PC Gaming worth it??

I was thinking about building a PC entirely for gaming (I already have a MacBook for internet/word processing) and I didn't know if it was worth it or not. I have a PS3 and Xbox 360 at the moment, and I am pretty much satisfied with their game library. The only PC exclusives I am interested in are The Witcher 1/2, Crysis, and MMORPG's such as Star Wars The Old Republic/WoW/Dark Age of Camelot. I would play some games that are better on PC such as Bioshock, Doom and any other FPS but I don't know how I would adapt to the controls on PC. I also already have Oblivion and Morrowind but I was thinking about playing them on the PC for mods. I am really looking forward to the Elder Scrolls 5 but after hearing Bethesda say it is pretty much the same on all three platforms, I am wondering if building a PC is worth it. I have about $500 dollars saved up and will need to save up more if I am going to build a PC. I don't know how to build one, but I can learn. If I already have a PS3 and Xbox 360, is building a PC entirely for gaming worth it if all the games I want, save a few, are on console? I do prefer good graphics and I don't know how I would adapt to mouse/keyboard controls.
Any feedback/help is appreciated

I have one PC for work/general use and another just for gaming, so I'd say it was worth it.

Pc gaming is where its at man. While 95% of the games released today are multiplatform. The experience is just not the same. Not only are the PC versions graphically superior and run smoother they cost cheaper too specially when Steam runs a discount, console gaming looks expensive. Not to mention games like:

Oblivion, Dragon age origins, Left 4 dead 2, Fall out 3 (and many others) while these are present on the consoles the experience is totally different due to Mods alone.

Whats more with PC people can actually build a library of games very quickly and cheaply over time. I have personally been a PC gamer since 1995, i have 100's of games in my collection, Steam alone having 120 games. Recently i played:

Max payne 2, Dungeon keeper 2 from my old library.

This is something not possible on console, people end up buying 1000's of USDs worth of games over a generation, only to not be able to play them next generation. Cant blame the console makers too, they are a business they would rather like customers to go out buy new games then to be able to play old games on the new platform. With the new trend to charnge for old remakes i see BC going the way of the DODO even with the next consoles.

Imo console gaming in the long run is a costly affair.

PC gaming is definitely a step above the console. Plus you can upgrade a PC to keep up with the latest tech. The console's hardware is fixed at a point in time. It has the most capability you'll ever have with it the day you buy it. As a result, if you want something better, you have to buy a new console. I would argue, in the long run, it's cheaper to buy and evolve a PC than it is to keep buying and buying the latest consoles.

These days, you can even attach a souped-up PC to a tv set which can serve many different puposes (gaming, streaming media server, web browser, blu-ray player, etc...).

I guess one drawback of the PC gaming experience is even though you can play multiplayer over the internet, it's primarily geared toward a single user, whereas gaming on the console has many titles geared toward up to four players in the same room interacting on the same screen with one piece of hardware. This is the only place I can think of where the PC gaming experience falls short.

If you've got the dough then go for it. Basically, PC Gaming is much prettier and controls are top notch (especially for shooters). That said, PC gaming is a bit more technical so if you do the jump from console to PC, make sure you understand what you're getting into (change settings on every game, measuring FPS, degragmenting, updating drivers frequently, etc).

once you've figured out everything though, the experience is MUCH better.

I am a pc gamer,but but do not agree with people saying consoles suck. To take metro 2033 for example it plays smooth on the 360 but yet people with high end systems cant play that game for s**t, the gfx on the 360 looks good enough for me but you can do alot more with a pc that why i stick with pc gaming and you should aswell

Thats because the game used two main DX11 features that would require a lot of power.

I dont care what people they say and what i am going to lose(money)
but its a tradition for me or others who are like me to upgrade system time to time just keep pc gaming alive.
Be it any reason or any single game, i always try to cut down my expenses and upgrade my pc.
And i would say we all "PC Gamer" should keep this tradition alive.

