Need unbiased opinions
So here's my dilemma
I could buy an xbox one or a PC however here's the problem I'm sorta on a budget.
PC
My max limit on PC is about $650 most people are recommending me nice builds GTX 760 is the most recommended graphics card so you could understand the budget I'm on. However while the PC could run current gen games at 60 fps at high to ultra settings I'm thinking towards the future game such as the new star wars battlefront, GTA V , Elite Dangerous, Tom Clancy's the division etc. So I'm not sure if the card will be able to run those games at the highest possible settings.
Xbox One
So I could buy the xbox through an outside source for pretty cheap let's say 69$ maybe max $110 but here's the problem I'll have to rebuy a few games such as battlefield 4+premium, the new CoD , Titian Fall (if it still has players in xbox one) and sense my TV is old I'll have to buy a flat screen TV I'm planning to buy at least a 32 or 42 inch TV(on black friday), GTA V, gold , a new headset, and the xbox one will most likely be able to play the next gen games to so there's that.
Please note while I use G2A for cheap as possible steam/origin keys but I work at best buy so I get an employee discount+I'm part of some gamer club where I can buy new games for $20 or less.So I can get console games for pretty cheap to. So what do you guys think?
Quick edit: I forgot to mention my friend's play on the xbox one and I really don't have anyone to play with besides with some steam buddies on pc so there's also that lol.
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A 650$ PC is stronger than an XboxONE and can do computer stuff/ cheaper games if you get a right build But an Xbox for that cheap is a steal
[quote=Burning]I'd wait. PC hardware technology is in a weird state of transition right now due to several things which I don't feel I need to discuss unless you are interested. A few new AAA games for the PS4 and Xbox One are only just beginning to get released and their system hardware requirements for their PC versions are very high. By the time the games you are interested are actually released, video cards would have gotten cheaper, assuming Nvidia is able to launch their high-end Maxwell parts.[/quote]
Ya that's what I sort of figured the requirement for a lot of pc games now are nuts compared to before (have you seen the AC unity requirement?). I guess I can wait until next year.
[quote=Guardians]In between process nodes for AMD and Intel? Probably a whole new architecture for both GPU makers in the next year too? New RAM technology that's on its way to catching on?[/quote]
Add 4K displays, stacked NAND, VR, and Microsoft Windows.
Subtract GPU architecture - Nvidia Maxwell has been around for some time now, but the whole top down product portfolio is incomplete as it currently consists of GM107 and GM204. The completion of the GeForce 900 series was what I was referring to.
[quote=Burning]I'd wait. PC hardware technology is in a weird state of transition right now due to several things which I don't feel I need to discuss unless you are interested. A few new AAA games for the PS4 and Xbox One are only just beginning to get released and their system hardware requirements for their PC versions are very high. By the time the games you are interested are actually released, video cards would have gotten cheaper, assuming Nvidia is able to launch their high-end Maxwell parts.[/quote]
In between process nodes for AMD and Intel? Probably a whole new architecture for both GPU makers in the next year too? New RAM technology that's on its way to catching on?
I'd wait. PC hardware technology is in a weird state of transition right now due to several things which I don't feel I need to discuss unless you are interested. A few new AAA games for the PS4 and Xbox One are only just beginning to get released and their system hardware requirements for their PC versions are very high. By the time the games you are interested are actually released, video cards would have gotten cheaper, assuming Nvidia is able to launch their high-end Maxwell parts.
Most of my friends game on PS4 so that's what I got. If you're playing single player games or MMOs most of the time, I'd go PC.
PC Master race
[quote=Piana]If it is solely for gaming, Xbox One sounds like a safer bet.
If you do other heavy stuffs on a PC, like photoshop / video editing and...I don't know (I'm not a heavy PC user), then PC might be better for you.[/quote]
No the Pc will most likely be for gaming.