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I finally saw the light on PC gaming after a talk with my nephew
My nephew came over last Saturday and booted up his gaming laptop on my living room table. He showed me how he could play a new release at 1440p with high settings while also running Discord and a browser in the background. I've been a console guy since the PS2 days, but watching him swap out a graphics card in 10 minutes without any tools made me realize how locked down I've been. Does anyone else feel like console simplicity comes at the cost of flexibility?
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betty_barnes3d ago
I mean I get what he's showing you but swapping parts in 10 minutes isn't really how it goes most of the time. My husband built his PC last year and spent two hours trying to get the front panel connectors right plus another hour troubleshooting why it wouldn't post. Console simplicity is worth a lot when you just want to play a game after work without fiddling with drivers or wondering if your power supply is enough. Not everyone has the time or patience to deal with that stuff even if it is more open.
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walker.robert3d ago
Swap out the time spent on a first build with the time spent fighting a console's slow UI or waiting on updates. Once you've done one PC build, the second one is way faster, like 30 minutes tops. Plus, fixing a bad graphics card or adding RAM later is a lot easier than taking a console apart with proprietary screws. And hey, that first build headache taught your husband something, whereas a console just stays a black box forever.
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