PC vs Consoles Official Thread

MikeLYR27 · Apr 4, 2011

Ive always had consoles, i just wanna slap the disk in, play, and slouch on my sofa. Not turn on a rig, wait for windows to fully load and sit at a desk and play. I hardly no anyone that plays games on pc now tbf so id be on my own lol. Pc graphics are much better, but i still think the crysis 2 graphics are great on the xbox and some of the ps3 games like kz3, uncharted 2 look amazing!

MarkCup · Apr 4, 2011

Lagerlout said:
Console.

Unless you get a geek-fuelled erection about all the bullshit jargon and like seeing how high a geek score your latest 'rig' can get. In that case, it's PC for you.

Also, why no mention of Macs?

That's a good point. I thought Macs rinsed just about everything else at everything...don't they?

Lagerlout · Apr 4, 2011

They do.

It's risky ground implying anything negative with regards to Macs, tbh. Could resuly in a perma ban. We actually have an Apple forum!! LOL!

Krispwee · Apr 4, 2011

conneh said:
Just put in a sneaky order tonight Roy, should be here tuesday.

Intel i5 2500k
Asus P8P67 Pro
4GB Corsair XMS PC12800
Corsair A50 cooler

Just need to settle on a graphics card, most likely being a 2GB 6950, then flash it to a 6970

Then go for that magic 5Ghz mark!

Pauper.

Macs are great for games. I imagine Peggle runs like a dream on a MBP.

MarkCup · Apr 4, 2011

Lagerlout said:
They do.

It's risky ground implying anything negative with regards to Macs, tbh. Could resuly in a perma ban. We actually have an Apple forum!! LOL!

LOL, I know, I know. At least it gives them all somewhere to hangout while comparing their respective awesomeness and laughing pitifully at normal non-Mac owning imbeciles.

Munson · Apr 4, 2011

Haters gonna hate.

Wilkeh · Apr 4, 2011

Christopher said:
Yep. PC > Cosole.

Consoles are better than either though.

Well that clears that one up then. Think I better sell my cosoles and get me some of them console things you're talking about. My bad.

conneh · Apr 4, 2011

Ah Kris when i have put my fingers to the bios it will be as quick/quicker than an i7

Just orderd a 1TB Caviar black aswell. Will order a 6950 tomorrow and flash that to a 6970 when i can

Krispwee · Apr 4, 2011

we must get some CS mixes on the go soon!

Wilkeh · Apr 4, 2011

Krispwee said:
we must get some CS mixes on the go soon!

Count me in!

Christopher · Apr 5, 2011

MarkCup said:
That's a good point. I thought Macs rinsed just about everything else at everything...don't they?

Trust me, Macs don't do high-end gaming.

I have pretty much the most powerful iMac available and it'd still sh*t itself way before even a £800 gaming rig would, despite costing three times that.

/baller

That said, they're not useless. I can run GTAIV at maximum and still get 50+FPS. They run HOT though.

Silent_Scone · Apr 5, 2011

Yeah, I've nothing against Macs but they're not really meant for that - but they don't really pretend to be

Christopher · Apr 5, 2011

Yup, pretty much

conneh · Apr 5, 2011

Some new bits have arrived for me to play with =]

Wilkeh · Apr 5, 2011

I've just ordered myself some new peripherals. Bought another Intellimouse 3.0 for £18 from play, also looking at ordering a pair of Steelseries Siberia V2's because I currently have the V1's and fancy an upgrade. Anyone want to buy my V1's for £30?

Spiezels · Apr 6, 2011

DeathCab 4 Sam said:
Xbox 360 gets my vote. Why is there not a poll on this thread?

Anyway, Xbox, affordable, easy to use gaming, awesome pad, Forza.

This guy, I'm with him.

Cookie · Apr 6, 2011

Trying to play anything more complex than solitaire on a Mac is like putting carpet in the toaster

Tbqfh

Gareth · Apr 6, 2011

Best at surfing the web = 27" iMac
Best at playing games to the highest standard = PC
Best at being readily available and affordable to the masses = 360
Best at gathering dust and playing the odd film = PS3

Done.

