I did it , I bought a 360

When I think back, I always had more than one system per gen. This gen is no different. It's nice owning more than one and getting to play as much selection of games as possible.

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]And once again, a simple topic about a console purchase has made PC gamers angry. :lol:Birdy09

As i said. The PS3 is JUST as useless as the 360 coupled with a PC.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"][QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

You're not hearing me. Mass Effect is designed primarily for the 360. ME2 will play better on the 360 and look just as good as a $400-500 PC, and you get the 360 exclusives like FM3, Halo 3, Gears 2.

Why spend $200 more for the same thing plus the work needed to build a rig?

I'm not just talking about gfx, Mass Effect 2 is designed for the 360, it will play better on the 360.

Concerning gfx, the 360 can equal a $400-500 build.

if you get Halo 3 make sure you buy Halo 3 ODST thats a better buy since it comes with all the DLC for multiplayer and comes with reach beta also that comes out next year. Halo 3 not sure how much it is these days is only worth it if you want to player the single player since ODST doesn't come with Halo 3's single player but ODST has its own single player plus firefight.

[QUOTE="superapo"]

congrats, just in time for the release of mass effects 2 and conviction.

gamecubepad

exactly

there are many great games coming early 2010:D

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

I'm not just talking about gfx, Mass Effect 2 is designed for the 360, it will play better on the 360.

Concerning gfx, the 360 can equal a $400-500 build.

Cait__Sith

Careful, your fanboy is showing. This guy already has a PS3, why bother with a costly and time consuming build when you can get the PC/360 multi's for only $200?

I just built my brother a $500 PC, and that's after rebates, not including the cost of an OS. It's nominally better than a 360 in gfx.

With a $300 budget for hardware you're not going to get much better gfx than a $200-300 360.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"][QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

You're not hearing me. Mass Effect is designed primarily for the 360. ME2 will play better on the 360 and look just as good as a $400-500 PC, and you get the 360 exclusives like FM3, Halo 3, Gears 2.

Why spend $200 more for the same thing plus the work needed to build a rig?

I'm not just talking about gfx, Mass Effect 2 is designed for the 360, it will play better on the 360.

Concerning gfx, the 360 can equal a $400-500 build.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"][QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

I'm not just talking about gfx, Mass Effect 2 is designed for the 360, it will play better on the 360.

Concerning gfx, the 360 can equal a $400-500 build.

gamecubepad

Careful, your fanboy is showing. This guy already has a PS3, why bother with a costly and time consuming build when you can get the PC/360 multi's for only $200?

I just built my brother a $500 PC, and that's after rebates, not including the cost of an OS. It's nominally better than a 360 in gfx.

With a $300 budget for hardware you're not going to get much better gfx than a $200-300 360.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"][QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

I'm not just talking about gfx, Mass Effect 2 is designed for the 360, it will play better on the 360.

Concerning gfx, the 360 can equal a $400-500 build.

Careful, your fanboy is showing. This guy already has a PS3, why bother with a costly and time consuming build when you can get the PC/360 multi's for only $200?

I just built my brother a $500 PC, and that's after rebates, not including the cost of an OS. It's nominally better than a 360 in gfx.

With a $300 budget for hardware you're not going to get much better gfx than a $200-300 360.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"][QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

You're not hearing me. Mass Effect is designed primarily for the 360. ME2 will play better on the 360 and look just as good as a $400-500 PC, and you get the 360 exclusives like FM3, Halo 3, Gears 2.

Why spend $200 more for the same thing plus the work needed to build a rig?

gamecubepad

I'm not just talking about gfx, Mass Effect 2 is designed for the 360, it will play better on the 360.

Concerning gfx, the 360 can equal a $400-500 build.

LOL. Just like the first one right? the 360 version was much better then the PC version right? .. RIGHT?!?

360 =/= a $50 8800GT...Cait__Sith

Careful, your fanboy is showing. This guy already has a PS3, why bother with a costly and time consuming build when you can get the PC/360 multi's for only $200?

I just built my brother a $500 PC, and that's after rebates, not including the cost of an OS. It's nominally better than a 360 in gfx.

With a $300 budget for hardware you're not going to get much better gfx than a $200-300 360.

[QUOTE="Killfox"][QUOTE="superapo"]

congrats, just in time for the release of mass effects 2 and conviction.

