Is the PC closer graphically compared to "Next Gen" this time round than ever before?

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Looking at some of the gameplay from both PS4 and XBox One, the gap seems negligible, if any.

I know it is early days and optimisation of future games will increase but I am certain that for previous gens, there was a noticeable difference in favour of the consoles at launch and for a fair while after but this time round, I just do not see them being superior.

Not sure why I am surprised but I just am.

Looks like the jump to 1080p neutered them in reference to their profit margins so they could not spec as highly as they have previously?

480/720 resolutions made it too easy for them.
 
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I think the gap has closed significantly, When you take into account the price as well i am finding it extremely hard to justify an expensive gaming rig the price of a GPU alone can come close to PS4, Other than gaming i don't need an expensive rig to do everything i want. Pc's will always have the edge with the latest Tech etc, but it looks like you are going to have to spend significant amounts of money for very little gains. Time will tell i guess and i guess in one way its pretty cool for the people who can afford leading edge gaming rigs to have that little bit better graphics.
 
Graphics have never been this close before, but that's due to lazy developers. However PC hardware has never been this far ahead at the beginning of a console generation until now.
 
always same with new consoles at at time of launch first year or two theyll be closeish but then pc pulls away.

a xbox and ps4 are basically a pc anyway.

funny thing is all the best games that interest me or seem creative are on a wii u :D
 
I'm sorry, but I can't help but laugh at this.. it is a widely known fact that neither of the current "next gen" consoles, can compare to a halfway decent gaming rig. Perhaps compared to an 'off the shelf' bargain, but for anything that a decent gamer would own, neither compares..
 
cant compare :confused:

8 core cpu decent mid range card and how games are going ala mantle cpu will make no much difference and gpu will handle upto 1080 fine.

most games are ports so whats confusing?
 
the graphics aren't even that close compared to some of the exclusive pc games that actually make an effort.
the biggest jump is textures and AA everything else like the shadows and lighting doesn't look anything special and the FPS is not great from the limiting viewing of my stepson playing ryse at his mothers.

pc games at least the ones that make an effort look about the same if not slightly better overall and most of us are running them double the fps these console games are running at.


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cant compare :confused:

8 core cpu decent mid range card and how games are going ala mantle cpu will make no much difference and gpu will handle upto 1080 fine.

most games are ports so whats confusing?
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8 slow cores sure I'd love to see how they handle the cpu intensive games with tons of AI and stuff going on in the background that some pc games have whilst still maintaining the same graphics and a good fps

in my eyes they are barely next gen the jump in technology considering the 8 year gap between the xbox360 and xbox one is not exactly huge
 
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~>Dg<~ said:
funny thing is all the best games that interest me or seem creative are on a wii u :D
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I have to say, with young kids and the desire to ensure they enjoy gaming with the same memories as myself, I agree with that point.

The problem is, the majority are first party titles and I cannot justify a Wii U at its current price point for games from a single developer. It has suffered the same fate as the Wii, lack of third party support, not to blame Nintendo or its partners, that is more so down to consumers as well.

ALTHOUGH, maybe they dropped the ball with that awful tablet/second screen/controller? I wonder how much that has added to the RRP? Does it neuter their price reduction options?

I will possibly buy one in a year or so second hand, with a bundle of games.

Nintendo are struggling to be a primary player in the console market. They are a "I own a Nintendo, alongside a...." type company. Very said when you look at their roots. If they were not so stubborn, with the IP's they have, they would do themselves a favour by releasing cross platform, OR if their stubborn pride will not them, just release a 1080p Netbox with HDMI which allows playing their back catalogue, upscaled for a monthly fee.
 
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Console gamers are getting what we as pc gamers have had for many years now high res graphics at 60 fps. So there is a lot of hype. I can see them releasing a lot of older games on consoles just because they are now capable of running at 1080p and for a quick cash in.

However consoles are already behind imo with 120 MHz monitors becoming more the norm these days.

I can run bf4 at ultra at over 120 fps granted I have spent a lot of money to do this but at the same time 400 pound + for the new consoles isn't exactly cheap. But I rather pay the extra on a money beast gaming pc for imo the better experience.

The graphics gap might be smaller but you could have said the same thing when the xbox 360 first came out.

I was tempted to get a new console but all the hype and cringe worthy adverts I just upgraded my pc instead :)

The only game I really want on either console atm is forza 5 its not worth the 400 quid + to play it imo

P.s do you still have to pay for stuff like xbox live ?
 
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120 hz monitors arnt the norm at all. we are a minority probably 5 percent maybe ten at a push so hardly the norm. most people who game on pc will be pushing dualcore pcs playing stuff like tf2 hl2 valve games basically .

the consoles will do well and play games very well as they are the whole point of sales ! why you think amd and such are doing mantle and the like.

make it easier for game ports make optimization better youll end up with almost identical games on console to pc. majority of gamers dont go past 1080 anyway so with better cpu optimization like whats happening youll be fine on a console and no need for a uber rig even for latest games.
 
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I was tempted to get a new console but all the hype and cringe worthy adverts I just upgraded my pc instead :)

The only game I really want on either console atm is forza 5 its not worth the 400 quid + to play it imo

P.s do you still have to pay for stuff like xbox live ?
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yea you still need to buy xbox live


I was going to get one for forza5 but not after reading they have 6 car packs planned with 10 cars each and everyone saying how there are far less cars and tracks than the older forza games , it's obvious this is going to be another generation of even more dlc milking
 
I've got a decent spec PC (i7 4770k @ 4.5Ghz, AMD 290x, 8GB Ram) as well as an Xbox One and i've still spent considerably less than some people do.

For instance, no offence to people that have the money but do people really need 3/4 Titans or 4x 290x's in their PC?

I'm actually quite excited by the possibilities of the Kinect, now that's it's build in to every console. I know the first was gimmicky but this one seems a lot smarter.

But to answer the op's question. When Xbox 360 and PS3 were released they performed really well against top-end PC's at the time (even though on a technical level they were much less powerful)

Now I think a top-end PC will blow the Xbox One and PS4 out of the water, hence the severe lack of 1080p 60fps games so far in the launch titles. But they still have a place in the living room.
 
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Now I think a top-end PC will blow the Xbox One and PS4 out of the water, hence the severe lack of 1080p 60fps games so far in the launch titles. But they still have a place in the living room.
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they will raise the bar for graphics on the pc since we now won't get ports with really poor textures hidden behind absurb levels of bloom and post processing effects
 
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