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[Dr_Cogent]

Hardware? Sure. But that won't stop the good majority of PC developers from writing code for the lowest-common-denominator. It's not just about the horsepower, it's how it's used. And thanks to console audiences having the same exact hardware, the visual curve is often much shorter on the likes of Playstations and Gamecubes and XBoxes than PCs and Macs.

Exactly. PC games are usually written to the lowest common denominator. That's why it seems to take forever to get games to take full advantage of what was the latest in video card technology from a year before.

 

[Azih]

You called?

Gaming-Age ain't the place to:

a) post news about PC gaming
b) enjoy posting about PC gaming
c) look forward to new PC titles

I learned my lesson the hard way. You often hear about "PC elitists" well there are also "console elitists" that try to ruin every PC related thread (like this one).

There are lots of other forums where PC gaming is taken seriously (Rage3D, Futuremark, even Penny-Arcade Forums etc.), so I advise you Double D do not create threads like this in the future - it's NO USE.

Blah to that. Doube posted something, people disagreed and then he became completely nonsensical. Now this isn't the best place for PC discussions certainly, but it's ok. In the last little while we've talked about AoE3, Rise of Legends, and Gothic 3 for chrissakes.

 

[Blazyr]

Physics chip add-on cards may be in stores for holiday '05.

Interesting to see what they'll do for overall game/system performance.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

Physics chip add-on cards may be in stores for holiday '05.

Interesting to see what they'll do for overall game/system performance.

I'm interested in seeing if they even get off the ground. I'm not too keen about having to buy yet another card to play PC games. This next round of consoles may kill of my PC gaming interest entirely.

 

[The End]

Physics chip add-on cards may be in stores for holiday '05.

Interesting to see what they'll do for overall game/system performance.

i'd expect to see them on graphics cards first, and the whole monstrosity rebrandedas a "gaming card".

 

[Dr_Cogent]

i'd expect to see them on graphics cards first, and the whole monstrosity rebrandedas a "gaming card".

So a high end video card ends up costing what? $700?

 

[Rorschach]

I have to disagree, vagina face.

IAWTP

 

[Dilbert]

This thread is bizarre.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

Only pc games I'm interested in right now are D&D Online, and Vanguard. Team Fortress 2 also, but that will never be released.

 

[Ryudo]

PC games dont exist, stop kidding yourselves.

 

[Wiktor]

Actualy PCgames dominate every E3 when it comes to quality of games.They just don't get as much hype. If you look at E3 awards..PCs always wins(no other platform gets as many awards as PC). But the problem is that there's no big fat press conference for PC games, like all console makers have. And also that's the resson why most new PCgames are revealed before E3(the three last weeks beforeE3 are full of new PCgaming nnoucements), so they're not as "new" on the show floor. Also...PC games from genres like strategy, sim, adventure or MMORPGs aren't type of games that one can fully aprecieate by looking 20seconds on the monitor display. Simply put console games are more flashy.

Still..this year PC games should murder consoles at E3, because this gen is already out of steam, and next-gen..let's face it..95% of launch games are total tech-demo trash. Console is lucky if it gets 5 really good games at launch and in first 6-12 months after launch.