Blade66

July 17, 2009 at 3:57pm

I guess my opinion would be it's much easier for developers to make games for consoles because all the hardware's the same. They know it's going to work from one system to the next. When you develop for the pc everyone has a different config to their system. A budget pc can't play a game or look as pretty as a gaming monster does. A lot of people are left feeling cheated because they pay the same $50 but can't enjoy all the extras someone with a maxed out pc can. Everyone in the console world spends roughly the same amount of money for the same system and gets to play the games the same. It's a level playing field.

Jox

July 17, 2009 at 2:49pm

I did my part.

-Jox

MeTo

July 17, 2009 at 2:02pm

Looks like the days of having to have a MAXIMUM PC are over.With all these ports from a console that don't need as much horsepower,DRM which require internet conection,internet streaming of games (that work with low end cards even onboard chipsets). The game publishers are swinging an axe at nVidia and ATI. Must be geting even for all those patches they had to put out because of the bad video drivers.

Denis63

July 17, 2009 at 1:40pm

Will someone please mail me that pile of videocards? i bet with those badboys ill be in the top 100 in no time at all.

       -Denis

unitymind

July 17, 2009 at 1:34pm

 Man, my Atari 2600 is still running Adventure at blazing frame rates. Why would I need an upgrade?

 

Unitymind

SEALBoy

July 17, 2009 at 1:24pm

It's true that PC gaming technology has been a bit stagnant for a couple years. The 8800GTX, released way back at the end of 2006 can play almost any game out there. There are a few exceptions, like Crysis, but unless the game is a bad console port (*cough* GTA4 *cough*), it's perfectly playable.

A 4850/4870 will run any game at max detail for the VAST majority of people out there. Unless you have a 30" monitor and want to play everything with 8xAA, you don't need anything more.

Who's to blame? Well... I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I blame consoles. Developers know that they can't just make money off PC's anymore, so they make their games for consoles too. Guess which card really put PC's over the consoles in terms of graphical capability? That's right... the 8800GTX. But since all the games are still made within console technical limits, only a horrifically bad port (*cough* f*ckin GTA4 *cough*) can test PC's.

EpicEyes

July 17, 2009 at 11:20am

I don't know about everyone else but times is hard around here. I'd love to build a new rig with the latest and greatest in GPU technology next to a nice i7 cpu but there's just no way I'm paying $400 for a gfx card when I can play the same games on my 360. I can see paying $400 for a CPU... but for a GPU... i just can't justify it. Not in my current financial state anyway.

Ravenhurst

July 17, 2009 at 10:48am

If you have nothing better to do with those vid cards I'll take one off your hands. ;) I'm sure they're all better than my 6800.

Joe The Plummer

July 17, 2009 at 10:48am

Let's face it. PC gaming has sucked this past 12 months. The PC used to be a revolutionary gaming platform. Responsibe for the creation of several great gaming genres. But what now? Most games the PC sees were developed primarily for a console and either ported over as an afterthought or even crippled as a release (Ghostbusters anyone?)

 What PC exclusives are out there that demand the latest in grahpics acceleration technology?

Crysis is about the only game that comes to mind in the last couple of years. Anything else? 

While late 2007 saw COD4 and Bioshock, 2008 saw COD:WaW which really was just COD4 in a different time and setting. But both those games were released on all platforms. I miss the days wherer the PC was the platform, all to its own. Games like Unreal, Mechwarrior, Homeworld, Wing Commander, X-Wing and Tie Fighter, Jedi Knight, Quake, they all pushed the bounderies of the technology and were only available on the PC because only the PC could make them happen. 

All I'm saying is if there are no games available to push the boundaries, then why buy the hardware