry is like that too.

[QUOTE="taiwwa"]

okay, it was a little more. More like $700.

But I probably could have done it for $500 if I'd tried harder and skimped on some stuff that wasn't super-necessary.

The costs would go like this:

GTX 560 ti 448: 170

Core i3/AMD 6300: 120

MB: 60

8gb RAM: 40

2 TB Hard drive: 80

case+ PSU: 80.

that's 550. Chop the HD down to 1tb and that's 500.

OS I already owned, but yeah, add 100 for it.

Already owned KB/Mouse/Monitor, but good ones would be like another $200-$250.

FelipeInside

...and I'm sure that PC will last you 4-5 years with the quality of those parts...

...and I'm sure the performance of that PC is the same as the one I am building...

It probably will last longer. 

It will have about 80% of the power at 1/4 the cost.

okay, it was a little more. More like $700.

But I probably could have done it for $500 if I'd tried harder and skimped on some stuff that wasn't super-necessary.

The costs would go like this:

GTX 560 ti 448: 170

Core i3/AMD 6300: 120

MB: 60

8gb RAM: 40

2 TB Hard drive: 80

case+ PSU: 80.

that's 550. Chop the HD down to 1tb and that's 500.

OS I already owned, but yeah, add 100 for it.

Already owned KB/Mouse/Monitor, but good ones would be like another $200-$250.

Holy wow, dude.

I configured a pc for like $500? Runs all the latest games on max. 

Developers like Bohemia Interactivem, Crytek, and Neocore are pretty creative in what they're doing. They seem to focus less on "set pieces" like American designers, and focus more on like interesting game aspects.

American game devs tend to be like hollywood-esque stuff like COD or annoying hipster sidescrollers.

Japanese devs are getting better, but it seems like their output isn't really that high.