Spiezels · Apr 6, 2011

Gareth said:
Best at surfing the web = 27" iMac
Best at playing games to the highest standard = PC
Best at being readily available and affordable to the masses = 360
Best at gathering dust and playing the odd film = PS3

Done.

Hi-5!

Cookie · Apr 6, 2011

How can a 27" iMac be best at searching the web? You can't sneak off for a crazy hand shuffle to the bogs with the sodding great thing

Birdie* · Apr 6, 2011

Cookie said:
How can a 27" iMac be best at searching the web? You can't sneak off for a crazy hand shuffle to the bogs with the sodding great thing

Yep, Windows + In-Private Browsing = win

182Pete · Apr 6, 2011

Iain C said:
Cant consoles just be pushed harder to give better looking games? The megadrive was always pushed to keep with the snes.
I have no interest in pcs. Ive owned 2 in my life. A 486 and a laptop i sold after 2 weeks cos i hated xp.
I think consoles have made gaming acceptable. If it wasnt for them gaming would still be look apon as a staple past time of the geek who sits on their own in a darkened room cos they dont like the real world.

Consoles are always being pushed further, how much further depends on whether the developers see any benefit to spending lots of time rewriting their code.

wozzaa · Apr 6, 2011

The problem is there is only so much you can do with the limited memory the consoles have. Both have a combine total of 512mb split between the GPU and System. For the PS3 its a 256/256 split. For the Xbox it is a bit different and can be altered .

Big textures and higher resolutions fill that amount of memory very quickly. Already see it on the PC's where the GPU's with 1GB are running into issues on higher resolutions and becoming memory limited. Why you are starting to see 4GB GPU's for sale now. Crazy amount of memory but it is getting to a point where it is needed. Also got your average higher end Gaming PC now with a minimum of 4GB of ram and with some people running as much as 16gb.

It's simple numbers, hardware has come a long way since the PS3 and Xbox were first released. When they first appeared they were better than many high end gaming systems. PC hardware moves on a lot in 6 years. In gaming terms they tend to double in performance every 12 -24months.

Lagerlout · Apr 7, 2011

As I alluded to earlier in the trhead, all PC gaming is, is willy waving. There you go getting all obssessed with pointless numbers.

I always find the mouse to be annoying to use after a controller. It takes three 'lift' up and drags to turn round. Clumsy, tbh.

The keyboard and mouse were not designed as games controllers. Hence why they're limited. But, if that's all you're really used to, it's difficult to adust to anything else.

Darren S · Apr 7, 2011

Lagerlout said:
As I alluded to earlier in the trhead, all PC gaming is, is willy waving. There you go getting all obssessed with pointless numbers.

I always find the mouse to be annoying to use after a controller. It takes three 'lift' up and drags to turn round. Clumsy, tbh.

The keyboard and mouse were not designed as games controllers. Hence why they're limited. But, if that's all you're really used to, it's difficult to adust to anything else.

Lol. Ok.

D.

Cookie · Apr 7, 2011

Lagerlout said:
I always find the mouse to be annoying to use after a controller. It takes three 'lift' up and drags to turn round. Clumsy, tbh

Not really

If your mouse (and settings) are sensitive enough, you could spin round if you so much as looked at the mouse

Sargara · Apr 7, 2011

CBA reading through 16 pages so this picture pretty much sums it up.

I imagine its not a coincidence that in ANY game that has allowed cross platform play, console gamers get beaten by keyboard + mouse PC gamers. However id say due to the consoles popularity its now killing PC gaming by making it too mainstream and too Hollywood. Companies like EA just feed upon the whole "big budget" titles and most of the variety has now gone as its "not good business sense" etc

Clart · Apr 7, 2011

So what games allow cross platform gaming?