Cait__Sith

Yeah PC really makes the 360 worthless aside from the odd exclusive.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"]

Both multiplats. I dont see any reason of getting a 360. I dont even know why I got one. Sure it launch it was cool for awhile and now Im just like hey I can just get that game for PC. The only game im going to be playing on it is forza3 and then get assassins creed 2 in march for PC. But I guess congrats. Different strokes for different folks.Killfox

Yeah PC really makes the 360 worthless aside from the odd exclusive.

Your arrogance is blinding you hermits.

Here's a challenge. Let's use Newegg exclusively. New parts only, shipping included, rebates excluded.

1. Build a rig including 64-bit OS for $400 and see what you get.

2. Build a rig including new OS for $200 and see if you can get good gfx like this...

Not to mention the wait for shipping and the time to build it. I built over 50 comps by the time I was 16yrs old. Most people would be lost, so building a rig would be a pain. Stop raining on this guys parade with your fanaticism.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"]

[QUOTE="Stats_"]

Same can be said for the PS3 though.

People act as if the PS3 has FAR more exclusives then the Xbox. It may have (If at all) A few more.

This isn't last gen when the Playstation had TONS of exclusives. This gen it has arguably 5 worth playing (So far)

Stats_

Halo 3. Halo ODST. Forza 3. Banjo K&B. Lost Odyseey. Gears of War 2.

[QUOTE="Killfox"][QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

Careful, your fanboy is showing. This guy already has a PS3, why bother with a costly and time consuming build when you can get the PC/360 multi's for only $200?

I just built my brother a $500 PC, and that's after rebates, not including the cost of an OS. It's nominally better than a 360 in gfx.

With a $300 budget for hardware you're not going to get much better gfx than a $200-300 360.

Cait__Sith

Your arrogance is blinding you hermits.

Here's a challenge. Let's use Newegg exclusively. New parts only, shipping included, rebates excluded.

1. Build a rig including 64-bit OS for $400 and see what you get.

2. Build a rig including new OS for $200 and see if you can get good gfx like this...

Not to mention the wait for shipping and the time to build it. I built over 50 comps by the time I was 16yrs old. Most people would be lost, so building a rig would be a pain. Stop raining on this guys parade with your fanaticism.

gamecubepad

$199 for a prebuilt Acer Aspire Revo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228&Tpk=acer%20revo

Some places offer a free windows 7 upgrade.

and they don't have it up on the webpage yet, but for $299 you can get the model up from that with an extra 1GB of ram, and a dual core atom.

The PC has HDMI out, built in wifi, no DVD drive (if you need one buy it extra its cheap, but most people use steam or other), it uses the Nvidia Ion which is a DX10 setup.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"][QUOTE="Killfox"] Yet your still forgetting what a PC is. Its not a just used to play games. It does everything and then some.Killfox

Enjoy your crap60!

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"]

Yeah PC really makes the 360 worthless aside from the odd exclusive.

Cait__Sith

I did it as well, I borrowed a 360 while I am awaiting my paycheck to fix my ps3. I have been playing Halo3 singleplayer and I am not impressed to say the least. I am enjoying playing MP3 on the wii I just bought my gf more than I am Halo3. I still am going to rent Gears 1&2 and ME1 before returning the 360. I hope to have my ps3 fixed next month so I can play Uncharted 2, more MW2, and continue renting games like Demon's Souls, etc. The latest my ps3 will be fixed is Valentines Day when my gf said she'd do it for me

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

Your arrogance is blinding you hermits.

Here's a challenge. Let's use Newegg exclusively. New parts only, shipping included, rebates excluded.

1. Build a rig including 64-bit OS for $400 and see what you get.

2. Build a rig including new OS for $200 and see if you can get good gfx like this...

Not to mention the wait for shipping and the time to build it. I built over 50 comps by the time I was 16yrs old. Most people would be lost, so building a rig would be a pain. Stop raining on this guys parade with your fanaticism.

Cait__Sith

$199 for a prebuilt Acer Aspire Revo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228&Tpk=acer%20revo

Some places offer a free windows 7 upgrade.

and they don't have it up on the webpage yet, but for $299 you can get the model up from that with an extra 1GB of ram, and a dual core atom.

