Talk:Enthusiast computing

gaming pc vs pc tunning
the neon bulbs are used with costum made styling pc. Pc made for gaming would be the same as car made for racing. (such as racing drivers use and not one that appear in fast and furius!!) The styling pc picture should be removed.

Description of gaming pc it has lots of periphials (driving wheel, joystic, joypad, microfone,etc) First person shutter gaming pc should have: sensitive mouse, hard keys keyboard(?) and high framerate monitor(with fast picture change). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.210.245.6 (talk) 00:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

List of PC games?
I know I asked this question elsewhere, but does Wikipedia have a list of PC games? Forgive my lack of researching abilities if I for whatever reason just can't find it, but there's lists of games for all the consoles and for Macs etc, but why no list for PC games? Anyway, I would find such a list to be immensely helpful! Thanks! --164.107.92.120 01:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


 * If someone finds/creates it, it should be added to the article as a link in a See also section. Something I'd like to see though would be a list of games in the article itself that contributed to the evolution of gaming PCs.Danorux 15:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Merge?
I vote for much or all of this article to be merged with another article, or it be expanded. Rob Gyergyek 02:45, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge into what? But yes it should be expanded. Danorux 03:59, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with the merging. Aren't the two articles about the exact same thing?

Morrad 17:36, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I disagree with a merge. Actually, a "PC" is considered to be an IBM clone.  And a "computer" is any computing device.  So, computer games are any game that runs on a computing device.  Thus the general definition in the article on gaming computers.  A gaming PC is a PC (read IBM clone based on x86 architecture) that plays games.  This is definitively different than playing games on a console or Mac.  This is why you see game stores sectioned out by "PC", "Mac" and "Console."

M3rc3r0 19:06, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * "Gaming PC" has a lot more hits than "Gaming computers" though. Shawnc 12:32, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge, regardless of direction, but keep in mind that wikipedia doesn't use the plural form: if you merge it into Gaming computers, move that article to Gaming computer -Aknorals 07:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Combine Prebuilt and Custom-Built Computers
These two categories discuss the same things technically, so why not just talk about companies that produce gaming computers in one heading? Sh4fton 23:48, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Mac OS X
No gaming computer ever runs Mac OS X. Not only can the Mac not support DirectX, Macs CANNOT BE CUSTOM BUILT! And Mac OS X only runs on, you guessed it, Macs. Requires a mac to run OSX : http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/ Breaking the law to run on non-apple: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1886868,00.asp Can be built illegally but would cost more: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=173639 DirectX only on Windows: http://www.immersivesupport.com/index.php?ToDo=view&catId=32&questId=4 So it is possible, but in no way practical. I have built a $600 computer which can run Crysis well, which no Mac for sale at this time can do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.98.164.134 (talk) 03:41, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Are you trying to make a point or are you just stating the obvious? We know MACs suck already. If you want to play games you don't buy a MAC, you get a Windows based PC. --Simpsons fan 66 06:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Do we need a gaming pc manufacturer list?
surely there are thousands of companies that make them.

124.177.184.228 (talk) 03:39, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

8800GT
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT isn't high end any more.

I think the picture should be replaced by a GTX 280 or at least a GTX 260.

The 8800GT could mybe be moved to mid-range, because the ATI x1950 is quite outdated. --MrBurns (talk) 00:27, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

If we are going to show a high end video card, it would be the radeon 5970, at least this one won't be surpassed so easily. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.168.146.237 (talk) 20:29, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Title move
I am performing a bold move because the title Gaming PC is not accurate for the topic that the article discusses. This article is actually about the enthusiast segment, not the "gaming" segment. The way that market segments are typically addressed is "budget", "mainstream", and "enthusiast". A gaming PC (which, essentially, is one of these segments with the implicit addition of a performance-oriented video card) can fall into any of these categories, with similar adoption curves (there are more mainstream gaming PCs than enthusiast gaming PCs). Ham Pastrami (talk) 06:27, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I have restored the article at Gaming computer, which Gaming PC now redirects to. I will also be moving the game-specific content from this article to Gaming computer. Ham Pastrami (talk) 08:42, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

General updates needed
Overall this article is pretty far out of date; the pictures and products mentioned are from very old tech for the high-end computer market section. It needs an overhaul to more modern products mentioned, and more recent product pictures. Irazmus (talk) 22:36, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

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Gaming Computing & Enthusiast computing
Gaming computing for Enthusiast involves having more power in computing calculations in order to gain maximum FPS(Frame per second) and play High Resource-Demanding games at a playable (at least 60 FPS).

While Gaming is the commonly considered trend for Enthusiasts, The more processing power is often used to do more Resource-intensive task like bit-coin mining OR Streaming over-clock ability, advertising the improvement and quality of multiple Brands which earn them small profit and increases investments in those brand's Market share. Most Enthusiasts use their Computers for that purpose hence they frequently upgrade their PC Components for maximum processing power.Bit-coin miners are often referred to as Bit-coin enthusiasts. Manufacturer often makes most efficient yet powerful hardware to draw their attention since Bit-coin enthusiasts often promotes their growth by investing more in that companies.

But consumers belonging to Gamer Section only focus on the smooth game-play, Ensuring upgrade option so if they sell a part in websites like eBay they have more chance of selling a used High-Quality part than normal medium-spec components and preventing frequent upgrades and ensuring future-proofing for upcoming games.

As you can see there is more to Enthusiast section that makes difference from gamers.It is also the reason the price for PC parts are increasing as the targets of Many companies are not limited to gamers and developers anymore.

If you find anything that is inconsistent, Apologies.

References :

V0iD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:D38B:B55C:4536:1A10:FFC7:BFF5 (talk) 06:15, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Surround sound
According to the section about Audio, gaming PCs are "usually equipped with a dedicated sound card and speakers in a 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound configuration".

I can only speak anecdotally, but in my experience most gamers use either stereo speakers or headphones. - 85.31.6.10 (talk) 10:24, 1 September 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.31.6.10 (talk) 10:22, 1 September 2020 (UTC)