On Oct 7, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Picbits Sales wrote:

> I always have advised people to buy a games machine (i.e. Xbox 360) for p=
laying games on and a PC for doing work on.

Aren't the "latests" games machines falling pretty far behind the current P=
Cs?  I mean, no major new technology in the XB360 since 2003, right?

My son games a lot, and my general impression is that "gamer PCs" are a lot=
 like "audiophile hifi."
We've always been satisfied with a midrange pc with midrange graphics card.=
  Note that a "midrange graphics card" nowadays has more memory than the en=
tire xbox360=85  But we've never done the "multiple 30inch monitors running=
 at 2560x1600 resolution", either.  (There seem to be a lot fewer general g=
raphics card technologies than there used to be.  ATI or NVidia; pick your =
price range.)

For any particular game, there's likely to be numerous forum discussions wh=
ere people recommend or dis-recommend their particular graphics/sound setup=
..

BillW


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