thats what im wondering. will there even be a reason for ATi and nVidia to keep making new GPUs? (for home PCs anyway) why should i ever buy computer hardware ever again? will we ever need computers faster than what have now? what about gaming rig bragging rights? why did i just buy an ATi HD4870 and 26" monitor? what will happen to Steam?
maybe its just because its 3am and i worked 10 hours today but this is making my head explode. i dont know if i want this...
$800 dollar video card? WTF are you talking about? If you're spending 800 bones for a video card, you're looking in the wrong place or you're getting some super extreme special edition water cooled, solid gold card.
If I'm reading this news post right then yes, all of that will still be needed. While the end user may not need a high end graphics card to receive video, the provider will still need hardware to handle the game. I mean, I guess in part, you're right. If this technology pans out then the user won't need to invest money every 3 years to enjoy impressive graphics and smooth framerates.
Either way, I wouldn't expect this to start affecting services such as Steam until many, many years in to the future.
I really hope so, imagine playing crysis on a regular box standard macbook, hell, any laptop! a netbook even! although, im not really sure that you would WANT to play on a netbook :p
I really think this is the future, but it will be a good 2-4 years before the internet speeds increase to this level for lots of people.
"I'm moving to a small studio and for some reason the cable connection is in an awkward place and I need a way to transmit HD quality video and audio no more than 20 feet away. What is the best wireless HDMI transmitter / receiver for this situation? Thanks!"
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Will the be the end of "System Requirements?"
thats what im wondering. will there even be a reason for ATi and nVidia to keep making new GPUs? (for home PCs anyway) why should i ever buy computer hardware ever again? will we ever need computers faster than what have now? what about gaming rig bragging rights? why did i just buy an ATi HD4870 and 26" monitor? what will happen to Steam?
maybe its just because its 3am and i worked 10 hours today but this is making my head explode. i dont know if i want this...
No.
*Requires Broadband Connection **
**50Mbps or higher
Yeah... That's the main reason why I still play on Consoles. Wanna play a 49.99 game? Sure! Just make sure you have a $800 videocard.
will it end console wars? probably people will still fight about console colors:
"I have a white one lozerz!!"
"L.E. Banana Yellow RULEZZ!!"
$800 dollar video card? WTF are you talking about? If you're spending 800 bones for a video card, you're looking in the wrong place or you're getting some super extreme special edition water cooled, solid gold card.
@Kojo87
If I'm reading this news post right then yes, all of that will still be needed. While the end user may not need a high end graphics card to receive video, the provider will still need hardware to handle the game. I mean, I guess in part, you're right. If this technology pans out then the user won't need to invest money every 3 years to enjoy impressive graphics and smooth framerates.
Either way, I wouldn't expect this to start affecting services such as Steam until many, many years in to the future.
@jamesology
Actually it's more like a $200-300 video card,
-as opposed to a $200-600 game console, plus the controllers, etc.
I really hope so, imagine playing crysis on a regular box standard macbook, hell, any laptop! a netbook even!
although, im not really sure that you would WANT to play on a netbook :p
I really think this is the future, but it will be a good 2-4 years before the internet speeds increase to this level for lots of people.