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GameFront: How to Build a PC that Can Kick the PS3′s Ass

CJ from GameFront, "When the Playstation 3 was released, most PC gamers didn’t have systems that could outperform the console. I, myself, was squeezing out every last bit of power I could from my Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, saving up to buy a powerful system that could last me another seven years. I watched as my gaming buddies switched to the next-gen consoles for their glorious graphics at a price that no PC could match."

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Why o why5066d ago

Build it then pay for Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Quantic Dreams, Poly Dee, Sucker Punch.........

Its not just the hardware that does it.

A ps3 beating pc could of been built long before 2011 but its the games that are on the system that makes the difference

firemassacre5066d ago

i love how the ps3 is so amazing you get articles on how the pc can kick ps3's ass.

ofcourse the pc can be more powerful depending what you get. but it still depends on games you want to play, we are after all gamers right? i own both! ;)
pc/ps3 ftw.

paintsville5065d ago

building a pc to kick any console isn't that had if you have the money. Bur remember. BANG FOR THE BUCK. Consoles are unmatched in bang for the buck.

Pro_TactX5065d ago

Are they really though? PCs have a higher hardware cost, but that is mitigated by the lower software cost. I have taken advantage of some pretty ridiculous Steam sales over the last 3 months.

I was a PS3 only gamer until this last May. When the network went down it finally dawned on me how limited my console was, so I built a gaming rig and haven't looked back.

JBaby3435065d ago

^^ you can find software deals anywhere. I have found some pretty ridiculous game deals on Amazon lately including 3 games I got combined for under $50 including shipping.

On the hardware end, it's not difficult at all to have a PC more powerful than any console but as stated above, the difference is in the games. Honestly there are not many PC exclusives I want to play and higher resolution and frame rates don't justify an expensive PC to me.

GameSpawn5065d ago

I agree with firemassacre and others like him.

Ultimately it is the games that make one better than another for each person.

For me, I used to be very Pro-PC in the days pre-PS1 and N64. However, after getting my first PlayStation I began to shift. The cost of constantly replacing/upgrading a PC could not contend with consoles along with the fact I didn't have to worry about operating systems and minimum configurations. I put the disc in and it works...no bull shit...simple.

Am I Anti-PC now because of this?
NO

I am Pro-Console because of BOTH:
1) Simplicity (explained above)
2) Selection of Games (explained by firemassacre)

I still occasionally like getting PC games either because:
1) That is only place to get them (exclusivity)
2) The game is better played with KBM (RTS games especially...screw EA for ruining Westwood BTW)
3) The game can be modded easily (Chose Fallout 3 & NV for PC for this reason)

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ATi_Elite5066d ago

You can buy one off a Wal-mart Shelf for $299 and drop a $99 graphics card in it and BANG you have a Gaming PC!

Anybody that says you need more to beat a PS3 doesn't know shite! Hell you can build one for $300 bucks as well.

BubbleSniper5066d ago

you can go super cheap and build something that is primarily displayed @720p; can do that res with much much more to offer than a PS3.

PS3 is an acquired taste tho

GamersRulz5066d ago

competing with a 6-year-old machine?! that mean two things:
1- this article is silly
2- this machine is incredible

PS3 is an Amazing piece of hardware, the completely different architecture of PS3 makes comparing it to PC difficult and inaccurate, but still I believe that a high end 2006 PC will easily outperform PS3.

Sony did build a 10 years machine,but the only thing they missed was the system Ram, if it was 1 Gig at the time, we would have seen much better system than the competitors, I even think that a 1 gig PS3 will outperform the WiiU

SilentNegotiator5065d ago (Edited 5065d ago )

LOL, a $300 desktop from Walmart? Only if you want a CPU that some calculators could shame and/or a power supply with barely enough juice to plug in a jumpdrive.

And you sure aren't building a good one at $300. Not with a legitimate, modern Windows OS. And if you're talking piracy for the OS, well, I could always STEAL a ps3, but that doesn't mean that PS3s are 'free'

RufustheKing5065d ago

I love my PS3 and if i had the skills i would buy a pc and mod it up. the games i want to play on pc are just as good as PS3 games. Uncharted 3 will be great. skryim on ps3 will be great but skyrim on pc with skyrim mods will be amazing. I love the total war games on pc and can't wait for rome total war 2. PCs are great but expensive. ps3s are great but dont have the depth that pcs have. graphics are important for curtain games but brownser games can be just as addictive as AAA titles. Love live PS3 and PCs.

PS if anyone has any good website for how to mod pcs for a compelte pc mod noobie. plz reply :) i wanna play shogun 2 :(

limewax5065d ago

You don't really mod your pc you build it, But in all honesty, typing in 'how to build a gaming pc' on youtube should show you how its done. Then you just have to pick what bits you would put inside to suit your budget

Getowned5065d ago

actually in the long run pc is cheaper because the games are cheaper 40$ compared to 60$.you don't even need to build a pc for it to be better then a ps3 you could easily go to best buy and buy a great pc that would out perform a ps3 PC brands really don't say much now a days it's all about whats inside the box.

the only thing with a pc imo is once you get hooked you will want to buy a new keybored and a new mouse and a better mouse pad and maybe spearkers or nice pair of head phones but in the end you will be a happy man and you can get use to K&m really quick if you try.

i suggest you buy a good priced gaming PC from a store but really look into what your geting, look for good deals be smart about it and ask a tun of questions.ease you're way want into it and then once you know more then mod the PC you bought more ram,better grpahics card etc or maybe the pc you bought is a good one and you don't need to mod it.but if you really want to build one i suggest you goto Newegg.com

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BeastlyRig5066d ago (Edited 5066d ago )

So how would I play Shogun 2, Civ 5, Red Orchestra 2, Hard Reset, Dota 2, Planetside 2, Arma3, Tera, Guild Wars 2 & a 64 player match of BF3 on ps3?

