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With today's announcement of the XBox One we now know all of the contenders in the next generation of the console wars!!!1 In the red corner we have the latest iteration of Sony's gaming powerhouse, the Playstation 4. Nothing original with the name, but why change a winning formula?
In the blue corner (or should that be green) we have the XBox One. Will people think that it is 360 times more inferior that the XBox 360? Will they compare it to the PSOne? Is their naming convention too confusing for anyone to truly follow?
And in the brown corner is the Wii U. At least they're sticking to what they know. Stick with the Wii name, because that works. And why not stick with the same policy of not backing it at launch with enough games either, amIright? Then, when the games do come, they're the same games we already played. When did Nintendo release an original game? I'm thinking GameCube era. No doubt when the games do come along they will be good, but the way Nintendo are likely to drip-feed them through there won't be enough to keep people interested. The tablet is neat, but so far no one is doing anything interesting with it.
I think the Wii U could put Nintendo in some serious trouble, but they'll always make money from their games - but could we one day see a day when Nintendo release games on another platform?
So it will be left to the big boys to duke it out. Punches will be thrown. Blows will be landed. At the end of the day many of the big games will be multi-platform, but there will be some exclusives. If you can't call it from the exclusives and you're looking at what else it can do, well frankly I'd go for the Sony kit. It looks better. It won't make you pay for Kinect you might not even want, and, at the end of the day, it looks better.
So! Who will you back in the next generation!?
In the blue corner (or should that be green) we have the XBox One. Will people think that it is 360 times more inferior that the XBox 360? Will they compare it to the PSOne? Is their naming convention too confusing for anyone to truly follow?
And in the brown corner is the Wii U. At least they're sticking to what they know. Stick with the Wii name, because that works. And why not stick with the same policy of not backing it at launch with enough games either, amIright? Then, when the games do come, they're the same games we already played. When did Nintendo release an original game? I'm thinking GameCube era. No doubt when the games do come along they will be good, but the way Nintendo are likely to drip-feed them through there won't be enough to keep people interested. The tablet is neat, but so far no one is doing anything interesting with it.
I think the Wii U could put Nintendo in some serious trouble, but they'll always make money from their games - but could we one day see a day when Nintendo release games on another platform?
So it will be left to the big boys to duke it out. Punches will be thrown. Blows will be landed. At the end of the day many of the big games will be multi-platform, but there will be some exclusives. If you can't call it from the exclusives and you're looking at what else it can do, well frankly I'd go for the Sony kit. It looks better. It won't make you pay for Kinect you might not even want, and, at the end of the day, it looks better.
So! Who will you back in the next generation!?
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@DL - the CCL Elite Buzzard III Gaming PC looks very good value for the money. May need to add an OS to that, but if there's a discount available then I'm all ears.
If I can find my backup of Vista for the old PC I can reuse the retail copy of Win 7 for the new PC I suppose
..ah,. hang on, the Windows 7 retail is just the upgrade version
..ah,. hang on, the Windows 7 retail is just the upgrade version
pb wrote:
Well, I'm interested. Looks like it will have to come with an OS as well.
Mostly going to be used for games, my Mac Mini does the job for the media side of things.
The OS is extra but includes all Windows 7 variants and Windows 8 variants. I'd stick with Windows 7 Home TBH, as it'll do a good job and is the cheaper option.
Well, I'm interested. Looks like it will have to come with an OS as well.
Mostly going to be used for games, my Mac Mini does the job for the media side of things.
The OS is extra but includes all Windows 7 variants and Windows 8 variants. I'd stick with Windows 7 Home TBH, as it'll do a good job and is the cheaper option.
Also, just seen This model which looks great for the price, but never heard of the company before.
Edit: Scratch that, integrated graphics card isn't great.
Edit: Scratch that, integrated graphics card isn't great.
DL wrote:
pb wrote:
[i]Very tight budget, but suppose I could get an A4 PC (£250-£300) with all new PSU, case etc and then upgrade that later. Looks like the motherboard for the A4 chips takes all the A series, including the A8-A10 quad cores.
So..best deal on an A4-A6 in that price range with operating system...go!
Let me know and I'll see what can be done ... ;¬)[/i]
Well, I'm interested. Looks like it will have to come with an OS as well.
Mostly going to be used for games, my Mac Mini does the job for the media side of things.
pb wrote:
[i]Very tight budget, but suppose I could get an A4 PC (£250-£300) with all new PSU, case etc and then upgrade that later. Looks like the motherboard for the A4 chips takes all the A series, including the A8-A10 quad cores.
