Upgrade my GPU or get a PS4?? [help me decide]

[rabbyx7]

let's get straight to the point. Here is my config:

Intel Core i3 3220 3.3ghz
A-data 4x2gb DDR3 1600mhz
Sapphire HD 7870 2gb GDDR5
Cooler Master V550 550w 80+ GOLD
and I play all my games with my XONE controller. (yes including fps)

I can get a PS4 for around 26k. OR I could go for a decent GPU upgrade around the same price. I am so confused as to which way I should go?
In one hand I'm frustrated with the poor optimization pc is getting in recent years, on the other hand ps4 has no cracked games as well. But the community in bd is awesome and game trading is a trend in ps4bd community nowadays plus all those rental services are there too. But PS4 has them exclusives but on the other hand most games run on 30fps and longer loading times. But then again 1 PS4 and that's it no more upgrade needed for the next 4-5 years at least. both have there pros and cons and so I'm really confused.

So if you were in my place what would have you done? or any advice for me ? please help me decide!
thanks in advance

[furiousTaher]

i almost always vote pc... you can say i am biased...

its ur choice if u got lotta ps4 friends then you can trade for 'free' so that means u better off with ps4... but i cant stand 30fps 900p so pc is for me. i need at least 40 or more fps and i will hate to pay microsoft/sony for browsing/gaming online in addition to my isp.


the unoptimized pc titles you mentioned yes its true... but do not forget that the current 'unoptimized gaming generation' is not only on pc... it also releases its titles for consoles... its not 2010 anymore, those pc poor ports -_- . now the industry pushes unoptimized and buggy titles in every devices... fallout 4 assassins creed unity bugfield 4 etc... but u will not have much of a problem playing ps4 exclusives though. ps4 exclusives will be optimized for most part... but multiplats... good luck with that. but yes u can say aaa titles usually show worse optimization in pc... pc gaming is inconsistent for aaa titles... i will say maybe... maybe u are right... but in my dictionary 30fps is unoptimized that means to me almost every console game is unoptimized.


please note that upgrading ur current gpu to 970 will help you but won't help like if you would have core i5... core i3 is not good for titles now a days... maybe if dx12 comes it will be good again.

you can get more money by selling ur pc... u can buy couple of aaa new titles with that money and pay for online :v


now is not a good time to buy a gpu, or even a console (ps4 remastered coming early 2017 or late 16)

gaming hardware industry is gonna change rapidly... because of 1. vr 2. dx12 and 4k capable pascal polaris 3. ps4 remastered edition for 4k, 4. dx12 games with unbelievable 3d contents in a scene 5. 4k monitors and devices going cheaper. 6. amd zen and future intel ddr4 in 2017. 7. maybe steam machine will make a great comeback with an optimised steamos with vulkan
in 2019 we will be all playing vr aaa titles(those who hate vr can enjoy 4k monitors) and in 2024-27 we will be playing with hologram. no joke.

[Sybaris Caesar]

As much as it pains me to say this but... Buy a PS4 and sell your current rig to use the money as a sizable investment for buying genuine games. After playing various games with the initial investment, trade or sell them.

[furiousTaher]

get skylake core i5 with ddr4 ram with 26k... and then when new gpu comes sell this rig and 7870 and buy a new gen gpu with ~20k...

about price- ya console has awesome trading capability... but in steam you can buy older titles at super cheap price... watchdogs like 5$... shadowmordor 4$ etc.... witcher 3 is probably about 20$ now...

[dmos]

Get a pc FTW

[Ehsas]

is this even a question...

[furiousTaher]

is this even a question...

off topic: is that you in profile picture? you are not even 1% ethnically bengali are you?

