Welcome to the 33 1/3rd episode of GamerWok Hour! This week, Nguy answers the question: Can you build a gaming PC that can do everything a PS3 can for the same price? Also, we have news of Windows 7, EA takes your money, and Apple stealing money! All this and more on this week’s GamerWok Hour! Visit the forums at http://www.gamerwok.com/forum and follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/gamerwok you can also send your emails and comments to gamerwok {at} gmail {dot} com!
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- Disclaimer: benchmarks were researched and not actually completed by GamerWok (as I don’t have $500 to spend on this machine!)
- Assumptions:
- PC has to run out of the box so OS is a must
- This will be connected to a TV/LCD which means HDMI video/audio is a must
- PC has to run games as fast/good as a PS3 if not better
- PC must play BD movies flawlessly
- Performance will be judged based on PS3 game resolution chart by Quaz found here at Beyond3D
- Frames per second isn’t recorded in PS3 benchmarks but we will assume that PC games has to run between 35-45 FPS to look as good as PS3
- We will be using Canadian price of $499.99 for the PS3 and not the US price of $499.99
- All parts will be purchased from one store to save on shipping and simplicity
- Full Build: http://bit.ly/PS3PC
- Final Price at time of recording: $556 CDN
- PC/PS3 pros and cons
- Bottom line: It’s possible with a bit of leg work to get the price down
- You can shave the cost of OS down by getting the Windows 7 RC that’s free from Microsoft until March 2010
Hot Off the Wok
- Windows 7 to include XP compatibility mode via Virtual PC
- Pirated Windows 7 to still get security updates
- Windows 7 minimum system requirements released
- Apple holding out on iPhone developers
- Play old Sierra adventure games for free: http://sarien.net
- Box of rocks instead of your DS
- EA launching Sims Store with Sims 3
- Batman Arkham Asylem delayed
Weekly Specials
- Wolverine: X-Men Origins (All Platforms – Only PS3/X360/PC is the gory version)
- Velvet Assassin (X360)
- Patapon 2 (PSP – Download only)
- ThinkGeek Pick of the Week:
- IngenuiTEA tea pot
- $18.99 – godsend for cubical farmers such as myself
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Wok or Not
- Wolverine X-Men Origins Movie
- Wolverine X-Men Origins Game
- Silent Scope iPhone Review
- Look for Plants VS. Zombies Review next week!
Wokie Talkie
- dpaul420 asks InFamous or Prototype?
- DESA thanks us for recommending SpreadTweet!
- New Question of the Week: What Star Trek Tech Should They Make?
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Amos Ngai is the Editor in Chief of GamerWok and host of The GamerWok Hour and Across The Pond podcasts. 
I have to ask, does it play Crysis?
Considering Crysis is a piece of badly coded software released for sole purpose of bringing systems to its knees…not well. The 3850 will run Crysis at 17 FPS in 1280 X 1024, which isn’t very playable. But if you were to fork over another $40 or so, the 4770 can run Crysis very respectably. But the caveat is that this machine is supposed to match the performance of a PS3, which it does but the downside is that it’s not a very powerful PC gaming machine.