Spec me a desktop with PS3 performance equivalent

Klitschk0 · 15 May 2012 at 23:45

I am curious because when i owned a ps3 and played skyrim the amount of lag made me want to put my head in the oven on gas mark 9... I also played it on an i7 desktop, not sure about the model but the graphics appeared better and the lag free gameplay was a shock if i am honest as i expected a gaming console to be lag free well offline anyway...

Ricochet J · 15 May 2012 at 23:57

PS3 performance? A can of worms has been opened.

stulid · 16 May 2012 at 00:01

Im not going to do a spec (hopefully Shadow Boxer, Idleman, Jamesfreddie. Honosuseri, RJC, olivier renault etc will do it)

But to get the ball rolling,

• Budget?
• Tower unit only?
• OS?
• Monitor/keyboard+mouse?

Zero Pope · 16 May 2012 at 00:01

This?

runs and hides

areksnumbr1sxylady · 16 May 2012 at 00:08

Zero Pope said:
This?

runs and hides

Will it run Crysis on ultra settings 1920x1080??

shadow_boxer · 16 May 2012 at 00:21

How about something along the lines of the following to get you started.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £86.39
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £40.79
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £455.06 (includes shipping : FREE).

robfosters · 16 May 2012 at 00:29

Are any components currently available on overclockers "PS3 equivalent".

I would have thought that everything sold new now was far more powerful seeing as the RSX is based around the 7x graphics card architecture.

pingwing · 16 May 2012 at 00:31

So you want a pc with more than ps3 performance, other wise you are asking for a ps3....

robfosters · 16 May 2012 at 00:34

It's not as simple as saying that a PC equivalent to a PS3 will run Skyrim well. PC versions are built for far more advanced hardware, so essentially the PS3 reference is completely null and void.

You just want a good gaming machine for Skyrim.

Once again, what's your budget and do you need everything?

sexyhyde · 16 May 2012 at 00:45

robfosters said:
Are any components currently available on overclockers "PS3 equivalent".

I would have thought that everything sold new now was far more powerful seeing as the RSX is based around the 7x graphics card architecture.

depends on your take on 'equivalent'. technology or performance. although the technology is 'very old' now, the performance is only 'old' due to the tighter coding they can do, as everyone has the same hardware. i would say a ps3 equivalent (performance) would be about a GTX 450 for the same choppy experience.

winter zombie · 16 May 2012 at 00:58

wow, just get a ps3 lol

Benjyshwa · 16 May 2012 at 01:01

Doesn't the ps3 have an interesting amount of cores? Or was that something else.

*edit* I was thinking about the cell broadband engine. I remember reading ages ago about it being something that isn't used to full potential as games companies cant really be arsed to code for it properly. Or something g along those lines.