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Pc or PS3

I only use my PS3 to watch DIVX movies, much more convenient than building a media centre PC. Plus its got a cheap BR drive for watching films with the girlfriend on the sofa, which is something I cant do with the PC.

All my gaming is done on the PC, I have Wipeout and RE4 for the PS3 but every other game is on my PC.
 
Nossmayo said:
(o/t sry)
Funnily enough i was looking on the net earlier for one of these leads, I came across this site:

http://www.cabling4less.co.uk/index.php?pageLayoutId=13&gclid=CLPD2dKUnpcCFYoH3godRlKmDA (is that a competitor?:confused:)

I was specifically looking at the 5m HQ Professional HDMI to DVI-D cable for £25.30.

Is there a cheaper/better alternative anyone recommend?
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If you only need a 1M cable run then just find a cheap one. Most HDMI cables are a total ripoff. If you need more than 1M that is when you can encounter serious cost issues as a really decent 3M or 5M one is around £100. My advice to anyone is just get a cheap cable and see how it goes before splashing the big money on an expensive cable.
 
TK421 said:
What is the best ??? my mates with the PS3 just seem to laugh at the PC in the game industry!!! Has anyone got both? What's your verdict? There are ppl spending £600+ on sli graphic cards compared to £300 on the PS3!!!! WTF....
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TK421 said:
gameplay and graphics!!!
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Gameplay is up to you, people like different games and different types of gameplay.

Graphics, PC wins.
 
yeah you can't change the PS3 GPU since as said above its soldered to the motherboard, sure you could take it off, that wouldn't be hard but what would you even 'attempt' to put in its place, chuck a G80/G92 core in there and it'll proberbly just spontaneously explode, everything is designed for the GPU thats in there, voltages, drivers, interfaces, not even someone with a degree in electronics could change that :p
 
ps3 is a great console, quiet, blu ray etc... that said there are games i prefer to play on PS3 (sports, platform, adventure etc...) but there are games i play on PC (shooters, RTS, mmo) - really depends on genre

only using my 360 (best pad) for exclu games, otherwise i keep it off, the noise drives me up the wall
 
AWPC said:
If you only need a 1M cable run then just find a cheap one. Most HDMI cables are a total ripoff. If you need more than 1M that is when you can encounter serious cost issues as a really decent 3M or 5M one is around £100. My advice to anyone is just get a cheap cable and see how it goes before splashing the big money on an expensive cable.
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HDMI is digital, therfore the quality isn't variable., so a 'decent' 5m cable will be the cheapest one you can get.

I have a 5m HDMI cable from my PC to TV at 1080p that cost me about £5 and the quality is exactly the same as my PS3 to tv on HDMI.

Anyone who 'splashes' out £100 on an HDMI cable, in my opinion, needs to go and get themselves a helmet because they can't be trusted not to injur them selves.

Just get a cheap cable, it'll look the same. Any differences is just purchase justificaton kicking in.
 
I have both.
Im currently building a decent spec gaming PC, because its the only way to play first person shooters. A headshot using a mouse takes a split second - a headshot in a console takes several seconds of waving a gun about! (at least when i play). I also love strategy games on a mouse/keyboard.

That said, i do love my PS3. I couldnt imagine playing car racing games on a PC, and i prefer 3rd person adventures on a PS3 (assasins creed, GTA etc). In addition, i had Oblivion on PC and never got into it. I then bought it cheap on the PS3 and while it probably lost a bit in terms of graphics, i much prefered losing 150 hours of my life sitting in my comfortable lounge, rather than cooped away in my spare bedroom!
I have a Sony 40" 1080p tv so it does look quite lush.

There you go, neither is better. Both have their plus points.
 
I have both a PS3 and a PC. For the money I think the PS3 is more bag for buck. Graphics on the PC may be better but you have to pay through the nose for it and you will spend a lot of time messing about with stuff like drivers/patches/OS's and stupid DRM that refuses to recognise your new game.

Luckly I do not mind tinkering with my PC but many people would not put up with it. PC games and hardware is still not clear cut enough for the majority of the general public IMO, whereas consoles are and do a pretty good job too.
 
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I think should have both. I want PS3 and I have a gaming pc. PS3 has a nice wireless controller and you can sit on the sofa and play a casual game without DRM or drivers/pc junk.
 
I had a PS3, sold it, was IMO useless, no games I wanted and GTA IV ran like crap and GT5 was not so good too so I thought stuff it...
 
PC all the way. I prefer the Keyboard and Mouse anyday to the gamepad, for both fps and rts games. Sports games however, yeh I'd give that to the console. Graphics = PC!

so, that's 3-1 to the PC. As I said, PC all the way.
 
I own all 3 consoles and a PC, got to say after the Christmas shopping I just did, Mods won over when making a list of pro's and con's so I would say at the moment the PC is better. Besides graphics don't matter that much so long as the gameplay is superior which it normally is.
 
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If money wasn't the case, the PC anyday of the week, but for it's price PS3 is definitley superior, for £300 it would be wise to get a PS3.

I bought the PS3 on it's launch date in back in march for £425, only disapointment was lack of games apart from that it was well worth getting.

Also another thing the PS3 is very quiet, you won't hear it. And the Hard drive is removable so you in the future you can allways stick in a large laptop HDD for future games/movies etc.
 
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