pc vs ps4 , 3 years from now
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no, because the ps4 will be 4 year old hardware as well. yes over the next 4 years they will implement optimizations to make the ps4 play games better but because its an amd based apu any optimizations will also work on pc (assuming they port it correctly),
basically if you buy a pc now thats x2 more powerful than a ps4 in 4 years it will still be x2 as powerful
basically if you buy a pc now thats x2 more powerful than a ps4 in 4 years it will still be x2 as powerful
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Barring some major leap in technology, a gaming PC built from current mid to high end parts will last you more than 3 years. You can also perform modular upgrades as needed, which you can't do with a console. If Sony releases a PS4 next year with better efficiency or whatever, and you want it, you'll have to buy a whole separate console.
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The 2x better PC will always have 2x better performance over the PS4.
With that said, PS4 games will always be designed with ps4 hardware in mind so it will always work and you wont ever feel bottlenecked or that some other kids ps4 is faster then yours as all things are equal. At the 3-4 year mark your PC components wont be as fast as the newest hardware. Since there is no "game changer" change in hardware in the foreseable future, you should be fine with just doing a GPU upgrade in 3-4 years when your PC does not feel sufficient anymore.
With that said, PS4 games will always be designed with ps4 hardware in mind so it will always work and you wont ever feel bottlenecked or that some other kids ps4 is faster then yours as all things are equal. At the 3-4 year mark your PC components wont be as fast as the newest hardware. Since there is no "game changer" change in hardware in the foreseable future, you should be fine with just doing a GPU upgrade in 3-4 years when your PC does not feel sufficient anymore.
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In PC gaming, the visual ceiling doesn't exist, it moves up very fast- every several months or less. What you are achieving by running a game in ultra setting, for example Battlefield 4, likely will give you the same graphical quality if you run Battlefield 5 under lower graphical setting the next year. Even if in BF 5, the graphical preset is High instead of Ultra, that is because the ceiling has moved up again.
So 3 years down the line, the low settings for a game on PC will likely match the PS4 details, while you can play that game on high for example.
So 3 years down the line, the low settings for a game on PC will likely match the PS4 details, while you can play that game on high for example.
If I understand from all off you, pc games designed differently with more options (ultra settings...) while games on PS designed for it only! so the detiles graphics fits to it, but it does not mean that the graphics in PS is better then the pc in the same game.
And after 3 years game that will work on ps smoothly will also work smoothly on the pc but the graphics in both pc and ps whill not be in high settings.
Am I right?
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Yes even though games on the consoles are designed around to provide the best graphics and performance you can get from those specs, you can theoretically get close to those 'console' level on your PC by lowering the visual detail from ultr to say high or medium now.
Watch Dogs for example is actually High in most settings but medium in a few others, also it turns sub 1080p as well on the consoles.
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Yeah, pretty much it's been covered here.
Right now, the PS4 runs games at high-ultra settings, 900p-1080p, 30-60 fps. Any decent budget PC can do the same.
In 3 years, the PS4 will be running most/all games at the equivalent of high settings, 900p, 30 fps. Any budget PC you build now will be doing the same thing in 3 years.
In 5+ years, the PS4 will be running most/all games at low-medium settings, 720p-900p, 30 fps. Once again, any budget PC capable of matching the PS4 now will also match it in 5+ years.
Games on medium in 5 years will still likely look better than games on ultra now, and roughly as good as the PS4 games in 5 years, but that's something the console gamers like to ignore when they bash how PCs age.
PCs hold up over the years pretty much as well as consoles, it's just that the bar keeps getting raised year after year on PCs, which bothers the gamers who have inferiority complexes about their rigs more than it really should. Typically we don't want to cut the resolution, settings, or framerate like consoles do.
Right now, the PS4 runs games at high-ultra settings, 900p-1080p, 30-60 fps. Any decent budget PC can do the same.
In 3 years, the PS4 will be running most/all games at the equivalent of high settings, 900p, 30 fps. Any budget PC you build now will be doing the same thing in 3 years.
In 5+ years, the PS4 will be running most/all games at low-medium settings, 720p-900p, 30 fps. Once again, any budget PC capable of matching the PS4 now will also match it in 5+ years.
Games on medium in 5 years will still likely look better than games on ultra now, and roughly as good as the PS4 games in 5 years, but that's something the console gamers like to ignore when they bash how PCs age.
PCs hold up over the years pretty much as well as consoles, it's just that the bar keeps getting raised year after year on PCs, which bothers the gamers who have inferiority complexes about their rigs more than it really should. Typically we don't want to cut the resolution, settings, or framerate like consoles do.
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