I can't decide!
I have the system in my sig and currently own 0 consoles. I do have a 1080i tv.
I would go with a cpu/ram/mobo for the comp or ps3 and one game.
PC upgrade
PS3
I can't decide!
I have the system in my sig and currently own 0 consoles. I do have a 1080i tv.
I would go with a cpu/ram/mobo for the comp or ps3 and one game.
I would say the pc upgrade, i also sent you a part list thru newegg to help you out. Its right under your budget too.
Get a console. As much as I hate to say it... it feels like PC gaming is going downhill. Everything comes out on consoles and gets ported (poorly I might add) to PC. I mean hell the main reason to get a quad core for gaming was Alan Wake... and then that got yanked from PC and is 360 exclusive now.
The PS3 is also good for blu-ray and streaming media.
I would say PS3, even though your cpu is a little lacking, i and running almost the exact same rig, only a 4200+ and 4850 and 4gb ram and i run everything at 1024 x 768 at medium to high settings no problem.
With Uncharted 2 out and GT5 comin out early next year, and many other good titles out or coming out soon, and the ps3 price dropm Now is a great time to get a PS3, and you have a 1080P TV so your can watch all the goodies.
I would consider adding 2gb ram to your computer, that would help significantly, and be less than $50.00.
Unless you were to somehow squeeze a new graphics card into your budget I doubt you'd be seeing much of a noticeable upgrade in gamesOriginally Posted by FoodStampz
I've been considering upgrading my PC recently but I can't find any reason to do so - as in no big new games coming out which are really pushing the envelope. I'm gaming a lot more on my PS3 at the moment to be honest.
Last edited by bd_braindead; 10-27-2009 at 02:49 PM.
two things to bear in mind with your descision:
1: which platform has the games you like (i play my PS3 a lot more than PC games, however there are some PC games not available on any console i still regularly play - fortunatly they arn't all that demanding so i've not needed a hardware refresh in years)
2: Some people can't really handle the differences in resolution and frame rate that a console brings. Personally i know i (and many others) don't find it a problem at all but coming from 1920x1200 down to 1280x720 (and in a surprising amount of cases even lower) can be a bit jarring for some.
I can actually play CoD4 which is 1024x600 without a problem, what i really dislike more than a low resolution is having to constantly adjust settings until i get a frame rate/graphics trade off i'm happy with, i'd rather just have it on my plate from the start and just get on with enjoying the game - Crysis pushed me overboard on this[cursing]
Very few PS3 games support 1080i, and since many older 1080i tv sets do not support 720p, you may be limited to 480. If this is the case, do not bother getting a PS3.
This is the exact point I was going to bring up. As Sparfucil mentioned, there are games which, if not run at 720p, will downscale to 480p. I am not sure if the issue is as widespread with newer titles but it was an issue earlier in the system's life cycle.
I just looked at MGS4, GT5 Prologue, Uncharted 2, and Resistance 2 and they can definitely be scaled. You might just have to worry about the older games.
Now that Dragon Age is out...PC
I gotta agree, but this is also a PC benchmarking forum so expect a slight bias.
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