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RE: Windows 8 the savior ???
By StevoLincolnite on 11/17/2012 1:12:07 AM , Rating: 3
Allot of people I know are still happy with their old Core 2 Duo's/Athlon X2's and integrated graphics with 2gb of ram.
They just don't see any need to upgrade as it handles all their facebook needs with ease.
Plus it doesn't help that the entire developed world minus a few countries like Australia had/having massive financial woes which makes the idea of spending hundreds on a new machine a tough pill to swallow for allot of people.

Heck, allot of gamers I noticed are still running with heavily overclocked Core 2 Quads because games just aren't that demanding with the majority being merely console ports.
Sure you might need a new GPU every few years...

Which consequently other than a couple of demanding games like Battlefield 3 or Crysis will handle everything, albeit in some cases with some graphics options lowered.

RE: Windows 8 the savior ???
By TakinYourPoints on 11/17/2012 2:48:16 AM , Rating: 3
I've been on an i7 860 for three years and I have very little pressure to upgrade, especially after getting a GTX 680. I'm going to go Haswell next year just for the heck of it, mainly because my gut tells me I'm supposed to upgrade every 18-24 months like how I always have...

The only reason I'm going GTX 680 is because I have a 1440p monitor, otherwise I'd have as little pressure to get better video like the examples you brought up.

RE: Windows 8 the savior ???
By haukionkannel on 11/17/2012 5:58:59 AM , Rating: 2
Exactly! To most people computer have been fast enough for many years so there is not any reason for them to upgrade! That is allso reason for pads to become so popular because most things that people do can be done with pads.
For gaming and video editing etc there are not fast enough computers in the market, but Joe Average is just fine with core2 or even slover machine. And when economy is what it it at this moment... well the peoples starts buying new machines when the old brokes down... and they will buy small and cheap mobile computers.

RE: Windows 8 the savior ???
By TakinYourPoints on 11/18/2012 12:31:55 AM , Rating: 2
Perhaps the next console generation will push for better PCs. Sadly, one reason why the need for faster hardware has stagnated is that consoles are the primary target platform, thus lowering the ceiling for required hardware.

That's only one thing, of course. Envelope pushing games don't really sell anymore, just look at Crysis. It isn't like 2000 where people would go out of their way to get faster hardware to play Quake 3 very well. The most successful companies like Valve and Blizzard target a very wide range of hardware now, and the most successful game at the moment, League Of Legends, runs on pretty much anything.

I dunno, maybe the next console generation will push the PC end forward, but there's still a lot to be said for PC games that target a very wide range of hardware. Developers want to make money and the model of initial $50-$60 purchases is falling aside as free-to-play/microtransaction and subscription models take over. Volume matters most in that case, which means not going after uber-hardware. We'll see.

RE: Windows 8 the savior ???




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