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Is the Gaming PC Dead?
An anonymous reader writes "Rahul Sood, HP's CTO of gaming, argues that the days of a market that wants PCs running three $500 GPUs is history; he argues that it's really a tough or impossible sell. '... let's face it, high-end hardware has delivered diminishing returns in terms of value. This is why you don't see ridiculous offerings like Quad SLI and 2-kilowatt power supplies coming from our company.' But don't the ideas of customization and market pricing for components tend to undercut that? Is the gaming PC dead?"
Until Netcraft confirms it, I won't believe it.
No, but I did throw granola at a deaf person once
no.
There, fixed that for you.
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"PC gaming is dead" is dead
Ah. Now I'm reminded of why I don't have too many geek friends. They're obsessed with their operating systems more than what they can do with them. :)
Actually, being able to do something with the OS, instead of fighting with it all the time, is one of the prime reasons while people switch to OS X. A lot of my friends did, over the past two years or so, and most of them come back a few weeks after they switched and tell everyone how much more productive they have become now that the OS has stopped being in the way all the time.
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Tornado isn't a flight sim. Try X-Wing or Tie Fighter without a real joystick or a full keyboard.
X-Wing isn't a flight sim. Try jumping out of a 50 story window with your arms spread out, and make engine noises (your choice of plane) as you plummet to earth. Talk about hi-resolution (for a while).
Your ignorance is interesting, to say the least.
Try playing it at 2560x1600.
Maybe that's your mistake right there.
Yeah! That stupid game won't run well at merely double the resolution of 1080p on mainstream hardware. God forbid.