Sure they do. If I load up WoW right now on my computer, I get graphics that are cartoony and sometimes even ugly, but adequate to play the game. If I load up Mass Effect 2 right now on my computer, I get graphics that are glitchy and sometimes entirely absent, and they make the game unplayable. Clearly, WoW has better graphics than Mass Effect 2.


I too am referring to "better" quality. WoW's graphics are superior to those of many modern games when played on the computer I currently use most often.


Many more factors would need to be taken into consideration to determine whether the $2000 or $300 computer is a "better purchase." It isn't anywhere near as cut-and-dried as the automobile analogy, where Geos are almost always better than Ferraris.

We weren't actually comparing computers anyway; we were comparing computer graphics. So anyway, a game whose graphics can be properly displayed on my computer always has better graphics than one whose cannot.

You might counter by claiming that my computer cannot run the best graphics. That is a difference of philosophy that likely cannot be reconciled.


They are very close, and a case could be made for the convenience and cost of the apple, but based on sheer nutritional value, oranges are better than apples.