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I’m not saying that consoles are evil, or that they don’t have their audience, I’m saying that a PC can be tailored to fit almost any budget and still be capable of wiping the floor with a console. Something Matt proved with this post. There is no need to remortgauge your house to purchase that.
This.
There’s no point in arguing all the other stuff re consoles, because when it comes down to it, there’s no contest. The number one thing people complain about on these forums regarding PC’s is the cost, and I’m simply pointing out it doesn’t have to be expensive. It’s also not some bargain basement crap I’m getting here, I’m expecting to score quite well running some benchmarks when it’s up and running.
Well on the £50 second hand option, that sounds ridiculously cheap, but it’s not really the point. You’ve already stated you paid around £285 for the PS3 at one point, and that’s within the normal budget range of someone seeking a console. It’s certainly cheaper to find stuff second hand, however the point I’m making re the PC cost is that it’s easy to build a good machine within the same budget range.
Couple of other points to make, but got a train to catch….
How much was the HD, PSU, Case, Cables?
Nothing, because they’re recycled from my old setup.
I actually edited out the line I wrote in the OP regarding this, as it’s really a moot point. Everyone here has most likely still got a PC with each of the above, however if you needed to fork out for them:
Case – £20 ebay
PSU – £10-20 ebay, £50 overclockers
HD – £25-30 per 500gb sata drive, from numerous sources. Possible to get cheaper I’m sure.
Cables – not sure if you’d need to buy any, but dirt cheap if required.ebay prices quoted after very quick scan, and from top rated sellers only.
Yea I bought BC2 around prerelease, but have never been able to get more than 30 frames a second running it, and normally it plays at around 15 fps.
My monitor’s repaired, so I’ll be back online tonight, but I’ll probably not have the components for this upgrade until next week. Unless either of you want to learn TF2, a game will have to wait until then.
An off the cuff remark from someone at one of 5 electronic stores I visited on Sunday, directed me to the a store just around the corner from me, which specialises in monitor repairs. This store is so tiny I’d never even noticed it, walking past each day for 2 years, so counting myself quite lucky I was directed to it. They offered me a free quote, and while I’m sure they must be making a large profit, they identified a faulty power supply in my monitor and are replacing it today for £35. Given that’s quite a saving on the 150-200 I was preparing to fork out for a new one, I’m wondering whether I can stretch to a full pc upgrade (est £250)…hmmm
Oh and Doc, you’ll not believe this, but this problem occured shortly after reinstalling COH 🙁 Still got about an hours worth of patching to do mind you.
Actually wtf has the theme got to do with the way a game plays, and why it’s such an issue for people? Guns shoot just as straight nowadays as they did in WW2, and anything vehicle related doesn’t apply to this game. If I’m diving for cover in COD, I’m feeling exactly the same thing I’d feel in BF1942, i.e. how the fuck am I going to get out of this and kill that bastard shooting at me. The only difference between the games is in the options I have to kill said bastard, as 1942 was a bit more forgiving in terms of giving you a health bar, and having less accurate weapons. That’s nothing to do with the era the game’s set in, it’s all down to the balance in the game’s build.
/rant over 🙂
The theme doesn’t bother me because to be honest it feels cool as fuck in single player. Multiplayer has never been anything special though, as it heavily favours a lone wolf style of play, and of course the lack of dedicated server support for MW2 and subsequent invasion of cheating bastards completely killed it for me. I’ve heard they have server support now though, and would be interested in getting this if multiplayer is considered any good?
I think we tried to get all the Xdc-er’s in a corp but it just went uggggghhhh
Aye, the problem with starting a corp for XDC at this stage is that it would be a relegation of sorts for most of us considering our positions within our current corps. It’s also a lot of work that requires a CEO with more than just casual gaming time on their hands, unless we were happy with a mediocre standard of pvp etc, which we wouldn’t be.
Corp management is one side of the game I’ve not bothered with though, so if I ever find myself with time for eve again, I will come back and start one for XDC. That ambition is probably the only thing preventing me from selling my characters at the moment, but in truth I can’t see myself ever having the motivation to build it up to a level where other XDCer’s would actually want to join it. Stranger things have happened though.
He’s been on eve Wet, where we really should start an XDC corp, except none of us can be arsed. Max, get COH loaded up, and message us on steam some night. You could even jump on ts with me and doc for some tf2 action 🙂
Any verdict on the PC version yet? Particularly interested in how the multiplayer is shaping up this time, as I can wait for the price to come down before buying it for single player.
Why was the ps3 version so bad Max?
ps, am i the only one who played a good few hours before figureing out how to get units across the seas, i actually ended up googleing for transport ship types
lol no you weren’t. Not sure if I had to google it, but I spent a lot of my first game wondering how to do it. I was stuck on an island by myself too 😆