So..best deal on an A4-A6 in that price range with operating system...go!
Let me know and I'll see what can be done ... ;¬)[/i]
Well, I'm interested. Looks like it will have to come with an OS as well.
Mostly going to be used for games, my Mac Mini does the job for the media side of things.
pb wrote:
Very tight budget, but suppose I could get an A4 PC (£250-£300) with all new PSU, case etc and then upgrade that later. Looks like the motherboard for the A4 chips takes all the A series, including the A8-A10 quad cores.
So..best deal on an A4-A6 in that price range with operating system...go!
Let me know and I'll see what can be done ... ;¬)
Very tight budget, but suppose I could get an A4 PC (£250-£300) with all new PSU, case etc and then upgrade that later. Looks like the motherboard for the A4 chips takes all the A series, including the A8-A10 quad cores.
So..best deal on an A4-A6 in that price range with operating system...go!
Let me know and I'll see what can be done ... ;¬)
Very tight budget, but suppose I could get an A4 PC (£250-£300) with all new PSU, case etc and then upgrade that later. Looks like the motherboard for the A4 chips takes all the A series, including the A8-A10 quad cores.
So..best deal on an A4-A6 in that price range with operating system...go!
So..best deal on an A4-A6 in that price range with operating system...go!
A friend of mine has just got a new job at CCL Computers and he's well chuffed to have got it! However, I spoke with him last night and there could be discount available ... now regarding AMD processors and gaming, have a look at their systems and prices:
CCL Computers
Surprising ;¬)
CCL Computers
Surprising ;¬)
chasfh wrote:
pb wrote:
[i]It would be for newer games like Skyrim and stuff like Defiance, so anything I buy would have to be able to cope fairly well with these at a decent level. There is really no point in buying a CPU and Graphics Card that will only play recent games on the lowest settings. I reckon an A8 would do the trick, though.
Newer?
Sim City is newer than Skyrim...
As I said, my old AMD dual core coped admirably with B I, as well as Skyrim (pretty much maxed out), Tomb Raider on highest settings etc.. and that was lower spec than the A4. Wife is now using it to play Sim City, using, I might add, a graphics card that cost £25 new.[/i]
Sorry, didnt mean newer than Sim City, just newer games as opposed to older ones.
I've seen youtube videos running Skyrim with that CPU and it plays, but on low settings, by the looks of it. Still, that's better than my CPU could manage.
pb wrote:
[i]It would be for newer games like Skyrim and stuff like Defiance, so anything I buy would have to be able to cope fairly well with these at a decent level. There is really no point in buying a CPU and Graphics Card that will only play recent games on the lowest settings. I reckon an A8 would do the trick, though.
Newer?
Sim City is newer than Skyrim...
As I said, my old AMD dual core coped admirably with B I, as well as Skyrim (pretty much maxed out), Tomb Raider on highest settings etc.. and that was lower spec than the A4. Wife is now using it to play Sim City, using, I might add, a graphics card that cost £25 new.[/i]
Sorry, didnt mean newer than Sim City, just newer games as opposed to older ones.
I've seen youtube videos running Skyrim with that CPU and it plays, but on low settings, by the looks of it. Still, that's better than my CPU could manage.
pb wrote:
It would be for newer games like Skyrim and stuff like Defiance, so anything I buy would have to be able to cope fairly well with these at a decent level. There is really no point in buying a CPU and Graphics Card that will only play recent games on the lowest settings. I reckon an A8 would do the trick, though.
Newer?
Sim City is newer than Skyrim...
As I said, my old AMD dual core coped admirably with B I, as well as Skyrim (pretty much maxed out), Tomb Raider on highest settings etc.. and that was lower spec than the A4. Wife is now using it to play Sim City, using, I might add, a graphics card that cost £25 new.
It would be for newer games like Skyrim and stuff like Defiance, so anything I buy would have to be able to cope fairly well with these at a decent level. There is really no point in buying a CPU and Graphics Card that will only play recent games on the lowest settings. I reckon an A8 would do the trick, though.
Newer?
Sim City is newer than Skyrim...
As I said, my old AMD dual core coped admirably with B I, as well as Skyrim (pretty much maxed out), Tomb Raider on highest settings etc.. and that was lower spec than the A4. Wife is now using it to play Sim City, using, I might add, a graphics card that cost £25 new.
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