PC vs Console for gaming.

helmutcheese · 2 Dec 2007 at 21:41

ssmacc said:
I’d just add that the console is slowly becoming a PC, look at the PS3, trying its best to be a multimedia PC, I’m sure the lines will blur even more with the PS4 (that’s a wild guess at the name...). if I were you I’d get a new graphics card (8800 GT). You’d then have console graphics with all the added PC stuff.

Console graphics are back with the 7800 series (early 7900 Hybrid) cards, they are now so far behind.

londonbairn · 2 Dec 2007 at 21:45

Plus they don't even run at real HD resolutions. Halo 3 for example, the graphics in that were not great. PC games on my 2407WFP-HC or my Sony 46X3500 blow consoles away running at 1080p.

Lightnix · 2 Dec 2007 at 21:49

Indeed, the Xbox 360 GPU is essentially an X1900 XT, the PS3's is basically a 7800 GTX (that being said, the Xbox 360 GPU is more powerful than the PS3's). Although all current games consoles are using IBM-based CPUs (PS3 - Cell. Xbox 360 -Tri-core PowerPC. Wii - older PowerPC core). This being said, the Wii's GPU may as well just be a Radeon 7500.

Trixxy · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:03

Having to upgrade isn't really a negative point for pc users, as console users can't upgrade anyway. You don't have to upgrade every year to play the latest games, just play em with lower settings and they'll still look equal to or better than their console counterparts.

willhub · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:08

I find upgrading my PC something good, I enjoy doing it, the thing I dont like is when the companys are porting over games from the Xbox360 because its cheaper for them.

AgedIdiot · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:10

Get a console and miss out on all the fun spending hours building/re-building , shaving a few degrees of temps , adding a few marks in 3d Mark, adding a few fps etc.
I am sad!
Happy , but Sad!

longshanks · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:13

PC's are much better for gaming except for footy games.

rounddodger · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:13

IMO consoles for the most part have the better and much more varied games catalog. PC's are great for pure high-tech eye candy which as we all know comes at a high price and requires constant upgrading year on year. I do prefer playing FPS games on the PC and obviously strategy games etc all play much better as well.

Ironically lately I use the 360 wireless pad for my PC FPS games. Bioshock anyone?

willhub · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:15

AgedIdiot said:
Get a console and miss out on all the fun spending hours building/re-building , shaving a few degrees of temps , adding a few marks in 3d Mark, adding a few fps etc.
I am sad!
Happy , but Sad!

Nothing sad about it tbh, it gives us something extra to do and to some people it may be boring or sad but something I find to use up time and is far from sad or boring, also you cant mod games for consoles, like you could mod GTA SA for the pc, yea you could do that for the Xbox but you had to mod your xbox then put GTA SA onto the hdd then mess about FTP'ing files all the time or burning a CD every time you want to add a new mod, so in lots of ways the PC is better and if you buy games for a console, once you have finished them all and find nothing else you want to play or dont want to replay the games then your console just sits there collecting dust, not so for PC's since they are more than a gaming machine and possible offer greater value for money.

rounddodger said:
Ironically lately I use the 360 wireless pad for my PC FPS games. Bioshock anyone?

Xbox360 pads are great for racing games, dont know how I would cope using them for fps's though.

wellibob · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:18

I use both, and the PC is better at most games.

rounddodger · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:22

willhub said:
Xbox360 pads are great for racing games, dont know how I would cope using them for fps's though.

If you've ever played the likes of Halo on the Xbox then it works quite well and you just get used to it.

Obviously only for one player mode though! Multiplayer would definitely put you at a disadvantage to peeps using traditional mouse/keyboard.

Explosivo · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:23

i am and have allways been a pc gamer (i do not own any consoles)
but if you think the pc will allways beat the console (power wise) you are a fool.
in five yrs a console dedicated to gaming will own any pc.

that is what i predict anyway.

that's just what i think.

willhub · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:23

rounddodger said:
If you've ever played the likes of Halo on the Xbox then it works quite well and you just get used to it. Obviously only for one player mode though! Multiplayer would definitely put you at a disadvantage to peeps using traditional mouse/keyboard.

I've played Halo3 at my m8's house with a pad, was awkward the say the least allthough he did say I was going pretty good for the first time playing it, but I dunno lol.

Cyber-Mav · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:26

if crysis comes out on ps3 or xbox and runs at 60fps at 1080p rez in the equivalent very high mode compared to a pc, then i would get the console and put up with the crappy controller for fps games.

Trixxy · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:29

Explosivo said:
i am and have allways been a pc gamer (i do not own any consoles)
but if you think the pc will allways beat the console (power wise) you are a fool.
in five yrs a console dedicated to gaming will own any pc.

that is what i predict anyway.

that's just what i think.

Consoles are only ever on equal terms to a pc for about the first 6-12 months of it's life and then it gets overtaken when new pc tech improves.

Unless gfx cards stop being developed in 5 years time I can't see this trend changing.

willhub · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:52

Cyber-Mav said:
if crysis comes out on ps3 or xbox and runs at 60fps at 1080p rez in the equivalent very high mode compared to a pc, then i would get the console and put up with the crappy controller for fps games.

Has it not been said that Crysis would not run on an Xbox360, well at least at playable rates compared to the frame rates on a PC at the same graphics settings?

Explosivo said:
i am and have allways been a pc gamer (i do not own any consoles)
but if you think the pc will allways beat the console (power wise) you are a fool.
in five yrs a console dedicated to gaming will own any pc.

that is what i predict anyway.

that's just what i think.

But if you think a console will always out match the PC's, then you are a fool, because PC's will always take over the consoles and thats a fact.

Energize · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:54

The number of transistors on a chip doubles every 24 months according to moores law. So even if a console was as good as the best pc upon release (which will never happen) it would be rapidly overtaken.

willhub · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:56

Energize said:
The number of transistors on a chip doubles every 24 months according to moores law. So even if a console was as good as the best pc upon release (which will never happen) it would be rapidly overtaken.

So right now say the transistor count is 600,000,000, then will it be 1.2 billion in 24 months?

MrViper · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:58

get a 360 controler for the pc ?

willhub · 2 Dec 2007 at 22:59

MrViper said:
get a 360 controler for the pc ?

All 360 controllers work for the PC, afterall they are USB.