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I think that with the new consoles we'll see a new push in graphics performance over the next few years which will drive upgrades in PC gamers. This has been t
by stephengillie 13y ago
I think that with the new consoles we'll see a new push in graphics performance over the next few years which will drive upgrades in PC gamers.
This has been true for the past several generations, but this round is somewhat different. Next generation's consoles aren't even using the best graphics hardware currently available. Video games aren't pushing the cutting-edge of hardware anymore, CUDA is. The money isn't in gamers anymore, it's in coinfarmers.
- batiudrami 13y agoI'm not sure any generation of console has used the best video hardware available, though. For at least the current generation and the one before it, there have been video cards which cost more than the console hardware at launch, and even this generation which is, by all measures, a damn long way behind PC hardware still looks good. Not as good as PC, but you could mistake them at a glance. I think there'll still be a big push as raw hardware performance on the PC keeps up with clever optimisation on consoles.
- stephengillie 13y agoI'm just not seeing it. My 5-year old gaming PC, which has to use legacy video drivers, can play brand-new games which were just released at maximum settings. I don't believe advancements in videogame technology are being held back by processor technology anymore.