Enlighten me please.. Would I have to use a hack? to get the Skyrim & Rage mods on ps3?

ATi_Elite5066d ago (Edited 5066d ago )

That's a dam pretty impressive list of PC exclusives right there.

Red Orchestra 2, Hard Reset, TERA, Arma3, Guild Wars 2, Planetside 2, and BF3 are all on my "No matter what I gotta get them by any means necessary" List!!

The Secret World, Hawken, Black Prophecy and a few others as well.

evrfighter5066d ago

This list will soon be followed by the same ps3 exclusive list that follows whenever ps3 fanboys get gutchecked.

the same exclusives that are only good for one playthrough. ps3 exclusives have absolutely zero replayability.

chasedagreat5066d ago

never heard of none those games

Getowned5065d ago

Red Orchestra 2 is going to be soo awesome,i was thinknig of pre-ordering it on steam next pay day while it's still 10% off.

SilentNegotiator5065d ago (Edited 5065d ago )

PC gamers are sure putting a lot of their eggs in the Hard Reset basket. Put "____ Exclusive!" in your trailer and 'they' come running.

RTS, RTS, shooter you know almost nothing about, more players in ONE game (Like consoles don't have 64+ player games, lol)....oh yeah, IMPRESSIVE list! /s

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Hicken5066d ago

And then you'd need three consoles to play all the exclusives on PS3, 360, and Wii.

yamzilla5066d ago

or just patience and a good pc.....all those 360 and ps3 "exclusives" will be emulated soon, the wii is already there with the dolphin emulator, playing wii games in 1080p with 16x anti aliasing makes them look a heeluva lot better, cannot wait to do that with demons souls and killzone 2 and 3 :)

ATi_Elite5066d ago

You won't need an Emulator for 360 games.....You'll only need Windows 8.

So after September 2012 that will leave only the PS3 as the only platform that the PC can not emulate publicly (I say publicly cause Developers can do it) but who knows an Emulator may be out by then.

Motorola5066d ago

Add 100 dollars for Windows 7.

bumnut5066d ago

Or add zero for a pirate OS, no one feels guilty about stealing from M$

Dan_Vivian5066d ago

Buy any current PC hardware out there? Pretty much all PC hardware these days is better than the PS3. Whack in a 3.4GHz i7 processor, a good 8GB of RAM and a top of the range graphics card and all games will look loads better than the PS3, and they'll run fine. Don't forget to add mods and such. It's easy.

Foliage5065d ago (Edited 5065d ago )

The interesting part about this isn't really whether a console released 5 years ago, could compete with a PC bought today. The real interesting part is that this technology that should be dated, is still providing possibly some of the most cost effective computing power out there.

What your suggestion fails to take note of is that:
3.4GHz i7 >= PS3 Price
8 GB RAM > PS3 Price (unless you buy cheap RAM)
High End Graphics Card >> PS3 Price

Try making a full rig that can compete with a PS3 for a similar price range. It will prove much harder, despite the thing being 5 years old.

Heck, in some aspects the PS3 Cell is faster than the i7 still. People really underestimate the number crunching of the Cell. As for the RAM, the PS3 has the fastest RAM in any console that is on the market. They just had a boneheaded idea of not putting it in a 512 chunk like the 360. So lazy programmers can't find the stamina to get off their fat asses and learn something outside their knowledge-base. If you worked with some of these guys, you'd know what I mean.

And the high end graphics card? The price point of graphics cards have not really depreciated quickly. You are still looking at almost a thousand for a top of the like card. It's overkill to compete with a PS3, but you're acting like money shouldn't be an option.

As for this comment:
"all games will look loads better than the PS3"
You failed to realize that not all PC games can compete with a PS3 game to begin with. Just because you bought better hardware does not mean that magically every game looks better than Uncharted 3. Like it or not, but the PC gaming scene isn't fairing very well. Companies backing these games on average do not invest the time and budget to build a visual masterpiece. Unless you live in a fantasy world, this should be obvious to you.

Dan_Vivian5065d ago

Just a quick question. When comparing PC Games to Uncharted 3, what exactly are you talking about? Because comparing the likes of Frogger, I'd completely agree. But when you look at Battlefield 3, then I'd have to say no. Even a comparison between games, Just Cause 2 looks better on my £350 PC than my PS3 or xbox.

If could you reel off a list of games that look better on the PS3 than the PC? Possibly with pictorial evidence?

Getowned5065d ago

"Like it or not, but the PC gaming scene isn't fairing very well"

really so all the millions of people on mmo's and millions of people on steam = pc not fairing well,there are 4 games on steam with more players then on any game on ps3 I own both a pc and ps3 and i play both almost every day like it or not pc gaming isnt going any where.

ilikegam3s5066d ago

I already have one that is better.

X360, ps3 and pc ftw :D

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin3050d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905495d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5495d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905495d ago (Edited 5495d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5495d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5495d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5495d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495495d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5495d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5495d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn3085d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One