09-07-2015, 11:21 AM
(09-07-2015, 10:41 AM)Surge Wrote:(09-07-2015, 10:29 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: PC gaming master race?The longer I do PC gaming the less I agree with that "truth."
It may be a bit over the top but there is definitely some truth behind it.
You can rarely get into PC gaming without some degree of know-how. You have to be able to keep both your software and hardware intact, troubleshoot issues when (not if) they come up, you have the obscene expense of most hardware and peripherals. Sure you can get in relatively cheap if you can follow instructions and turn a screwdriver, but you'll be paying dues in upkeep before long even without trying to upgrade, parts will go bad, software will get corrupted, all kinds of things can and will go wrong.
Meanwhile consoles are refreshingly constant and hassle free, my PC shows it's age with constant lag and software crashes, my Xbox shows it's age by being a bit slower than it used to be.
Honestly I don't understand how people have so much trouble with their PCs all the time. I've never had to jump through hoops or anything to make games work on my PC.
Peripherals aren't that expensive either. Hell, you can get entry level gaming mice under $40-50 (my second PS4 controller cost a lot more than that). Keyboards and headsets can be found dirt cheap too, you don't even need a gaming one unless you're serious.
In the 4 or so years since I've bought my PC, my only upgrades have been my monitor, my case and a new GPU. Everything runs fine, I don't have to mess with anything. The extent of my maintenance is taking the side off my case and blowing some canned air around and cleaning out the filters about once a month. I'm really not doing anything special here
If I had to guess I reckon it's because people constantly do shit like overclock their hardware. Case in point, a friend of mine has (rather literally) burned through about 2 whole computers worth of parts, and he built his at the same time as mine. The difference? He overclocks his CPU and GPU to absurdity (last I heard I think his CPU was running @4.5GHz - I can't even fathom how much instability that would cause or why you would need to do that)