The PC has HDMI out, built in wifi, no DVD drive (if you need one buy it extra its cheap, but most people use steam or other), it uses the Nvidia Ion which is a DX10 setup.

That's what I thought. You failed to even meet the $200 challenge with that piece of crap build, which would be lucky to get 10fps on COD4 with 360 settings.

To equal a 360 you're gonna need at least a 4550 with DDR3.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"]

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

Your arrogance is blinding you hermits.

Here's a challenge. Let's use Newegg exclusively. New parts only, shipping included, rebates excluded.

1. Build a rig including 64-bit OS for $400 and see what you get.

2. Build a rig including new OS for $200 and see if you can get good gfx like this...

Not to mention the wait for shipping and the time to build it. I built over 50 comps by the time I was 16yrs old. Most people would be lost, so building a rig would be a pain. Stop raining on this guys parade with your fanaticism.

gamecubepad

$199 for a prebuilt Acer Aspire Revo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228&Tpk=acer%20revo

Some places offer a free windows 7 upgrade.

and they don't have it up on the webpage yet, but for $299 you can get the model up from that with an extra 1GB of ram, and a dual core atom.

The PC has HDMI out, built in wifi, no DVD drive (if you need one buy it extra its cheap, but most people use steam or other), it uses the Nvidia Ion which is a DX10 setup.

That's what I thought. You failed to even meet the $200 challenge with that piece of crap build, which would be lucky to get 10fps on COD4 with 360 settings.

To equal a 360 you're gonna need at least a 4550 with DDR3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98iYnuT7y-c

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"]Well for $50 you put a 8800GT in a PC and you have something that does DX10 and is more powerful than an Xbox 360.

gamecubepad

Mass Effect is designed primarily for the 360. ME2 will play better on the 360 and look just as good as a $400-500 PC.

You are kidding yourself if you think that

On Topic, there's a lot of 360 exclusives that probably we won't see a port ever, like Forza 3. As a matter of fact i'm going to buy a 360 only for forza 3, its that good.

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"]

$199 for a prebuilt Acer Aspire Revo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228&Tpk=acer%20revo

Some places offer a free windows 7 upgrade.

and they don't have it up on the webpage yet, but for $299 you can get the model up from that with an extra 1GB of ram, and a dual core atom.

The PC has HDMI out, built in wifi, no DVD drive (if you need one buy it extra its cheap, but most people use steam or other), it uses the Nvidia Ion which is a DX10 setup.

Cait__Sith

That's what I thought. You failed to even meet the $200 challenge with that piece of crap build, which would be lucky to get 10fps on COD4 with 360 settings.

To equal a 360 you're gonna need at least a 4550 with DDR3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98iYnuT7y-c

Tom's Hardware Ion Benchmark

With medium settings you'd be lucky to get 10fps, while the 360 pushes a solid 60fps.

With shipping and kb/m you'd be looking at $225 for a decent htpc, but a p.o.s. gaming system.

You failed the challange.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"]

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

That's what I thought. You failed to even meet the $200 challenge with that piece of crap build, which would be lucky to get 10fps on COD4 with 360 settings.

To equal a 360 you're gonna need at least a 4550 with DDR3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98iYnuT7y-c

Tom's Hardware Ion Benchmark

With medium settings you'd be lucky to get 10fps, while the 360 pushes a solid 60fps.

With shipping and kb/m you'd be looking at $225 for a decent htpc, but a p.o.s. gaming system.

You failed the challange.

congrats you have bought one of the greatest if not THE greatest console ever

Screw tom's BS, you clearly saw the game running 30+ FPS with fraps on in that video with full effects on. Also that thing comes with wireless KB/M. Not to mention PC games cost less than 360 games. And 360 runs native 600p.Cait__Sith

Tom's Hardware has been the de facto website for benchmarks for over 10 years. :| They were also using Patriot 2GB DDR2-1066 ram, while the comp you showed had only 1GB and I doubt it was as good as what Tom's used. You'd be lucky to get 10fps on medium settings with 2xAA with your build.

Allow me to reiterate my previous statement...

Here's a challenge. Let's use Newegg exclusively. New parts only, shipping included, rebates excluded.