[MusharratC]

let's get straight to the point. Here is my config:

Intel Core i3 3220 3.3ghz
A-data 4x2gb DDR3 1600mhz
Sapphire HD 7870 2gb GDDR5
Cooler Master V550 550w 80+ GOLD
and I play all my games with my XONE controller. (yes including fps)

I can get a PS4 for around 26k. OR I could go for a decent GPU upgrade around the same price. I am so confused as to which way I should go?
In one hand I'm frustrated with the poor optimization pc is getting in recent years, on the other hand ps4 has no cracked games as well. But the community in bd is awesome and game trading is a trend in ps4bd community nowadays plus all those rental services are there too. But PS4 has them exclusives but on the other hand most games run on 30fps and longer loading times. But then again 1 PS4 and that's it no more upgrade needed for the next 4-5 years at least. both have there pros and cons and so I'm really confused.

So if you were in my place what would have you done? or any advice for me ? please help me decide!
thanks in advance

I'd say update both your CPU and GPU. Get an i5 now and then wait for pascal/polaris to see how they turn out to be. New GPU season is also quite a good time to second hand GPUs as lots of ppl upgrade. Just my two cents.

[Sybaris Caesar]

off topic: is that you in profile picture? you are not even 1% ethnically bengali are you?

Nah. I already asked him that like 6 months back. He's just white af.

[furiousTaher]

Nah. I already asked him that like 6 months back. He's just white af.

can he speak bangla fluently? coz i am gonna be astonished if i hear fluent bangla from a uber white guy...

[Sybaris Caesar]

can he speak bangla fluently? coz i am gonna be astonished if i hear fluent bangla from a uber white guy...

Idk. Why you asking me though? BTW @Ehsas you gone back and started college yet?

[Ehsas]

off topic: is that you in profile picture? you are not even 1% ethnically bengali are you?

dude 50% am and fyi ami onek bhalo bangla bolte pari. although to some people it might sound like a snobby accent but that's about it. can fluently speak and understand it. heck even kolkata's weird accent bangla and have to deal with that a lot since most of the DS sales has been from there. literally just 10% here. @Sybaris Caesar . my contract's till 26th may.

The only bangla i don't understand is that syllehti accent. that's just weird (totally offtopic btw ignore)

as for @rabbyx7 OP, please get a PC instead. you can, sell the i3 and upgrade to an 4th gen i5 for now. and wait a while and sell your gpu and buy a cheaper 380X or 390/970 after a few months when it's price drops. the difference in performance is clear as day. as for games..im assuming all your games aren't legit so you can just play pirated stuff that isn't multiplayer on pc so it's basically free. and all the ones that are multiplayer will be the same price regardless of platform. heck even cheaper since on steam you'll get better discounts.

[Trave160]

Your best choice would be to upgrade your CPU and mobo as well as GPU for future gaming but that will cost you a lot. So my advice, just take the PS4. You'll get sadly 2 years out of it, but best case scenario if you say you know people, you can actually trade games with them then take the lucrative route.

Doing PC, you'll have to spend money on games like buying digital codes and owning them permanently as well. Even tho PC games have higher discount deals. I could buy Division with season pass for 50 USD on Uplay on another time

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dude 50% am and fyi ami onek bhalo bangla bolte pari. although to some people it might sound like a snobby accent but that's about it. can fluently speak and understand it. heck even kolkata's weird accent bangla and have to deal with that a lot since most of the DS sales has been from there. literally just 10% here. @Sybaris Caesar . my contract's till 26th may.

I dare you to try Chatgaia language in Chittagong, I had to work around that living in Chittagong for 10 years before coming to Dhaka

[furiousTaher]

So my advice, just take the PS4. You'll get sadly 2 years out of it, but best case scenario if you say you know people, you can actually trade games with them then take the lucrative route.



I dare you to try Chatgaia language in Chittagong, I had to work around that living in Chittagong for 10 years before coming to Dhaka

he will get more than that .... 3.5 years... and little more than that. but i admit ps4 remastered will change everything... games will come for ps4noob edition but it won't be a priority anymore...



i dont want to sound racist to chittagongi people but i dont think they speak bangla, frankly speaking.

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dude 50% am and fyi ami onek bhalo bangla bolte pari. although to some people it might sound like a snobby accent but that's about it. can fluently speak and understand it. heck even kolkata's weird accent bangla and have to deal with that a lot since most of the DS sales has been from there.

your profile picture tells me you are almost 100% white american and as i said if i hear fluent bangla from you i will be amazed :O .


off topic: the company you used to work for still sells gaming rig? if yes then can you give us website address/fb page or office address?

