Systems or consoles are worse then computers they run a course and can't be upgraded at all.
fleinn wrote:
Definitely the convenience argument is a very good one. Absolutely agree with that.
On the other hand -- you can't upgrade it. The Steambox prototypes, for example, are supposed to feature an almost identical graphics solution to the ps4, except the gpu-side will be an e-gpu module. That you would be able to upgrade as easily as if you switched out a controller. It would likely also not be a proprietary solution, so the pricing would be very competitive.
Here's my thing on it.
I am not going to sit here and tell you that either console or computer is superior to the other. Which is what most people are going to argue or debate about. It's not that I feel that PCs are for "enthusists", modders, hackers or elitists. I'm not even going to use the statement that I think PCs are more expensive to use to begin with.
I have been gaming for 30 years. I started on the Atari 2600. I'd spent nearly 20 years gaming on the console before I had my first PC. 20 years of habits goes a long way towards convienence and preference. "Most" of the games I play are not available on the PC and until Sony gets out of the hardware business, likely will never be on PC.
You can't get Uncharted, God of War, Ratchet & Clank, Ni No Kuni, etc on the PC, on Steam, Origin or anything else.That alone makes the console worth my while, more than cost, more than ease of use, more than what is or isn't better graphically.
While the PS 4 is in essence a non-upgradable PC, it is still a console. The OS for it is different than for the computer. Multi-platform games could very well look and run better on a PC but that's not where I personally want to do my gaming. I like the controller. I like the closed system. It's solely my preference for gaming.
I don't care about web browsers on a console or added features like apps, youtube or anything of the sort (unless it could mow my lawn for me). Anti-aliasing, Vsynch, GPU etc is all Greek to me. I don't understand any of it and honestly I don't care about it.
PC gaming simply is not my cup of tea regardless of what benefits there are to it. When the games I want become unavailable on console then I will look into PC gaming.
No offense to you dude. It's simply my preference. That's all that matters in the end.
Nvidia and amd are both good though, nvidia is more for realer look to things. Lets face it ps3 couldn't handle, amd is more for toonish looking games but both are good and both can hold their own on either or games. That's what I was told by a tech but could be wrong?
TheDster wrote:
You want a picture? All I put in it was a 300 something nvidia, I'll bet the 256 Raedon did it to though. 1920x1200, higher graphic power, maybe not processor power? The only thing it may not be able to play is anything above Xp os. If you don't think it does almost play full graphic wow game then I need to take a picture. These systems are a waste of money and always will be. It's XP so vista, win7,win8 games may or may not play on it? Although they make them pretty compatible with past OPerating systems. My bad as well it did come with sata hd but IDE everything else. It's up gradeble to sata. I'm not sure on the 20, it could be 15, it was 8 years old 6 to 7 years ago. I still have the receipt, and I know it wasn't top of the line when I bought it. So I figure a few years in warehouse or on parts? I took the mother board in a computer shop to try to get a new tower for it. There's circuits on it that look like water towers, the tops of them looked like they was puffed and the PC place said that was signs of it being real old. Anyhow still works like a champ.
Systems or consoles are worse then computers they run a course and can't be upgraded at all.
If you are playing WoW on this computer you speak of, I can guarantee it is not 18 years old. Maybe 6-8. If you are running WoW at full graphical settings, your computer is no more than 2-3 years old (or much newer than the PS3).
Minimum CPU requirement is a Core 2 Duo (introduced in 2006). Recommended is a Core i3 or better (introduced in 2010).
Minimum GPU requirement for WoW is a GeForce 8600/Radeon 2600 (introduced in 2006). Recommended is a Radeon 5670 (introduced in 2010).
I had it 8 years at that time, and like I said it wasn't top of the line or it wouldn't of been cheaper. It still IDE DVD drives only sata it came with was HDD but it has sata cord so I could up grade all hardware to sata if I want. P4 processor single core. It came with os Xp home 5.something I believe or smaller. Win updates made it like Xp newer version though.
I hate the auto fix on iPads.
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