1. Build a rig including 64-bit OS for $400 and see what you get.

2. Build a rig including new OS for $200 and see if you can get gfx like this...

The dude already has a PS3 which he said was his primary system. For an average person wanting an additional gaming system, the 360 is the way to go. You get the PC/360 exclusives and the 360 exclusives. PC is too much trouble unless you have experience.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"] Screw tom's BS, you clearly saw the game running 30+ FPS with fraps on in that video with full effects on. Also that thing comes with wireless KB/M. Not to mention PC games cost less than 360 games. And 360 runs native 600p.gamecubepad

Tom's Hardware has been the de facto website for benchmarks for over 10 years. :| They were also using Patriot 2GB DDR2-1066 ram, while the comp you showed had only 1GB and I doubt it was as good as what Tom's used. You'd be lucky to get 10fps on medium settings with 2xAA with your build.

Allow me to reiterate my previous statement...

Here's a challenge. Let's use Newegg exclusively. New parts only, shipping included, rebates excluded.

1. Build a rig including 64-bit OS for $400 and see what you get.

2. Build a rig including new OS for $200 and see if you can get gfx like this...

The dude already has a PS3 which he said was his primary system. For an average person wanting an additional gaming system, the 360 is the way to go. You get the PC/360 exclusives and the 360 exclusives. PC is too much trouble unless you have experience.

EDIT and jsut to shut you up, you can buya "eMachines ET1810-01 Desktop Computer - Intel Celeron 420 1.6GHz, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DVDRW, NVIDIA GeForce 7050, Vista Home Basic, White"from Tigerdirectfor $179.99 and put a $508800GT in it's PCIex16 slot so $230 and you have something better than a 360 and it does DX10. And don't give me BS about the CPU bcz the 8800GT can carry it all including physics.

i gotta say it is alot better then I thought. The Live is AWESOME , and Left 4 Dead 2 is awesome. But since the PS3 is my main game system , I will only use it for exclusives, and some multiplats. But I am glad that I bought this. I am now able to finally gonna be able to see how bad or good the system is by myself without other people saying **** So if you want to add me , my Gamer Tag is MOXXSTER. Thanks guys. ( Also , my PSN is MOXXSTER )

hardyfan8

Considering your denying what you just saw on the video and resort to some charts I'm going to stop wasting time with you. I proved my point and you keep going on and on. I can just as easily say buy me a 360 new for $200 with built in Wifi, a HDD, along with free online.

Cait__Sith

Admit it, you failed the challange. Stop bringing that elitist attitude around. As a gaming system, a $500 PC is no better than a 360 or PS3.

In fact, I would recommend buying both a $300 Slim and $200 Arcade over a $500 gaming PC anyday.

I just spec'd out a $450 PC on newegg that equals the PS3/360 in gfx power and it's craptastic. With quality parts it would run $500 easy.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"]Considering your denying what you just saw on the video and resort to some charts I'm going to stop wasting time with you. I proved my point and you keep going on and on. I can just as easily say buy me a 360 new for $200 with built in Wifi, a HDD, along with free online.

Admit it, you failed the challange. Stop bringing that elitist attitude around. As a gaming system, a $500 PC is no better than a 360 or PS3.

In fact, I would recommend buying both a $300 Slim and $200 Arcade over a $500 gaming PC anyday.

I just spec'd out a $450 PC on newegg that equals the PS3/360 in gfx power and it's craptastic. With quality parts it would run $500 easy.

EDIT and jsut to shut you up, you can buya "eMachines ET1810-01 Desktop Computer - Intel Celeron 420 1.6GHz, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DVDRW, NVIDIA GeForce 7050, Vista Home Basic, White"from Tigerdirectfor $179.99 and put a $508800GT in it's PCIex16 slot so $230 and you have something better than a 360 and it does DX10. And don't give me BS about the CPU bcz the 8800GT can carry it all including physics.

Cait__Sith

You my friend are the embodiment of hermit elitism.

Bringing a single core Celeron 1.6GHz cpu to battle against a triple core, dual-threaded 3.2GHz cpu. What a joke.

I won't bother pointing out all the fallacies in your post, but the fact that you would recommend such an unbalanced PC shows you are desperate.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"]

EDIT and jsut to shut you up, you can buya "eMachines ET1810-01 Desktop Computer - Intel Celeron 420 1.6GHz, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DVDRW, NVIDIA GeForce 7050, Vista Home Basic, White"from Tigerdirectfor $179.99 and put a $508800GT in it's PCIex16 slot so $230 and you have something better than a 360 and it does DX10. And don't give me BS about the CPU bcz the 8800GT can carry it all including physics.

gamecubepad

You my friend are the embodiment of hermit elitism.

