Games

[Tyler Aviss]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Madison Kelly<linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>>
>> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>>
>>> $5200?  Ouch.  I think I spent $2000 or so on an i7 920 system with a
>>> GTX275 video card.  Still quite decent for gaming I am sure (not been
>>> tried for that yet).  I wonder what percentage increase in performance
>>> the extra $3000 buys you.
>>>
>>
>> But even $2000 seems like a lot of money to spend just to avoid getting
>> a dedicated system:
>>
>> PS3: $500
>> Xbox 360: $350
>> Wii: $280
>>
>> Notwithstanding what you might think of the Wii's graphics, all of the
>> above are "quite decent for gaming".
>>
>> - Evan
>
> There are some games that just don't work well on consoles. EvE Online comes
> to mind... Both from control point of view and graphics. Oooooh the
> graphics. :D
>
> Madi
> --

I'm looking forward to "Jumpgate Evolution" myself. No native Linux
client planned (response in the forums was "unlikely" which is pretty
much the same as "no") so I guess I'll have to hope on it working with
Cedega/Wine
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