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In alt.games.video.xbox Patti MacLeod <pam...@nospamshaw.ca> wrote:

> LOL!! Microsoft doesn't have do ANYTHING to damage the PC as a gaming
> platform, as game developers are doing quite an adequate job of that all on
> their own by creating games that require hardware upgrades every few months.

How do you figure?  With the exception of HL2 and Doom3, it's quite 
possible to play just about any game on the market with a PC that was 
high-end from 2 or 3 years ago.  Doom3 and HalfLife2 are rather unique in 
that they actually use today's cards to the fullest, as opposed to 
previous games which were quickly outpaced by the release schedule of the 
graphics card vendors.  People quickly figured out that you didn't need a 
$500 card to play most games, when a even the $200 cards were considered 
overkill.  Even if you wanted that shiny new $500 card, you just had to 
wait 2 or 3 months and the price would drop by 30-40%.

> Not everyone can afford to fork out a grand or so every six months to
> upgrade their hardware (mortgage payments, heat, water and grocery bills
> take priority for many of us), so former "never console games for me!"
> persons are now rethinking their gaming platform of choice. AFAIC, nothing
> can beat a PC for gaming, but unless I win the lottery and can afford to buy
> a new PC every few months to keep up with the system requirements for
> upcoming PC games, I'll choose to stick to console gaming. It's not a
> question of "strong independent" vs. "weak challenged retard", it's a
> question of affordability for many.

If you're forking out that much money that often, you're getting badly 
ripped off.  My current PC is about 3 years old, and is capable of running 
anything on the shelves - including Doom3 and HL2, albeit, just barely.  
It cost me about $1200.

Even the *reccomended* setups for games still point to systems about 2 
years old.  P4-2Ghz, 256MB RAM, 128MB-based video card.  How pricey is 
that?  You really can't even buy a processor that "slow" anymore.

Yeah, even an "entry level" gamer system is still going to cost more than 
a console, but it's not like a PC is a single-purpose machine.  But at the 
same time, these claims about having to buy new hardware every 3/6/12 
months is an exaggeration.  Only an idiot would feel the need to buy 
something new each and everytime a newer piece of kit came out.  And while 
I'm sure there are suckers out there who do that, they're few and far 
between.

> > believe me, its beautiful buying a pc graphic card cause you have so much
> quality

> I won't argue with that, especially when you buy two and put them in an SLI
> capable mobo.

Bah. SLI is a waste of money.  The last time SLI was around, a year or so 
later, a new card came out with more power on a single card than you got 
with SLI - not to mention the fact that SLI went away when AGP came 
about...  Ugh, what a bad idea that was.  I can't believe people were 
willing to spend upwards of a thousand dollars on their video system, when 
you were still seeing exponential improvements every 6 to 9 months.