Upgrade PC or stick with 360?

Hi all

As the title suggests im not sure what to do between upgrading my PC and buying some games for it or to stay on the 360 and get some games for that.

My PC specs are AMD Athlon 3000+, 1 gig of ram, ATI X600 PCI-E 128MB DDR, 80 GIG Hard disk on 5200RPM, and the rest is usual onboard sound and stuff, CD RW and DVD ROM Drives.

Im looking at playing First Person shoot em ups, strategy games, management games, racing games and just all sorts really.

Im worried that the cost of 360 games with the extra content would be too much and that if it breaks down I will have to fork out a more money to get it fixed and such.

Any ideas?

Cheers :question: 

if your worried about cost, buy a wii :D best games for the best pricesexy_luigi

 Maybe because he doesnt want Gamecube ports with new controls:|

Lol, the games are just the same cost as a 360 though arent they? Also the Wii seems to be more of a party console than single player or online?

Cheers 

Lol, the games are just the same cost as a 360 though arent they? Also the Wii seems to be more of a party console than single player or online?

 

Cheers 

Garfield360UK

no, theyre actually 10 dollars cheaper than the 360. there are a lot of single player games on the wii like twilight princess and the newly released super paper mario. Nintento is also taking an initiative with online with games such as pokemon and battalion wars

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Lol, the games are just the same cost as a 360 though arent they? Also the Wii seems to be more of a party console than single player or online?

 

Cheers

sexy_luigi

no, theyre actually 10 dollars cheaper than the 360. there are a lot of single player games on the wii like twilight princess and the newly released super paper mario. Nintento is also taking an initiative with online with games such as pokemon and battalion wars

Ah right, over in the UK they are roughly same price and the paper mario isnt out here yet :( I did like the games on that system but thats £180 just on the console with no games or owt

Im looking at playing First Person shoot em ups, strategy games, management games, racing games and just all sorts really.

Garfield360UK

All arguments of specs aside, if you're looking for shooters and strategy games, PC is the undisputed king, in terms of the interface and the range of games available, especially if you're looking for online multiplayer. Racing games in my opinion are better suited to a console, but there are several excellent PC racers around. To be honest, I'm not really sure what you mean by 'management' games, I'm guessing stuff like Sim-City, Theme Park and whatnot, I could be completely wrong though.

I'd say PC personally, but it's up to you in the end.

Hi all

 

As the title suggests im not sure what to do between upgrading my PC and buying some games for it or to stay on the 360 and get some games for that.

 

My PC specs are AMD Athlon 3000+, 1 gig of ram, ATI X600 PCI-E 128MB DDR, 80 GIG Hard disk on 5200RPM, and the rest is usual onboard sound and stuff, CD RW and DVD ROM Drives.

 

Im looking at playing First Person shoot em ups, strategy games, management games, racing games and just all sorts really.

 

Im worried that the cost of 360 games with the extra content would be too much and that if it breaks down I will have to fork out a more money to get it fixed and such.

 

Any ideas?

 

Cheers :question:

Garfield360UK

if you go a new graphics card, say something like a 7900gs/x1900gt you could run new game pretty well and an extra gig of ram could also make a big difference, you cpu is still ok for new games.  that upgrade could be had for about $200

Since you like strategy and fps pc is the way to go and pc gets all the major sport and racing games as well

Wait until ATI releases its cards to upgrade your PC.

There will be a MIGHTY slump in prices then.

RAM is actually quite cheap now.

I was going to buy an 8800 GTS and I bought the GeOW 360 premium pack, Dead Rising, and a VGA cable instead (though trading in my original Xbox).

Worth it :) 

Since you live in UK as I...I can tell you only one thing: PC games cost £24 at day of release while the cheapest new 360 games you can find go at £40...

Thats £15 saved on EACH game....with just 12 games you save £180... Which is the equivalent of a 8800GTS http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/+Albatron+GeForce+8800GTS+320MB+PCI-E?productId=26476

PC is the way to go in UK and in EU in general... 

Would it be worth getting a 7900 now or wait for the dx10 cards? Cheers I might do the ram and new hard disk as well as im not SATA still old set up for hard disk lolGarfield360UK

Wait until about May when ATI releases there DX10 cards. Then the 8800GTS prices will drop. It's already at $250 on newegg. Probably will be around $200 by then. 

get a ps3 its basically a computer anyway e20Dylan

I think you should stick with the 360. There are a lot of games this year and next for the 360 that include RTS, FPS, light sims, etc.

I think you should stick with the 360. There are a lot of games this year and next for the 360 that include RTS, FPS, light sims, etc.

 

PS3_3DO

light Sims....lol.....

what the hell is a light sim.....

pc,

oc that processor if u know how

get 8600 when comes out

maybe add a little ram

I think you should stick with the 360. There are a lot of games this year and next for the 360 that include RTS, FPS, light sims, etc.

PS3_3DO

I dunno, the games on PC are pretty much cheaper at the moment than 360 over in the UK (GRAW 1 is £6.99 on the PC currently, its like £20 in 360) but at least I know it will work straight off (well technically it should do lol). I do have a 360 its just I dunno whether to buy games for that or upgrade the PC.

Cheers for suggestions :) 

I'd say PC, lookin' at the games you wanna play it's the perfect platform. Further the 360 is(to me at least) a very dissappointing console it just keeps on giving trouble.