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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 45782

CNet has published an interesting article about the impact of the upcoming Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on PC gaming. Here's an excerpt: graphics card. But you don't have to take my word for it or even Sony's: the claim that the PS3 will offer the equivalent graphics performance of two GeForce 6800 Ultra cards wo

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yhancik · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject:

haven't they already predicted that PS2 would kill PC gaming ?

Rasded · Contributing Member Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 70

Ya they did..And Xbox was supposed to as well..I dont think PC gaming will go anywhere..People use there PC for so much stuff,I dont see consoles doing that for a long time.One good example..PORN

yhancik · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:24 am Post subject:

sure sure but they said "PC Gaming", not PC Razz

that would indeed ben really stupid to say consoles would kill PC

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Aesliip · Contributor Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 3

2x 6800ultra in SLI mode to match a PS3 , well im not expecting a PS3 release until early next year and by then , we will have single cards that match those speeds(R520 , G70).

lucas · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject:

Aesliip: a few things for you to consider.
a: how many people are likely to fork out for two 6800u's and a motherboard with support for SLI... compare that figure with the number of people that will fork out for a $300 console that can outperform it (what you've state MIGHT match the GPU, havent even started on the cpu side)
b: how many pc games do you think are going to be written that make use of such a hardware config that is rare except among the rich and stupid? how many console games do you think will be written that take advantage of the standard hardware that every console of that type will have?

pc gaming is gonna need to pretty fucking awesome titles to survive this round

Sabot · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:09 am Post subject:

The BIG difference this time around is the XBox2 will plug into your PC and also you will be able to swap out the HDD. The cost of PC gaming is cheap for the software but rediculously expensive for the Hardware. Also the demise of AGP to PCI-E and the fact that you need new board,RAM,PSU and case *if* you build (like i do) is off-putting to say the least. Graphics cards last for a couple of months -novelty wise- and then you play a game that strangles it! 6 months later that card is half price.

That's the sickening part of owning a PC. A console will always produce games that run on it for however long it lasts -not what you can say for the PC...

We have 64bit Longhorn coming out, which means that XP will soon be counting down on it's suport from MS. PC gaming is a rip-off! Some say that about console game prices (which i agree) but i buy pre-owned or second hand, that way i save.