This article at ZDNet takes a look at the upcoming consoles (notably Sony's PSX2) and compares them to our beloved PCs. Much of what they describe is possible with the upcoming 3D accelerators, though- for example the strands of hair in the GeForce256 "Wanda" demo. And Carmack had something to say for the PC as well.

"The impression that the PlayStation 2 will be light years ahead of the PC is really incorrect," says John Carmack, the top programmer at "Quake" developer Id Software Inc. in Mesquite, Texas. "We're going to continue with the PC because it will move ahead of the consoles and it gives us complete freedom to make the kind of games we want."