CONSOLE Gamers they are restricted to 30fps but we arent and that makes us different.....i call this "Gaming at the fullest, doesnt matter even if you lose something".

Lol when this game was out that time i had a small 14inches outdated(1999) monitor and i played it on that (lol ) and it was pretty smooth..no lags not even once

even still i dont have a huge monitor, i bought 18" inches monitor and i am satisfied that my GPU is good enough to run 95% games in highest settings..except 1 or two games lol

i've tried hd 3850 and 5,6 other gpu's as well and bet you can see the difference if you use higher end next generation cards.

i dont know how much you keep from your monitor but the way my PC is positioned its hardly 15-25inches away from my face and 18inches monitor is more than enuff for this position to show you the difference.

btw 3850 sucks..

i played dead space 2 at 1280x1024 resolution and on highest settings was getting 185fps max and avg 98-105fps ...had enough eye candy for myself

Okay but one thing to say, that is ............you're not good in bragging..

do you even know what "vsync does"??

read this article

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] vsync-roll

and getting 300fps on full hd ....is almost next to impossible even if you bring either 5970 or 6970 ...lol

Well i quess it caps your fps to your monitors refresh rate, jeez i really dont know. I try to play all my games with vsync enabled because i hate screen tearing. No i'm not the bragging type are You?

well i quess it's true small things does indeed amuses small minds

it might have happened with you...but it barely happens with others

Listen i wasn't bashing pc gaming i'm gaming on pc myself so what's your problem. I've got a lot of better things to do than argue with small minded people like you

Me a small minded guy...wow...thanks for letting me know and just check my posted comments first then read them carefully and check your above posted comment and then let me know who was being sarcastic...

Me a small minded guy wowx100000000

okay

Okay seriously back to real life now, you should really try and relax BYE

i dont know...but people they tend to take it seriously ,,,,believe me

let me tell you a funny thing.....

i was after a girl almost 7-8yrs ago....she was a yr older than me...at that time i was in my teenage,,,,she never accepted my proposal and always said...we can be friends..

funny thing

when yesterday morning when i woke up ...i saw her mail...saying how am i...and saying////if i am married or not

i just replied back good,fine and said.....single and looking..and jokingly asking ..how many children do you have now..


she replied back....still single "wink" along with her cell# and asking mine...she is in a diff state right now.

now i dont understand what to say.....in between these yrs many girls came in my life....and all of a sudden......someone coming just like that....

what do you say??


i know it doesnt relate to this topic...

but doesnt this remind you a song by boyzone "isnt it a wonder"

Now let me tell you ...what i meant...

PC=ME, Console=That Girl

Dedicated gaming(console)
Multi-tasking(PC)

I was after her(Console)=Trying to get stable gaming

She's after me(Maybe she finds her future better with me now..as we're grown up now....marriage or something after relationship.....or maybe her asshole bf dumped her(PC)

Means PC Gaming could be better than Console gaming cuz pc is always many steps ahead of console...

consoles are like teenagers...who dont evaluate things.

pc's are like a grown up man...who evaluate judge and do many things


you know what i mean

Indeed

Anyway back to the topic...

PC Gaming is always better than CONSOLE Gaming cuz you get options to upgrade..

your cpu, gpu, memory and mobo...etc

which is absent in consoles...and moreover there is no restriction in framerates also.

so i'd say if you can afford then pc gaming is better and for me.....i am so used to of keyboard and mouse....cant even think of playing with joystick..

tried many times with xbox and ps2 keyboards but felt awkward

and regarding monitors and their sizes....it depends on your requirements and how do you position your sitting arrangement and monitor..(except for 14monitor..cuz thats extremely small)

maybe...but what i am planning.....is....i'd be upgrading my monitor to 22inches only when i'd be upgrading my cpu and gpu(5970 atleast)

cuz at this resolution i would like to maxout everything.....i cant play games with medium and low settings....i just dont like it.

except i had to play gta4 with high and medium settings...
badly ported game......but games is amazing....there is no awesomeness of this awesomely awesome game