MarioJP

March 29, 2009 at 1:36pm

i haven't upgraded and updated my drivers in a while its not really a hassle thing to do. Keep in mind consoles are a fixed hardware that really shows comparing to a pc. I personally prefer to play all my games at 1080p and what i can control of how much details i want. On a console you can't really do that. Driver updates optimizes the performance of your gpu.

 

How do you know if your 360/Ps3 is running at 8x MSAA?? you can't tell because only the developers know what the limits are on these proprietary hardware.

 

My pc monitor supports hdmi, vga, dvi. Having a big ass hdtv is not always better. 22inch is the sweetspot for me especially if your monitor is made by asus with 2ms response time with the contrast ratio 1000:1.

 

HDTV is designed for overall entertainment and not just for gaming like asus does. Not too mention when viewing HD content it looks great on my asus monitor. Don't need a 42" to get the best experience.

thegamepro

March 29, 2009 at 10:29am

PC is the ONLY hardcore gaming platform out there.  Don't think so, try running crysis on the PS3.

A nice way to put it is that consoles were designed for simplicity or in other words, they were designed for morons because console gamers aren't man enough to build their own rig so they just take easy way out.

I think that Halo is really cute but masterchief is no Nomad in Crysis.  Just tell me what exactly I accomplished at the end of Halo 3.  Halo is all downhill from here and microsoft will just milk the crap out of that franchise.  A "T" rated Halo RTS is just the beginning of the downhill spiral, pretty soon there will be an "E" rated Halo "Kart" game with big-headed characters, 4-player splitscreen, and item pickups.  

 

maniacm0nk3y

March 29, 2009 at 8:49am

I had an Xbox 360 for 2 years. I had fun with it, but then it got boring. Once I got a new motherboard for my PC, and started playing it was like falling in love with PC gaming all over again (my PC was out 3 months). The graphics, resolution, controls, quality, everything was much better.

I liked the 360, but it was getting old in the tooth. Not much to do but play games and watch movies. After that it's buying a new game, beating it, then waiting for the next best thing. You can't lengthen your purchase that much without buying more for it. Xbox Live downloadables are pretty ridiculous in my opinions. They force you to pay for things...even though most game devs want to allow them to be free of charge. PCs have plenty of mods to extend the playability free-of-charge.

 What a lot of people are forgetting is the graphical prowess, the settings, scalability of PCs and consoles. Yes, you will need to buy a pretty decent rig, let's say $1500 (that's how much mine was, Core i7) for a PC that could play titles like Crysis or Fallout 3 at a decent FPS at high resolutions-but often times the graphics settings are scaled down on consoles because of hardware limitiations, AND the FPS IS CAPPED AT 30FPS-AND this is at a resolution of 1024x768 or somewhere close to *720P*. A farcry from TRUE HD. To go into the 1080P/i bracket you would be spending much more or close to the amount of a decent PC rig that performs much better.  You can't really compare PCs against consoles on the basis of this. You CAN get a pretty cheap rig to play the games you can on consoles at those similiar settings. But that is where it ends. (Another thing is not every game is capped, but most are-CoD4 anyone?).

 

If you truly are a PC enthusiast or want to play on PCs, you need to be dedicated to your cause. If you manage budget with price/performance on your parts you can get a system that can last far longer then consoles. The only thing you would have to do is replace the GPU in maybe 3 years or so, and look in the midrange bracket to stay in the loop. It's easy to find deals so sometimes your lucky and get high-end parts.

 I hope I made myself clear in any way. I'm not a fanboy, I'm just laying down what I believe is a decent compariso, and what experience has taught me.

MeTo

March 29, 2009 at 7:38am

I forgot the hassel of buying a game comming home install it and it "Will not work". Now you have to download new video drivers,sound card drivers,mother bord drivers,then you get it to work. Then you start playing the game and it runs at 15 fps all jerky so you have to lower the resoulation to get it to play 30 fps but it looks like crap. Now it's off to best buy for a new video card and don't forget you will also need a new power supply. Get my point I grew tired of the constant hardware upgrade hassels. Buy a console plug in the power,plugin the HDMI,plug in the ethernet and you are playing.

atomaweapon

March 28, 2009 at 7:07pm

What the heck is with the console snobbery? To the dude who thinks "consoles are for lazy minded people" - what kind of asshole minded jerk off statement is that?

