Nvidia: “the PC platform is far superior to any console”

[froggyboy604]

Nvidia’s consumer sales manager Matt Wright has stressed that PC is the gaming platform of choice, and that its functionality makes it “far superior” to consoles.

Speaking with MCV, Wright said, “We are proposing small form-factor PCs to be a viable alternative to the next-gen consoles. Enthusiast players want the ultimate games system and that is the PC. The PC platform is far superior to any console when it comes to gaming, plus you get all the extra functionality that a computer brings.”

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I agree with Nvidia. PC is the superior gaming platform for gamers looking for the ultimate game system which make games look great, load fast, and customizable with mods, and hacks.

I think if you want the latest, and greatest graphics, PC is the way to go since every few months, there is a faster video card, CPU, and RAM which would make graphics, and games look great. SSD on a PC also load games faster than mechanical hard drive.

Also, there is overclocking which makes older video cards, CPU, and memory perform faster by overclocking it.

Plus, a PC has the functionality of a PC like video editing, office work, multimedia, web browsing, 3D design, and other tasks which are not available on consoles.

 

[Azareal]

The main bonus of a console is that it doesn't have an operating system or nonsense like that eating up processing power and there's only one standardised set of hardware which means that developers can optimise it much better.

 

[Yoshi]

The main bonus of a console is that it doesn't have an operating system or nonsense like that eating up processing power and there's only one standardised set of hardware which means that developers can optimise it much better.

It's not that they optimize for it to run better on a console. It's that they limit what they can do with the engine, a game can be very poorly optimized on a console, just as well as a PC making it look horrible. The Console also does have an Operating System, it's the Home menu or whatever you want to call it from whatever modern console you have. The big difference is, however, that you don't need to upgrade as often. You can buy a console for 300-500 dollars and most likely not need to upgrade it again. But with a PC, you could spend upwards of 800 dollars and not get something that could run the games you want, but for the most part, you don't need to upgrade that often with them either. For example, my PC is nearly 7 years old. Which is just as old as a release version of the xbox 360, and the only thing I've ever upgraded in it is the graphics card. The only reason why I upgraded that was due to running low on Video RAM for the video card due to running two high-resolution monitors off of an old card. But even before then, I could run games on high settings with very good performance. I think that people are more just intimidated by the amount of stuff that's out there for PCs. When you look at a game for the PC, you need to think about if you have a processor that's good enough to run the game, if you have enough ram or if your graphics card is good enough.

 

[froggyboy604]

I agree with Joshua's reply that a lot of people are intimidated with the different parts of the PC, and if their parts are fast enough.

I think many $500-600 "Desktop tower" PC made in 2013 are good enough for gaming since a lot of PCs these days in the $500 and up category come with an Intel or AMD CPU, 8-16GB RAM, 1TB hard drive and a Nvidia GT610-650 1GB video card which can play many current games on low to medium, and older or less intensive games on High video settings.

 

[Yoshi]

I agree with Joshua's reply that a lot of people are intimidated with the different parts of the PC, and if their parts are fast enough.

I think many $500-600 "Desktop tower" PC made in 2013 are good enough for gaming since a lot of PCs these days in the $500 and up category come with an Intel or AMD CPU, 8-16GB RAM, 1TB hard drive and a Nvidia GT610-650 1GB video card which can play many current games on low to medium, and older or less intensive games on High video settings.

It could be that you tend to hear more about the edge cases of system specs for PCs, like the razer blade, which retails for like $1500USD. Which leads them to believe that the PC they'd be able to afford wouldn't be anywhere near good enough to play games.

 

[froggyboy604]

Razer laptop PCs are expensive because of their design, assembly costs, warranty and technical support along with the cost of the computer parts.

I think most local computer stores only have a $10-20 assembly fee for building a gaming computer as long as you buy the parts from their store, and sometimes they have pre-built $500-600 computers which are good enough for playing a lot of games, and for more demanding games, you could lower the video quality to low or medium, or buy a better video card like the Nvidia GTX 650 which is $100 to add to a PC.