Sargara · Apr 7, 2011

Not sure if theres any still going:
http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2010/07/22/microsoft-canned-pc-vs-xbox-cross-platform-gaming/

It was part of Microsofts whole "Games for Live" (their attempt to impose Xbox live fees on PC titles)

Malachi · Apr 7, 2011

Lagerlout said:
As I alluded to earlier in the trhead, all PC gaming is, is willy waving. There you go getting all obssessed with pointless numbers.

I always find the mouse to be annoying to use after a controller. It takes three 'lift' up and drags to turn round. Clumsy, tbh.

The keyboard and mouse were not designed as games controllers. Hence why they're limited. But, if that's all you're really used to, it's difficult to adust to anything else.

Stop using a ball-mouse then...

Silent_Scone · Apr 7, 2011

Lagerlout said:
As I alluded to earlier in the trhead, all PC gaming is, is willy waving. There you go getting all obssessed with pointless numbers.

I always find the mouse to be annoying to use after a controller. It takes three 'lift' up and drags to turn round. Clumsy, tbh.

The keyboard and mouse were not designed as games controllers. Hence why they're limited. But, if that's all you're really used to, it's difficult to adust to anything else.

You just sound like you might have several issues with your hands tbh. You're not grasping the fact that FPS games especially, the aiming and all aspects of movement are toned down on console

You're basically saying you get more freedom of movement with two stubs the size of your cats ****, than you would with an array of keys and a mouse which allows for full freedom of movement and sensitivity?

the f**k you smoking cracker jack.

Lagerlout · Apr 7, 2011

LOL

Just LOL

I'm actaully chuckling!!

PC Gamers - Picked last in the playground. THis is just a fact.

Silent_Scone · Apr 7, 2011

Don't take it to heart mate, my mum suffers similar problems in excel. You see where you have to drag the mouse down to expand the formulas? lol, bless her

Spiezels · Apr 7, 2011

Lagerlout said:
LOL

Just LOL

I'm actaully chuckling!!

PC Gamers - Picked last in the playground. THis is just a fact.

LOL.

"My CPU is bigger than your CPU"

WUT!?

Brazo · Apr 7, 2011

Thread is pointless, the 2 sides ain't ever going to agree, both have strengths and weaknesses, its down to personal.opinion.and that will always differ.

I have a gaming mouse for my laptop but am s**t at aiming on bbc2 yet I can snipe a headset from across the map on my xbox.

Darren S · Apr 7, 2011

brazo said:
Thread is pointless, the 2 sides ain't ever going to agree, both have strengths and weaknesses, its down to personal.opinion.and that will always differ.

I have a gaming mouse for my laptop but am s**t at aiming on bbc2 yet I can snipe a headset from across the map on my xbox.

Thats because one takes skill and the other is helped along the way. Besides, who is it you're trying to kill on BBC2??

D.

Malachi · Apr 7, 2011

brazo said:
Thread is pointless, the 2 sides ain't ever going to agree, both have strengths and weaknesses, its down to personal.opinion.and that will always differ.

I have a gaming mouse for my laptop but am s**t at aiming on bbc2 yet I can snipe a headset from across the map on my xbox.

That's obviously your problem. Not the mouse, its you.

Brazo · Apr 7, 2011

I absolutely agree guys, the problem is me and I am inept at using a mouse, never used to be but since using a console I can't aim for s**t with k and m! Bit that's why I mainly game on consoles!

Darren Bbc2 is short for battlefield bad company 2 but I know you knew that

Darren S · Apr 7, 2011

brazo said:
I absolutely agree guys, the problem is me and I am inept at using a mouse, never used to be but since using a console I can't aim for s**t with k and m! Bit that's why I mainly game on consoles!

Darren Bbc2 is short for battlefield bad company 2 but I know you knew that

Vote for me as Prime Minister. I will make it part of the National Curriculum. Any kid wanting to thumb-twiddle instead would be took to one side and slapped.

D.

Wilkeh · Apr 7, 2011

Darren S said:
Vote for me as Prime Minister. I will make it part of the National Curriculum. Any kid wanting to thumb-twiddle instead would be took to one side and slapped.

D.

You'd get my vote!

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