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Gaming PC Makers Take Aim at Lucrative Niche

Posted by michael on from the old-age-and-treachery-beats-youth-and-megahertz dept.

Cymage writes "Yahoo (Reuters) reports that gaming PCs are now a high profit area, and that the bigger players (Dell, HP) are trying to get into the market: 'In an age when a new PC can cost just a few hundred dollars, an adolescent need for speed is creating a profitable niche for souped-up gaming computers at the ultra-costly end of the market.' How many people really spend $5,000 on a gaming machine? Mine cost less than $2,000, and I can play UT2k4 and others on it just fine."

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  1. Re:If I spend quite a bit of time, why not. by Hecubas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Speaking as an ex-latest-greatest buyer... In computing power, you get very diminishing returns on bleeding edge gear. Furthermore, you might have even more headaches with getting support and functioning drivers for the latest-greatest. As most have mentioned, you need to find that sweet spot, which right now, is less than $1000.

    Two of the four pc's I've bought were "top-end". In both cases, certain big names hastily pushed out their parts and I got stuck with lemons with crippled performance. My last PC was only $700 and it smokes. (Go AMD!)

    But go ahead, keep doing what you doing, if it makes you feel better in your mind. I know it makes my wallet feel better when prices get bumped down.

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    Hecubas