Gaming Time, PC or Console

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I agree for certain types - FPS, RTS, RPG, MORPG they are better, however driving games, sports, maybe some action games I would say that the console is better

 

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Good Lord, man, are you on dialup?

But the only additional costs were the video card and the PSU. You would have had to buy a computer for non-gaming purposes anyway, right?

Come on, mate... compare apples to apples. "Installing" a flash game takes me about 4 seconds. Does that make a PC faster or take less effort??

 

Just goes to show that am not the only one struggling to get time dedicated to play PC games

 

Nope 14 large patches that required a game restart before the next one could be applied.

 

I used to play games all the time, but i can never find the time these days, also the games these days dont have the addictive qualities that i grew up with on systems like the amiga etc.
Ive got a 360, wii, modded xbox and GBA and i never use them at all (offers please )

 

Can't afford PC gaming now, Only this year I when for a console Xbox more some game just not the same on Xbox then on PC take TF2 on all time favs many hours spent also CCS but sadly not on Xbox tho it is made by Valve.

The main push to console was getting sick and tied of wall hack pr!cks on PC.

 

Same here - no time for games. Marriage and work put paid to that. When a new Tomb Raider game comes out I'll play that until I complete it (usually takes three or four days) but other than that I just can't be bothered with them.

 

I don't mind havibng to download and install patches atleast you know the game is being fixed.

Anyway I am saddened to hear that Crysis is coming to the 360 not sure if its coming on PS3 I just hope it ain some crap port like they usually do when bringing a pc game to console.

 

FPS normally translates quite well as they have a lot of them.

 

I take you mean on the console like X-box or PS3?

 

I have a Nintendo DS, does the job for me. One of my favourite games for it is Exit.

Click this link to play an online demo of it.

 

I did indeed. The wii not so much..

 

I might end up getting the X-Box 360 as I can't play pro evolution soccer 2009 on the PC. The screen starts and then freezes saying a fault caused the program to stop working. I believe it's all to do with Vista as am running the ultimate version.

The PC has direct x 9.0, 2.41 Ghz and a Geforce nvidia 9800 512MB overclocked. I haven't had away issues running a game on Windows XP so am attributing this fault to Vista's fussyness

Any ideas guys and gals?

 

Sounds like a game designer I'd avoid in the future, if possible!

Then you're not purchasing wisely... I can run on a CPU for years before needing an upgrade. My most recent gaming box is a 1.86 GHz C2D rig that I built almost 3 years ago. It shows no signs of slowness. The one before that was a 2.4 GHz P4 that I built in 2002, and it's still being used by the wife and kids without any problems. Two boxen over 7 years isn't too shabby... and I'm not expecting to build a new one for another couple years, at least!

I did get some extra memory that was FREE after rebate, and I got that video card for a net $45... quite reasonable for a box that needed nothing else for 3 years, wouldn't you agree? I promise you, if you purchase correctly the first time, you won't need to upgrade for a while.

For the record, my most recent box cost me $1200 in 2006... so I didn't spend an arm and a leg back then, either. I dare say I could build a nice one these days for $800ish.

 

Oooh, I dunno. Their most recent game (Dawn Of War 2) was uber!

 

That's where the "if possible" comes into play. Still, I managed to avoid DoW2... ;)

 

You should give it a go if you like RTS - very good fun

 

The various Company of Heroes titles managed to completely pass me by for some reason, but I may try them out since DOW2 was so good. DOW2 was based on the COH engine and by the same team.

 

If the spec says 1GHz ram then doubl it for vista. If the cpu speed says 2.8 for xp then it'l be 3 on vista + you need dx10