Bring on the benchmarks, reviews and head-to-head bake-offs.
That way we *all* can make an educated decision if the convenience of a pre-built (relatively inflexible) "gaming" rig is worth the sacrifice in flexibility, and possibly, performance of a custom-made rig. I have building my own desktops for years (at least eight), and there is definitely a draw to not having to piss around with another water-cooling kit.
If it turns out that it really does not perform to my expectations (for a $2K system), then I'll just chalk this up as a competitive move by HP / Voodoo towards the traditional console gamers (let them play WoW and Crysis)... Yet if this move increases the user base (and demographics) of PC gaming, so much the better for us all. It would eventually mean more and varied games. I'll save my $2K and build yet another system ('cause I'm sure as sh!t not spending $7-$15K on a full-blown Voodoo rig).
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Enough of the BS...
Bring on the benchmarks, reviews and head-to-head bake-offs.
That way we *all* can make an educated decision if the convenience of a pre-built (relatively inflexible) "gaming" rig is worth the sacrifice in flexibility, and possibly, performance of a custom-made rig. I have building my own desktops for years (at least eight), and there is definitely a draw to not having to piss around with another water-cooling kit.
If it turns out that it really does not perform to my expectations (for a $2K system), then I'll just chalk this up as a competitive move by HP / Voodoo towards the traditional console gamers (let them play WoW and Crysis)... Yet if this move increases the user base (and demographics) of PC gaming, so much the better for us all. It would eventually mean more and varied games. I'll save my $2K and build yet another system ('cause I'm sure as sh!t not spending $7-$15K on a full-blown Voodoo rig).
So... Let's see some numbers!
ReneGamer