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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

That used to be the case. I’d definitely be on your side of the argument before this generation. A $500 investment 4 years ago in an Xbox or PlayStation would run circles around a $500 investment into PC parts back then. Heck, I’d be interested if you could find something similarly powered nowadays. The GPU alone gets you to a digital only ps5.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

The Arc cards are stronger than the PS5 and are like $200-250 new, you could get used RX 7600/6600XT for cheaper than that. There's definitely paths to a PS5 equivalent PC for a similar price, and even if you spend $100, $200, $300 more, that pays off in 1, 2 or 3 years anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Arc cards won't play half of my library. Albeit cheaper and a step in right direction, their driver game is worse than AMD in the noughties.

[–] vithigar 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You checked on that recently? The B series is much, much better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, in older games it's particularly egregious.

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