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Computer Gaming Versus Console Gaming

There has always been an ongiong debate as tothat the performance of your game is directly
which form of gaming consoles offer you theaffected by the quality of your pc.By quality
best quality and performance.The main debateI mean amount of RAM,CPU,Hard Drive
being between the use of computers orsize,video card and drivers.The higher your
colsoles such as Xbox 360,playstationPC specs are, the better the game can look
(1,2,3),nintendo wii and so forth.Now mostand play.The major disadvantage here is that
gamers will go on and tell you that it iscomputers and gaming applications can be
more worthwile to use console systems thanprone to viruses,corrupted or missing files
computers due to the apparent plug and playand general sluggishness due to cluttered
ease of use.But lets take a look below at thehard drives.The popular console systems like
advantages and disadvantages between computerplaystation,xbox and nintendo take advantage
gaming  and  console  gaming.here in that they have hardly any performance
issues apart from the rare freeze (In my
1.  Installation  of  Gameexperience).
One major advantage of the sony,xbox and4.  Modifications
nintendo console systems is the fact that it
is all about plug and play.No need to worryThe great thing about playing games on your
about having to wait 30 minutes to install acomputer is that you can make modifications
5 gigabyte game on a hardrive with theto your game via downloading of patches,add
possibility that there might be compatabilityons or general updates which can possbibly
issues.This is where console systems have afix and enhance the performance of your
major  advangate  over  computer  systems.game.With console systems however, once again
you are stuck with what you have.This is
2  Graphics  qualityprobably no such a great factor because if
you buy a particular game,any updated
This section is highly debatable.Many peopleavailable for computer will not change the
including myself will tell you that thegame  in  such  a  big  way.
graphics offered by computers for gaming can
be far superior to that of sony5.  Availability  of  Games
playstation,xbox and nintendo.This is
obviously due to the fact that pc graphicsLets face it, all of the games that are
cards like GeForce and ATI have large amountsavailable on PC are not all available on the
of video ram which allows games to haveother console systems.This again is another
sharper images and run faster.And there isgreat  advantage  of  computer  systems.
always a continous entrance of new and
improved graphics cards to the mrket eachSo there are my five comparisions with the
year.With console systems,you have to make doadvantages and disadvantages between the two
with what you are given.There is notypes of gaming platforms.People will agree
possibility of upgrading.So the computerand some will disagree about those factors
probably wins this battle,but then again itand others not ,but at the end of the day you
is  debatable.just have to choose the platform which
appeals to you the most.Personally I like
3.Performance  of  GamesPC's because of the sharp graphics and wide
availability of games,but like I said It's up
Now lets start with the computer.We all knowto you.



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