Bringing a single core Celeron 1.6GHz cpu to battle against a triple core, dual-threaded 3.2GHz cpu. What a joke.

I won't bother pointing out all the fallacies in your post, but the fact that you would recommend such an unbalanced PC shows you are desperate.

Xbox Live is indeed good. Glad you are finally able to check it out.

Congrats! You can't go wrong with the PS3/360 combo.

cool its a really fun system. We are like opposites though since I get all my multiplats on 360 and the odd exclusives I want on the ps3 (uncharted series), since the online component is superior. Plus to all the people saying pc makes an xbox 360 useless, we could reverse that and say that xbox 360 makes the pc useless. Also a good high end comp will cost you at least 1100$. I know since Im an amateur pc builder.

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

You my friend are the embodiment of hermit elitism.

Bringing a single core Celeron 1.6GHz cpu to battle against a triple core, dual-threaded 3.2GHz cpu. What a joke.

I won't bother pointing out all the fallacies in your post, but the fact that you would recommend such an unbalanced PC shows you are desperate.

Cait__Sith

Desperate hermit resorting to the emachines pre-built like all desperate hermits do, and it's still more expensive by far. Not to mention TigerDirect doesn't sell 8800GTs, just 9800GT for $80. With shipping and the 9800GT it's about $300 for a piece of crap.

Your first build runs COD4 at 10-15fps, while the 360 hits 60fps. So it's about 1/4 as powerful as a 360. Fail.

Your second build is piece of junk and uses a single core cpu and has a 250w Power Supply that will fry after 10min. of Crysis or the like. Fail.

I can't believe you would put a video card that requires a 450W psu with a 250W psu and single core cpu. That's just plain wrong.

i gotta say it is alot better then I thought. The Live is AWESOME , and Left 4 Dead 2 is awesome. But since the PS3 is my main game system , I will only use it for exclusives, and some multiplats. But I am glad that I bought this. I am now able to finally gonna be able to see how bad or good the system is by myself without other people saying **** So if you want to add me , my Gamer Tag is MOXXSTER. Thanks guys. ( Also , my PSN is MOXXSTER )

hardyfan8

Congrats! You can't go wrong with the PS3/360 combo.

robflores370

PS3 + Gaming PC = Awesome

PS3 - True Exclusives you can't find anywhere....Sony invest alot of money in thier internal studios to bring out the best out of it's system, and the usual BluRay, Wifi, Free Online bla bla.

Gaming PC/Laptop - compared to the 360, I'm surprised it hasn't been mention more in this thread, but FREE MODS & FREE ONLINE and better graphics and cheaper games....

I love my PS3 but I also love how simple it is for me to bring my laptop (4gb ram ATI HD2600 XT 512mb.....thats enough for me) over to my TV and unplug the HDMI plug that is hooked up to my PS3 and plug it into my Laptop and bam Crysis and L4D on the Big Screen...and when I'm done...put the HDMI plug back into the PS3......its very convenient.......and STEAM is great as well.

with games costing $65 on the PS3 and 360 thank god for PC pricing.....you save alot of money with free online and cheaper games when you add a gaming pc to your gaming lineup.......and again free mods that can totally change a game.....its ridiculous.

i gotta say it is alot better then I thought. The Live is AWESOME , and Left 4 Dead 2 is awesome. But since the PS3 is my main game system , I will only use it for exclusives, and some multiplats. But I am glad that I bought this. I am now able to finally gonna be able to see how bad or good the system is by myself without other people saying **** So if you want to add me , my Gamer Tag is MOXXSTER. Thanks guys. ( Also , my PSN is MOXXSTER )

hardyfan8

[QUOTE="robflores370"]

Congrats! You can't go wrong with the PS3/360 combo.

[QUOTE="Cait__Sith"][QUOTE="superapo"] Yes but may people don't have the money to buy a gaming pc, or see the need tosuperapo

[QUOTE="robflores370"]

Congrats! You can't go wrong with the PS3/360 combo.

mitu123

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="robflores370"]

Congrats! You can't go wrong with the PS3/360 combo.

SilverChimera