Alan Wake - PC "up in the air"??!

[dj2004]

Originally posted by: flexy
Guys, read my lips!

AW *will* come out on PC.

The game engine will be so amazing it will require a Pentium II and at least 128MB memory!!
And it will set amazing new technical standards: It will be the first game based on "DirectX 6" and will use something called "3D Graphics".

I personally cant wait to see this! It will blow anything out of the water...read my lips.

Are these your lips: :lips:?

 

[ShawnD1]

Originally posted by: Piuc2020

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: makoto00
those parts would still go into apple computers and consoles. as the demand shifts, the market will shift with it. consumers will still be happy in the end.

His point is that gamers are the only people who buy high end parts. I've never once seen an Intel i7 in a store like Best Buy, yet lots of people on this forum own one. OEM computers like Apple or Dell use low end video cards like the GeForce 9400, and game consoles use GeForce 7800 and Radeon 1800 video cards. Without Windows games, who is going to buy the GeForce 8800, 9800, GTS 280, Radeon 48xx, or any other high end video card? Who is going to buy the Phenom II or i7?

Even right now, most of the computers I see at Best Buy either use Intel dual core processors from the 5 and 7 series or AMD's old phenoms. You want a Q9550? Sorry but they don't sell those. You want a Phenom II? Sorry. i7? Nope. Will they even carry the i5 when it comes out?

Processors are not used only for games, there are PLENTY of applications for high-end processors

Such as? High end servers are a huge market, but that's basically it. Things like Photoshop and Sony Vegas might account for 10% of the high end market if you round up a few times. Go to the CPU forum and start a thread asking how many people use something like Photoshop or Vegas at the office and compare that with the number of people on this forum who play games. Almost all other software works great on a slow CPU. I've underclocked my Phenom X4 to only 1000mhz and it still runs HD video and acts as a terminal server without any problems. Even video encoding is not an issue since that's done at low priority anyway; it runs in the background while the computer is used for other things.

 

[BladeVenom]

At least a few MS fanboys will finally wake up and see what a despicable, untrustworthy company MS really is, and hopefully stop supporting them.