[lbo-talk] PC or Mac and gaming console

[Bryan Atinsky]

Yah, I hear yah.  I thought long and hard about getting a PS3 (good 
graphics and BlueRay in the mix, ease of setup/use), but I have always 
shied away from consoles...I have played with friends' consoles, but I 
can't stand the controllers (though that is based on the Xbox360's which 
is what my friends have), so maybe the PS3 is better, but I must say 
that I prefer a keyboard and mouse. The Wii? Great concept and fun to 
play, but holds my interest for a whole five minutes.  Also, isn't even 
the PS3 graphics card based on the Nvidia 7900? I had the 7800 on my 
last build (the GPU lasted me 4 years and was still decent, but showing 
its age with newer games with low frame rates or very low graphic level 
), so with the pushing of the envelope constantly with new games, how 
long can the PS3 keep up? or they will just have to dumb down the 
graphics for the consoles compared to the PC games? And, unless I am 
mistaken, you can't switch out the GPU of a console?

In the end, I had to get a new computer anyway, so, I figured, why not 
just put the same features of the PS3 into my computer, so I added a 
blueray player for $100 extra, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 200 series GPU, 
and that puts me near the same cost as buying a PS3 and with a far 
superior GPU that will hold its own for a few years to come I would think.

Bryan

dredmond at efn.org wrote:
> On Thu, April 30, 2009 6:20 am, Bryan Atinsky wrote:
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>> And if one is a gamer, for practical (and monetary)
>> reasons, the answer is simple, PC.
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> For gaming, consoles are infinitely superior to PCs. Far cheaper,
> hassle-free, sturdy build (well, I'd be careful about the Xbox360, but
> Sony and Nintendo's stuff is rocksolid), no bootup, no viruses, graphics
> about as good as high-end PCs.
>
> Sure, a few people can custom-build a high-end gaming rig, just like a few
> people can play Olympic-level sports. But for gaming as a plebian,
> democratic art-form, there's no substitute for consoles.
>
> -- DRR
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