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Is PC Gaming worth it?
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The Just Cause 2 Superman mod alone is worth investing in a PC. I'm deadly serious, I have never in my life had so much fun with a game than I did with a modded copy of Just Cause 2.
But yes, PC gaming is absolutely worth the investment. Anyone who tells you otherwise is just an over defensive fanboy trying to defend the purchase of their particular console.But if you're a real gamer, you won't believe in "console vs PC". You'll believe in "video games". Just video games.
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Well i bought the 360 for close to €100 second hand so thats how it worked out cheaper.
Also the formfactor of my PC is micro-ATX, and most graphics card take up the space of 2 PCI slots because of the fan.
Is there any gfx cards that have the fan on the Right hand side of the graphics card board, (the opposite side of the one on pixmania).
That way i could sacrifice my PCI-Express x1 slot for the fan.
Would that GFX card play most recent games @ 1080p also?
And final question, would the 450W PSU be powerful enough to run a quadcore system with the graphics card?
It seems a bit weak, i'd probably invest the extra few euro in more powerful one.
Thanks for the share, that is much cheaper than I expected.0 -
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VenomIreland wrote: »If PCI Express 2.0 is truely twice the speed of 1.0, then it's equivalent to running it at x8 speed, which is fine
Quick Question, what CPU do you have? What games do you want to play?
I wonder would it actually limit the performance in any way, i suppose it totally depends on the amount of bandwidth each card uses.
Tis a mild enough CPU by todays standards, a Core 2 Quad 8200 @ 2.33Ghz.
It would be mainly FPS games, especially those with mods,
maybe the odd Racing Sim but I'd be more inclined to play them on the 360.
@Pog
Thats true about the upscaling on consoles, theres very few games that go anywhere over 720p.0 -
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There's a lot to be said for being able to just pop a disc into a console,
without the stress of installations, patches, compatibility, performance setttings etc.. and also the hassle of controller mapping, especially when you need to map your gamepad to a PC game.
Stress?
Come off it.
Any game i have on pc was a simple matter of downloading the game and installing or installing via disc, 5 min job.
Patches are to to enhance your playing experience so i dont see why you see it as stress either,most games auto update anyway.
Stress of performance settings? I have an almost 3 year old pc and i just put everything to max settings at my monitors native res and have yet to have the need to change settings.
Hassle of controller mapping? Apart from a footie game why would you need to use a pad anyways? maybe also for a racing game if you dont have a wheel, even so most games have default settings for your device.
Someone earlier in the thread said its laziness with a lot of people, i think maybe you might fall into that bracket 0 -
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Stress?
Come off it.
Any game i have on pc was a simple matter of downloading the game and installing or installing via disc, 5 min job.
Patches are to to enhance your playing experience so i dont see why you see it as stress either,most games auto update anyway.
Stress of performance settings? I have an almost 3 year old pc and i just put everything to max settings at my monitors native res and have yet to have the need to change settings.
Hassle of controller mapping? Apart from a footie game why would you need to use a pad anyways? maybe also for a racing game if you dont have a wheel, even so most games have default settings for your device.
Someone earlier in the thread said its laziness with a lot of people, i think maybe you might fall into that bracket
1. 5 Minute job if everything goes well, and the game likes your hardware. Not all do.
2. Especially with games a few years old there is a bit of stress involved,
they do not all auto-update, you must make sure you have the most recent one, make sure it's the one for your area, and find a decent site to download it from, without having to register, or click about 5 links before you access the public server.
Depending on the game, you could have a very buggy and ****ty experience if you're not running the latest patch for it.
Edit: Some patches must be done in a certain order also. Yesterday i installed a game that has 2 patches out for it,
if you installed the first, you must re-install the game completely to install the 2nd. Which isnt very user friendly.
I find the PC Ports of games can be very sloppy and buggy compared to console ports a lot of the time.
3. Good for you. Its not like that for the majority however.
Is your PC custom made? How much money did you spend on it? Including extra money put into upgrading its performance.
My PC's model is 2 years, i bought mine a year ago, and for my monitors resolution - 1080p its simply too slow, therefore i have to spend a bit of time trying different configurations to get the best compromise between graphics and performance.
That is until i upgrade of course, which is a bit of hassle as i have explained in my previous posts.
4. Default settings != preferred settings almost 90% of the time.
I use a PS2 controller connected via usb, and i always find myself having to tinker with the mappings, and sometimes depending on the game, i run out of buttons to map, so i have to use the keyboard as well as the gamepad.
Some games are much more control heavy than others,
especially if they mix driving with shooting and walking.
See this is my point, with a console game you will never run out of buttons, because the game is set especially for that amount of buttons. PC games almost always have more controls.
