PC vs Console gaming

[SafetyMoose]

If i could afford a decent gaming PC i would play that over Consoles, but the competitive price of Consoles these days really pushed me in that direction.

[Fabio]

PS3's in England right now are as cheap as 199.99.

I spent 500 on my PC, upgraded some parts and still can't play GTA IV without it lagging.

[EliteTerm]

The PC's true video gaming potential is capped because of Consoles.

[Salmonella]

The real deal is still @ PC's and will always remain there..

[Caltson]

PC's are not meant and designed for gaming as priority. Consoles are.

[Julio.]

PS3's in England right now are as cheap as 199.99.

I spent 500 on my PC, upgraded some parts and still can't play GTA IV without it lagging.

I paid like 400GBP for mine and it plays it on max graphics.

If its for gaming, its worth getting a slightly worse processor and saving that money to get a better Graphics card.

PC's are not meant and designed for gaming as priority. Consoles are.

Many of us here have Cheap Computers in which the Graphics cards are at least three times better than one in a PS3 or XBOX 360. These people would include myself, Salmonella, and many others.

[Caltson]

I paid like 400GBP for mine and it plays it on max graphics.

If its for gaming, its worth getting a slightly worse processor and saving that money to get a better Graphics card.

Many of us here have Cheap Computers in which the Graphics cards are at least three times better than one in a PS3 or XBOX 360. These people would include myself, Salmonella, and many others.

Would you be able to play any game within the range of 6 years from now with that hardware? I doubt so. I've just bought myself a new computer aswell, it doesn't even run my GTA IV as my PS3 does. Other games such as Mass Effect, Test Drive and Just Cause work excellent. The computer has an i7 CPU with 6GB DDRIII RAM and 1GB Graphics card... Costed me more than 2 PS3's together. I know Sal's situation aswell, He situation is not the most avarage either. (Not saying he isn't doing a great job, I'm stunned by him!)

[Julio.]

Would you be able to play any game within the range of 6 years from now with that hardware?

lol, the PS3 and XBOX 360 will be well outdated by then, Graphics will be limited by their capabilities

[Caltson]

lol, the PS3 and XBOX 360 will be well outdated by then, Graphics will be limited by their capabilities

Both consoles didn't even reach their maximum capacity yet.

Anyway, The reason why I bought a PS3 is mainly for the Blu-Ray support, Online Gaming for free and the applications you can have along with it. The Playstation 3 is a fantastic Media Center and to me one of the best things ever had. Plus the controller is awesome.

[Julio.]

Both consoles didn't even reach their maximum capacity yet.

Really? I've heard both consoles can be a bit laggy playing Assassins Creed 2

[Fabio]

Really? I've heard both consoles can be a bit laggy playing Assassins Creed 2

One game does not reflect the whole console capability.

Codemasters recently said that there is still plenty to come out of the PS3 and Xbox 360 when asked about the F1 engine they are using in F1 2011, but they said they just that developers need to unlock the potential.

[Caltson]

Really? I've heard both consoles can be a bit laggy playing Assassins Creed 2

??

Assassin's Creed 2 does run excellent on PS3, never experienced one problem with it actually.

[Julio.]

Okay, but when you guys come to me in the future, having bought a PS4 for 500GBP or something playing  Crysis 4 etc, I'll just sit and laugh when I can still play it on my Current PC, or upgraded one component for 50GBP

[Caltson]

Okay, but when you guys come to me in the future, having bought a PS4 for 500GBP or something playing  Crysis 4 etc, I'll just sit and laugh when I can still play it on my Current PC, or upgraded one component for 50GBP

I doubt you will play it with the same hardware. Remember I've got mine in 2008, By then almost no computer could run GTA IV in a decent way, remember the game is 3 years old and still has difficulties on many computers. The U.S. Army bought 20.000 PS3's if i recall correctly to support their servers with power. The PS3 has a core stronger than the avarage i7 CPU. There is currently almost no system to meet the system specs of the Playstation 3, or do you have already a Blu-Ray installed aswell? Many people seem to forget than an ordinary Blu-ray player cost almost the same as a PS3.. Guess what takes up the price.

[Gird3r]

Lol on this whole thread.


Expensive computers? Yhe that's for those uneducated people who just buys everything they see.

Virus problems? Yhe for those who click on everything they see. Probaly those would also stick thier hand into something dangerous just to "see what it is".

Technical diffuculty? Yhe for uneducated people. Taking your time to learn atleast the basics of the PC will save you around 1000$ in pc reperations.

Drivers? Oh really? People who go to an computer "specialist" and pay like 50$ just to have an f**king drivers installed in 5 minutes is just lol. Learn the PC.

I got my first PC in 1998 and it could run games up to 2005 on low settings (Most of them, some was simply out of range).

I'm not saying consoles are shit, but the anti-pc arguments in this thread are just pulled out of the ass.
Also, Yes you need to upgrade your computer IF you are going to play with the best of the best graphics. Lame.
Playing GTA IV on the lowest possible on 1440x900. No problems here. Runs fine. Looks fine. Does not need 10x bloom on it. Or HDR for the matter.

Would you be able to play any game within the range of 6 years from now with that hardware? I doubt so. I've just bought myself a new computer aswell, it doesn't even run my GTA IV as my PS3 does. Other games such as Mass Effect, Test Drive and Just Cause work excellent. The computer has an i7 CPU with 6GB DDRIII RAM and 1GB Graphics card... Costed me more than 2 PS3's together. I know Sal's situation aswell, He situation is not the most avarage either. (Not saying he isn't doing a great job, I'm stunned by him!)

And ofc your did not build it yourself (and if you did. I must congratulate you), Nethier did you check for hardware compatibility with eachother.  For example having 1 Western Digital Harddrive and then an Maxtor in the same configuration will reduce perfomane by an tiny bit. Tiny yes, but it is in the calculation.

Are you running alot of programs in the background aswell? Are you running Norton Antivirus (Anyone using it. Get rid of it asap, because it's the Malware of the Malware)? And are you using the eye candy on windows 7?

How your computer fails to peform with gta IV in an good sense, is beyond me.

Also, when they ported GTA IV, they also increased the ammount of eye candy you can have. And with the 1.7 Gta IV patch, perfomance got an HUGE boost on any computer. Not to mention when they did the port, Rockstar games themself failed hardcore on the coding, which in turn reduces the perfomance. When they ported it. The port coding was done very very badly and in an cheap way. Now I wonder, is it the computers fault for gta iv not peforming top notch, or is it the developers who failed hardcore?