91dxcrx

yea, I keep telling my friend that I'm gonna get a modded x-box and he keeps telling me that x-box sucks compared to computer. well for people that dont have $1000 to spend on a nice gaming computer, an x-box is very practical and does a lot considering how much it costs.

kain

i dont know. i played it, and i wasnt tooo impressed by it. all i think it is is a better version of halo with new levels. thats about all it is. the online multiplayer is like anything else, but the system is fucked up and confusing.

87na_rx7

thats the funniest thing ive read today. Since when does microsoft make computer hadware besides mice and keyboards?Saying PC's are made by microsoft is kinda dumb... microsoft make software. And no an XP DOES NOT have the graphics capabilities that a PC has, you cannot get the resolution you can get from your PC on a TV not even with HDTV.

dragon

Thats not what i ment but i'll be more specific. You cant really say PC is better than Xbox. Here are the specs of Xbox...

a Pentium III Coppermine 733 MHz processor;
250MHz custom Xchip, developed by Microsoft and nVIDIA (comparable to Geforce 3 ti 200);
64 MB DDR (Samsung) shared-memory;
10GB (Seagate) or 8GB (western Digital) hard drive (only 8GB is used);
4 Proprietary USB ports;
MCPX which offers
-64 audio channels (up to 256 stereo channels)
-Support for DSL2 libraries
-Real time AC3 encoding
5x CAV DVD player;
Conexant NTSC video converter;
10 base 100 NIC;

There is not a single game on PC that uses per-pixel lighting the way that Halo does. Everything is bumped mapped and volumetric lighting everywhere. I have not seen anything even close to it on the PC. The reason the quality of the XBOX appears lower is because I'm viewing it on a television rather than a high-resolution monitor. I could really see the superior graphics on XBOX playing amped -- the snow effects and lighting are very good. Again, the TV is what biased my perception. the TV as an output device is really a kick in the pants for the current generation of consoles. Hopefully things will look up when HDTV becomes more prevalent. I feel that when I play games on my PC, an "acceptable" resolution is 1152x864 or higher, and a TV can't touch that.

Really, the seem equal to my eyes and seem just as powerful. But There are some disadvantages with pc

One is the cost. PC games are more expsensive.Perhaps worse, we seem to be at a point where manufacturers would rather make them more powerful than cheaper, whether we need the speed or not. eventually every PC gamer will encounter some technical complication, be it a device driver that needs updating or components that are simply incompatible. installing a game on your computer is always a bit of a gamble. You never really know if it's going to work until you're actually playing the game, and even then, in the back of your mind, you're expecting it to crash at any moment.

Im not looking to start a Xbox or PC war...just putting my .02 on the matter thats all.

87na_rx7

just look @ it this way, the Xbox is an outdated PC, there is much better hardare out nowadays. Just because a PC game has not used per pixel lighting like halo has does not mean a PC is not capabale of it, in fact it is more capable.

R-MAK

kids from germany screem like girls :P

dragon

thats why they are coming out with an Xbox 2 Like i said Xbox and PC is equal in my eyes so why are we fighting??

B00M3R

I love my moded xbox, 200 gig drive, XBMC to play all my movies I download.
Plays on the big screen instead of my monitor, runs Pytohon scrips for streaming audio and video.
I even have a browser so if someone is on my PC I can still surf HMT.

Here is a list of games/emulators/programs I have on my xbox.

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Burnout 3
Kung Fu Chaos
SONICHEROES
SSX 3
Project Gotham Racing 2
OutRun2
ToeJam & Earl III
True Crime: Streets of LA
CAPCOM VS. SNK2 EO
Lotus Challenge
Tony Hawk's Underground
The Italian Job
Splinter Cell 2
Shellshock NAM'67
Killer Instinct X
Brute Force
MARVEL VS. CAPCOM2
Halo 2
Fable
Riddick
Antz Extreme Racing
Star Wars BattleFront
Richard Burns Rally
THUG 2
Wakeboarding Unleashed
Corvette
Spider-Man 2
Street Racing Syndicate
kill switch
NFS:Underground
X-Men: Next Dimension
X-Men Legends
Mashed
Sudeki
Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open
Buffy: The Vampire
Slayer
Colin McRae Rally 3
Counter-Strike
CRAZY TAXI 3 High Roller
DRIV3R
Finding Nemo
Medal Of Honor Frontline
PSO
phantomcrash
SOULCALIBUR2
Star Wars: KotOR
State of Emergency
TMNT
Project Zoo
Ultra Bust A Moe
Incredibles
Frame 2
Tron 2.0 : Killer App
uaex
c64
UltraXLE-v1.0b
FBAlpha
gnuboy
dgenx
hugonew
MAMEoX
Launcher
ngpc
xsms
Stella
NES
Project 64 X
Handy Lynx Emulator
colecovision
fmsxbox
ScummVMx
X-Genesis-pt2k4
pcsxbox
LinksBoks
Bo-XLink
DVD-X2 DongleFree DVD-Player
Xbox Media Center
BiosCheck
BoXplorer
dvd2xbox
Px HDD Loader
Enigmah Videomode Switchdisc
Xbox FTP Client
Xbox Watch
XCommander R2
Xenium
boXplorer
Px HDD Loader
XBcopy
xToolBox
UnleashX
Xbox Launcher
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91dxcrx

xbox might be an outdated pc, but its a damn good one for the money. many people including myself dont want to spend the money for a nice gaming computer, which would cost a hell of a lot more than an xbox

vacant_disguise

meh the only thing i like about halo is red vs blue. and that isnt really to do with the game so much. but damn its funny. but i havent played much.