What Console Home Page  
Google
Web Whatconsole.co.uk
  PC Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) Microsoft Xbox Nintendo GameCube Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP Retro Consoles  
Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) Microsoft Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii Nintendo DS PlayStation Portable (PSP) GameBoy Micro Buy Consoles and Games
PC

Typical PC Specs

Specification

Description

CPU

3.4 GHz

RAM

1 GB

L2 Cache

1 MB

Graphics

128 MB

Hard drive

120 GB

Resolution

1280 x 1024 pixels

Top Games

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Football Manager 2008
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box

Play Buy at Play
Game Buy at GAME
Links to More Game Shops

Classic Games

bulletQuake
bulletCommand & Conquer
bulletUnreal Tournament
bulletMedal of Honour: Allied Assault
bulletChampionship Manager
bulletFar Cry
bulletHalf-Life / Counter-Strike
bulletCall of Duty
bulletDiablo
bulletCivilization

PC Rating: 9/10

If we can class it as a console it is the ultimate system, as far as graphics, sound and gaming variety is concerned. The progression of graphics going up at a considerable rate it will be a matter of time before present consoles will be surpassed. Also with various parts of a PC available separately you can customise and update your PC to your own needs and not be restricted to that of a console, until the next generation.

Some of the old classics like Championship Manager are still around but now the PC is the ultimate games machine to play online. With the introduction of Broadband connections you can really get addicted. These games on release retail for under £30, cheaper than most games for consoles. With the progression of first-person shooters such as Quake, Unreal Tournament, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty and more recently, Half-Life 2 they are destroying the competition apart.

At the time of writing America's Army was released using the impressive Unreal 2003 engine and you know what! – It’s a totally free game available to download. Also with the inclusion of games like Battlefield 1942 there is an abundance around. Using a handheld controller instead of a mouse is less accurate and cumbersome to use. First-person shooters require precision that's why the combination of mouse and keyboard makes for THE ULTIMATE first person shooter experience ...well until VR takes off again.

On the other hand, with the standard consoles like the PS2, Xbox and Gamecube and now the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, it is far better if you have friends over to your house - Football simulations and driving games are far better played on a console.

VERDICT

Graphics Rating: 5/5
Sound Rating: 5/5
Games Rating: 4.5/5
Extra features Rating: 4/5
Cost Rating: 2/5
PC graphics cards have always been ahead of consoles and the gap is ever increasing, until the next generation comes along. You don’t even need a state of the art GeForce 4 card to beat the PS2, Xbox or GameCube and in a couple of years a similar comparison can be made with the next generation. Now that the development of HDTV has been made there is no longer a significant problem with TV resolution, except for its cost!

Game Buy at GAME
Links to Console Shops
   
Contact | Links | Glossary | PC | PlayStation 3 (PS3) | Xbox 360 | Wii | GameCube | Xbox | PlayStation 2 (PS2) | Nintendo DS | GameBoy Micro
PlayStation Portable (PSP) | GameBoy Advance SP (GBA SP) | Next Generation Comparison | Retro Consoles | Buy Games | Game Rental | Buy Consoles


Affiliates