Jack

Looked at the website for PAX...
1; its in Washington...not that there's a problem with Washington, but why not hold it in LA too...it's easier for a lot of people to justify Southern California in August than Washington
2; The schedule looks like a lot of discussions and presentations; without the "this is what's new" of E3... 90% of that stuff would be a 2 pg article on a blog somewhere
3; What is up with all the LAN-Partyness? seriously...I wouldn't go to this thing to play games I already have...I'd go to play games that NOBODY ELSE gets to play...if they had a Wii tournament...sure; but not Halo 2...

Basically; I think this will flop over as something cool for people in the general area; and a few media types; but really I definitely don't see this replacing E3; It really just doesn't seem like it's organized the right way.

With this I bet I could pull a consistent 59fps avg in Oblivion!

Not a problem for me...
Pentium D 930 (3.0 ghz)
2 gb ddr2 533mhz
710 gb hdd
geforce 7900gt
dvd drive (duh)

running Oblivion and Q4 are sweet symphonies :)