5. Its nothing to do with laziness, time is my greatest enemy, as i have a lot of interests outside of gaming, but cheers for trying to label me as lazy anyway.
As a mod you should realize that the experience is going to be different for each user, therefor the opinions will vary from user to user.
You come across as extremely short sighted and fixed on your own opinion/experience,
maybe if you listened to people more and try to see things from their point of view you wouldnt be so short sighted.0 -
1. 5 Minute job if everything goes well, and the game likes your hardware. Not all do.
2. Especially with games a few years old there is a bit of stress involved,
they do not all auto-update, you must make sure you have the most recent one, make sure it's the one for your area, and find a decent site to download it from, without having to register, or click about 5 links before you access the public server.
Depending on the game, you could have a very buggy and ****ty experience if you're not running the latest patch for it.
Edit: Some patches must be done in a certain order also. Yesterday i installed a game that has 2 patches out for it,
if you installed the first, you must re-install the game completely to install the 2nd. Which isnt very user friendly.
I find the PC Ports of games can be very sloppy and buggy compared to console ports a lot of the time.
3. Good for you. Its not like that for the majority however.
Is your PC custom made? How much money did you spend on it? Including extra money put into upgrading its performance.
My PC's model is 2 years, i bought mine a year ago, and for my monitors resolution - 1080p its simply too slow, therefore i have to spend a bit of time trying different configurations to get the best compromise between graphics and performance.
That is until i upgrade of course, which is a bit of hassle as i have explained in my previous posts.
4. Default settings != preferred settings almost 90% of the time.
I use a PS2 controller connected via usb, and i always find myself having to tinker with the mappings, and sometimes depending on the game, i run out of buttons to map, so i have to use the keyboard as well as the gamepad.
Some games are much more control heavy than others,
especially if they mix driving with shooting and walking.
See this is my point, with a console game you will never run out of buttons, because the game is set especially for that amount of buttons. PC games almost always have more controls.
5. Its nothing to do with laziness, time is my greatest enemy, as i have a lot of interests outside of gaming, but cheers for trying to label me as lazy anyway.
As a mod you should realize that the experience is going to be different for each user, therefor the opinions will vary from user to user.
You come across as extremely short sighted and fixed on your own opinion/experience,
maybe if you listened to people more and try to see things from their point of view you wouldnt be so short sighted.
Not short sighted at all, im stating it as it is.
Ive about 90 games installed on my pc and all play perfectly and all installed hassle free.
The only one that was a lengthy install was world of warcraft to get all its massive patches.
You see patches are very often extra content for pc games so i fail to see how you see patching as stress inducing.
Yes i have a custom pc and i made sure it was well specced to last a long time before needing updating.
The only upgrade i done was a new gfx card which i only got because it was on sale for insane value.
All in all my pc cost about a grand in total including the gfx card upgrade.
Its lasted 3 years without any hassle and still plays todays games @ 1920X1080 max gfx settings in all games.
Thats to me is excellent value when i consider all the free mods i get to have on top of my library of games, not to mention the free games for pc.
Its a myth that you need to constantly upgrade your pc.
As for saying you were lazy, get a sense of humour i said it in jest hence the smiley.As a mod you should realize that the experience is going to be different for each user, therefor the opinions will vary from user to user.
Ofcourse i realize this, otherwise we wouldnt have a thread to debate the issue, where exactly did i say anything to the contrary?
Im simply saying the pc is worth it as the OP asked.
It does a lot of things better than the consoles, i never said consoles dont have their place.
Quite the opposite infact, i think everyone agrees both formats have their place.
I love to sit down and play some Fifa or PES with my son on the 360.
We have been known to play some COD together in a party also.
Im downloading the new PES 2011 demo for 360 as i type
We have 2 xbox 360s and a PS3 in the house, we sold the wii however
Consoles are great but so too is the PC,a helf decent PC simply has more horse power under the hood and a superior control scheme, i cant help if i prefer the pc as my main gaming format.
I dont mind downloading and installing patches for older games when the need be.
You find it causes stress, fair enough but why have a go at me because i prefer the pc?
Oh the irony is deafining:DYou come across as extremely short sighted and fixed on your own opinion/experience,0 -
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Is there any James Bond (reskin + music) mod for it? Nothing would be better than to paraglide around explodey things with Monty Norman's theme going DANG DA DANG DANG....
P.
Not that I've found as of yet. I suppose a tuxedo mod isn't too far fatched, and you can always play the music using an external media player!
I prefer to fly around listening to the Top Gun music, recreating the Lynx Dry ad. They're incredibly similar, even down the poses they're in while flying.0 -
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