G-card or PS2

[sagargv]

Hi,

Is it better to buy a PS2 or is it a wiser option to for a g.card of abt the same cost of a ps2 ? ( besides , what's the price of a ps2 ?? )

What is ur opinion ?

[Kniwor]

i would buy a card.... besides i dont think a ps2 would match a card of same cost with a cood cpu....

someone might object

[john_the_ultimate]

Well I have a PS2 and pc with Geforce 6600gt. Both have its advantage. The PS2 may cost u around 8K. The slim version may cost more. Remember these are gray market price and if u want to buy from Sony the price could be higher.

Again the game disk would cost from Rs.50-200 (gray market) depending upon the title and it popularity. But remember that some game titles are solely made for console or PC.

One big advantage PS2 will have that it hardware will never be outdated for its games. Meaning if ten years from now (which is unlikely possible) if a game is developed for PS2 it will run smoothly on it, without glitches. But for a pc u always have to upgrade in order to keep up with the development in graphics.

Moreover PS2 is slowly being phased out but there is a vast library of games to choose from which can keep u busy for a long time. One more thing is that slowly game developer will stop bringing out games for PS2. So latest games may not be available for it (but that situation is still quite a distance away). Reason being that PS3 is due to be lauched and SONY would want its new console to sell more than PS2.

So if gaming is ur sole purpose then buy a PS2 or even wait (if u have patience and money) for PS3. If u want and all-purpose machine with good gaming capablity then buy a g-card. For the budget equivalent to PS2 u could get a 6600gt 128 AGP/PCI-E.

As for me, I enjoy gaming both on PS2 (4 years old) and PC(upgraded 5 months earlier) equally.

Sorry for the long talk but tried to explain my point of view. Rest ur desicion.

[ionicsachin]

I suppose its better if you buy a XFX 6600GT 128MB, instead of ps2.
The new improved shader3.0 and the intellisample and shadow techs are simply superb. and also you can save some money for another 256MB - 512MB RAM which will improve gaming more

[sagargv]

thanks alot john_the_ultimate . u hav a good point . anyway , i wasnt planning on buying either rite now . but i do plan to buy in a month or 2 . so i thought i will just find out.

I think i shud stick to gcard . for how many yrs can the 6600gt stand ?
i may mention that i dont care much abt eye candy features and i dont mind running on low res.

thanks

[runeet]

I dont think that the ps2 is being slowly phazed out bcoz they hav games coming out for it till the end of 2007.

[sagargv]

what is the bottomline . ps2 or gcard as per urself runeet ?

and ya for how long will the 6600gt stand . as i mentioned earlier , i dont mind not having eye candy features and i dont mind running on ow res..

[john_the_ultimate]

@sagargv
6600gt may be able to stand its ground of say around 2-3 years keeping in mind that eye candy and high resolution are not ur requirement. Also remember that 6600gt is in the market for around 2 years or more. Then maybe after 2-3 years u could buy a PS3.

@runeet
As for PS2 by "slowly being phased out" I ment that game developer will slowly stop to develop game for this console it maybe 2007 or 20XX. But Sony would want its new console to sell more than PS2. So its logical. Just my point of view.

[Ankur Gupta]

it totally depends on u.
if u want a big screen for gaming then ps2 is ur best bet though still output of computer can be put onto tv but quality is not good.
well according to me invest in an nvidia 7 series card!
it simply rocks.
PS2 is abt 15k i guess.