[Trave160]

he will get more than that .... 3.5 years... and little more than that. but i admit ps4 remastered will change everything... games will come for ps4noob edition but it won't be a priority anymore...

i dont want to sound racist to chittagongi people but i dont think they speak bangla, frankly speaking.

You really didn't get the joke, no it's not going to last that long not even close. It's 2016, the consoles are already outdated. This isn't like 7th gen

Also Chatgaia is not that different from Bangla in a way, you hear village accent? compared that to this

[furiousTaher]

You really didn't get the joke, no it's not going to last that long not even close. It's 2016, the consoles are already outdated. This isn't like 7th gen


Also Chatgaia is not that different from Bangla in a way, you hear village accent? compared that to this

you are the only guy who is saying this... all other major(and semi-major) reviewers/critics and publishers saying this gen will have focused aaa games until 2020. -_- and frankly speaking u are biased to pc (like me). in my dictionary- 1. only one guy criticizing something + 2. biased. -_- gotta double/tripple/quadruple check what he is saying...


-_- i can understand some rangpuri... maybe.... but chatgaia is impossible.

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to op: related links- http://banglagamer.com/showthread.php?103320-the-ultimate-PC-vs-Console-thread

[Trave160]

you are the only guy who is saying this... all other major(and semi-major) reviewers/critics and publishers saying this gen will have focused aaa games until 2020. -_- and frankly speaking u are biased to pc (like me). in my dictionary- 1. only one guy criticizing something + 2. biased. -_- gotta double/tripple/quadruple check what he is saying...

are you real bhai? what sites are you reading dated articles now? You know what the specs are inside the consoles, nothing is holding up anymore.

[furiousTaher]

are you real bhai? what sites are you reading dated articles now? You know what the specs are inside the consoles, nothing is holding up anymore.

why would u think i am joking? on topic: weaker performer than i3+260x i know... but from which article you get those news/rumor? wccf/toms/hwcanuks etc. or what? please gimme gamedebate or hwcompare links... i know u wont but just to make sure/

[Ehsas]

you are the only guy who is saying this... all other major(and semi-major) reviewers/critics and publishers saying this gen will have focused aaa games until 2020. -_- and frankly speaking u are biased to pc (like me). in my dictionary- 1. only one guy criticizing something + 2. biased. -_- gotta double/tripple/quadruple check what he is saying...


-_- i can understand some rangpuri... maybe.... but chatgaia is impossible.

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to op: related links- http://banglagamer.com/showthread.ph...Console-thread

They aren't anymore though. all that was BEFORE talk of the ps4.5 news. it's painfully obvious that ps4 won't be able to support VR fully so they are going to release one that can utilize their PlaystationVR properly. it's true that they'll probably be there till 2020. but no way with priority support, it'll be the same way a ps3 currently is. games are still released on it, just not most. i'd say about end of 2018 till most of the high powered titles only release to ps 4.5 and whatever edition xbox makes. (only some games though not all like maybe the next TES game or Cyberpunk etc basically games that will have much higher gpu power requirements). dx12 isn't magically going to make the hardware inside any better. so yes it's true it'll be there till 2020 like you said. but definitely not for every kind of game out there. he'd really be much better off with an i5 now and a gpu upgrade later on.

OT : the company is Digital Storm. wouldn't really recommend it though if you can build a pc yourself. but the laptops are nice. and that's about it. mostly ships through originIndia. and forreal accent isn't bad. pm me your teamspeak or skype

[rabbyx7]

ok I'm getting more confused now. Let me put this out there. My understanding is that even though the ps4 has limited hardware (the gpu is something in between a 7850 and 7870 afaik) since most games are optimized for the console they get better/smoother performance out of it ie. AC Unity and Arkham Knight being prime examples. Please answer me this: with my current rig, if I get a gpu like 290x or a 970 and change nothing else can I expect console like performance or even better for the rest of the lifespan of the current gen consoles? or will I need to upgrade again in this lifespan of the console gen? ​