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So what I am getting is the game is rendered server side and you just get to play it almost like a streaming video? Not sure how it would work but if they said they were able to play Crysis on a macbook, well they have my attention.
honestly i think the best thing that could happen to pc gaming was if someone mass manufactured a pc as a type of console where it was super fast and it had it’s own games (that you could play on any pc with similar settings) but the price would be lower cus a lot of people would buy the same thing
this was kinda done with alienware but i’m talking about 1 system … i guess this might sound stupid but it would def get people more interested in pc games and make higher end pc more affordable
Lemm said:
honestly i think the best thing that could happen to pc gaming was if someone mass manufactured a pc as a type of console where it was super fast and it had it’s own games (that you could play on any pc with similar settings) but the price would be lower cus a lot of people would buy the same thingthis was kinda done with alienware but i’m talking about 1 system … i guess this might sound stupid but it would def get people more interested in pc games and make higher end pc more affordable
I disagree. I mean lets be real here pcs are out dated after 3 months so high end pcs would never be really affordable. Parts are and probably will always be expensive and as such most people dont just scrap a pc and build a new one they usually buy a part here and a part there. As far as standardizing pcs this will never happen. You would create a monopoly and well thats just not legal unless its government backed and seeing as how it isint its illegal. Look at the life span of say the xbox it is what 3 4 years old now? Nothing has been discussed to replace it either while pcs on the other hand are always upgrading. Graphics cards are upgrading like every year or 2 to be twice as better as the old model.
All consoles are standardized PCs with its own set of games. All you’re saying is “Let’s make another console and call it a PC.” That’s about what it boiled down to.
However, I think it is awesome if you’re capable of playing games on PCs you normally couldn’t play them on due to hardware / operating system restrictions.
I think you guys fail to realize they’ve already done this. They’re called Macs. They suck at gaming.
blah i just don’t want to have to go out and buy a new graphics card every two years.. it’s kinda calmed down now with the 8800 but kinda *edited*ed me off for a while before that came out..crap i’m on a laptop now anyway so i guess it doesn’t matter
Lemm said:
blah i just don’t want to have to go out and buy a new graphics card every two years.. it’s kinda calmed down now with the 8800 but kinda *edited*ed me off for a while before that came out..crap i’m on a laptop now anyway so i guess it doesn’t matterWell game makers fail take crisis for example they said yeah you can run the game at these minimum setting but it was unplayable on those setting same with with Age of Conan. Now with the new graphics cards these really isint much of a difference in them and they should be good for the next 2-4 years. At the very least you will be able to get 4 years out of it maybe not playing everything on high setting but its better then spending another $500 just to play a game.
Lemm said:
8800 has been out for a long time as far as i am concerned.. i’m surprised its still playing gamesHey now thats what I use. It runs everything just fine it dose suck that I cant watch blue rays and play css at the same time but w/e.
the 8800gts I had is probably the 2nd best video card I have ever had (still doesnt beat my totally win radeon 9800 pro). I upgraded to the gtx 260 but really it wasnt worth it. Lots of bang for buck in the 8800 series.
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