Consoles have their place in the gaming world just like pc gaming does. When's the last time you and a buddy could sit down at your pc and play a two player game? When's the last time you saw bad ass CG intros like that of final fantasy of Heavenly Sword? I can't think of any game within the last few years that can rival the cinematic games that come out on my ps3.

 And I'm not hating on PC gaming because I am also an avid PC gamer. I'd challege you to find someone who didn't start gaming on nintendo then graduate to PC gaming. There are good games for both, so don't be such a douchebag.

MarioJP

March 28, 2009 at 6:55pm

This is a interesting report because i find myself not only playing games on my pc more but also using it as a multimedia needs. Hulu,Myspace videos and episodes,youtube,net flix. Added bonus is i can minimize my game and do a quick email or quick im reply without having to exit the game and when i am done i just go back to the game.

 

Key thing here is pc's are serious multitasking platform. Also hardware to build a kick ass gaming rig is really cheap. For example a 4870 1gb GDDR5 now cost like a budget card but without the "budget performance

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801

 

This card will run all of these games that are out now with flying colors i have a asus 1080P 21.5" monitor.

I Currently have a 3870 512 which i have been using for 1 year and 3 months and still going. But as a pc gamer and pc enthusiast i love new technology so soon i will be replacing my card.

BruceB

March 28, 2009 at 6:33pm

I hate console interfaces with a capital H. Consoles are for lazy minded people who dont understand machines.

I love the proggres of technology and love building my own. I am in control of my own machine. I dont like out of the box proprietary crap. I can buy my parts readily. And also to respond to an earlier comment,games on a good PC are way better than a dumb box. 

yogurt80

March 28, 2009 at 4:51pm

+1

 

I built a HTPC, and it does everything but the laundry and dishes.

I Jedi

March 28, 2009 at 2:57pm

Granted the average gamer who only sticks to games, watches movies, and plays music would be mostly attracted to said console systems out there. However, the computer offers a much more wider range of options for PC gamers. For example, PC gamers are more able to edit, modify, and in some cases, almost entirely recreate entire virtual worlds. E.g. HL2: DM, CS:S, etc, etc. Whilst the Xbox has some games, such as Halo 3, where you can add, modify, and do a couple neat things in game, but nothing on the scale that the PC gaming side has to offer.

Generally speaking, a lot of PC gamers I know spend a lot of time learning about server side scripting for game servers, learning web scripting, like phpBB, and other things that most gamers on the PC use to connect and talk. I don't know if I can say the same for console based gamers... Where everything is spoon fed to them, like Bungie's own ability to create a clan personal site within minutes.

To wrap this all up. Not only does the average PC gamer gain more experience with web coding, server managment, but they also have a much more wider access to user-created content than consoles can currently offer. Not only does a PC gamer have more fun, in my opinion, but they also learn about things along the way.

Worth the investment? We think so.

MeTo

March 28, 2009 at 2:06pm

"When you add up the cost of an HDTV as well as the console and accessories, it’s a big setback for a single purpose device."

1st if people buy a console they probley allready have a big screen TV.

2nd consoles are not I repeat not a single purpose device.

I don't know what these people are puting in there tea.

On my PS3 I can surf the internet,play games,watch Blue ray movies,DVD movies,play music. $400.00

On my xbox 360 i can play games,watch DVD movies,watch netflix movies,play music. $200.00

On my Wii I can surf the internet,play games $249.00

On my game computer i can play games,the internet,play music,DVD movies. $1000.00

With the money you save when you buy a console you can buy a lot of games & movies.

Did i forget to mention in our bad economy console machines and games are selling like hot cakes.