X Box 360 - Just bought one !!

[Hughesie II]

Just picked up a 360, plugged it into the new Plasma and oh my god you wont be seeing much of me for a few months.

Picked up PGR3 and NFSMW for now, when i come up for air wwhat else should i look out for ??

[Carlt]

Call of Duty 2

[remal]

Carlt said:

Call of Duty 2

looks better on my PC then the xbox 360

[anonymous-user]

remal said:

Carlt said: Call of Duty 2 looks better on my PC then the xbox 360

Aren't most games better on a fastish PC ? Is it just cost that makes the 360 a good idea?

[Shirkin]

Where did you buy it from?

[remal]

stovey said:

remal said: Carlt said: Call of Duty 2 looks better on my PC then the xbox 360 Aren't most games better on a fastish PC ? Is it just cost that makes the 360 a good idea?

exactly right. £280 for a 360 or £2000 for a PC. I will get one int he next few months myself. consoles are much more fun when you got the mates around.

[FunkyNige]

Shirkin said:

Where did you buy it from?

I went shopping with my mate for one, we just went to Currys in Fakenham, Norfolk. He asked if they had any left and they looked confused and said of course they had!

[Mista_V]

project gotham racing is immense, firstly because its the only game I know of with ferrari's with realistic ferrari sounds!

secondly its just like watching the stig on top gear or something...sooo real

infact i'm gonna go play it now...

[Hughesie II]

FunkyNige said:

Shirkin said: Where did you buy it from? I went shopping with my mate for one, we just went to Currys in Fakenham, Norfolk. He asked if they had any left and they looked confused and said of course they had!

Snap, except the guys in our local Comet were excited that they still had 2 in stock

[nick heppinstall]

remal said:

Carlt said: Call of Duty 2 looks better on my PC then the xbox 360

Well. Played it on my Desktop. 2800 Athlon XP,1.5GB DDR, 256mb 6800GT and a nice fast SATA Raptor and on my 360.

Overall I think the 360 has the edge. I'm running it on a 32" Tosh LCD in 720p and it's stunning.

If your're judging COD2 on the 360 playing on a demo screen in a shop then don't. The screens are shite. I was very dissapointed in the COD2 demo I saw. Running on my TV their is no comparison.

[Hughesie II]

Mista_V said:

project gotham racing is immense, firstly because its the only game I know of with ferrari's with realistic ferrari sounds!

They sound like crap, have you ever stood next to an Enzo on tickover ??

[Hughesie II]

Anyone else noticed how bloody noisy the 360 is compared say to a PS2 ??

[tim2100]

Oh yes, they are very noisy!!

Although I have found a solution!! Just turn the TV up!! lol

[john purdie]

PLEASE GET CONDEMNED! SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME!!!

also got NBA (dont buy) PGR (UNREAL) and NFS (OKAY but not as good as PGR)

best console yet IMHO!!

[_dobbo_]

had a go on condemned last night - not sure I want a game to scare the crap out of me (which it did), so I'll give that one a miss.

Perfect dark zero just doesn't seem that special at all.

PGR3 however is an absolute hoot, looks, plays and sounds fantastic.

[Mista_V]

Hughesie II

In answer to that no i haven't stood next to an enzo ticking over but I meant compared to other games that have these cars on I think they've done a pretty decent job.

[Hughesie II]

Mista_V said:

Hughesie II In answer to that no i haven't stood next to an enzo ticking over but I meant compared to other games that have these cars on I think they've done a pretty decent job.

se

I think the Viper is about the only one that sounds like a real car, all in my humble opinion of course

[Neil_H]

nick heppinstall said:

remal said: Carlt said: Call of Duty 2 looks better on my PC then the xbox 360 Well. Played it on my Desktop. 2800 Athlon XP,1.5GB DDR, 256mb 6800GT and a nice fast SATA Raptor and on my 360. Overall I think the 360 has the edge. I'm running it on a 32" Tosh LCD in 720p and it's stunning. If your're judging COD2 on the 360 playing on a demo screen in a shop then don't. The screens are shite. I was very dissapointed in the COD2 demo I saw. Running on my TV their is no comparison.

Graphics hardware on PCs is more advanced and always will be more advanced than even the latest consoles. Try it with the current generation of top-end cards (X1800 for example) which have output for HD TVs and you will see that the 360 is already well out-of-date. Of course the graphics card alone costs more than a 360 but you get what you pay for! Compare the respective versions of Quake 4 for a comparison, I haven't seen it myself but apparently the 360 really struggles to run it.

Consoles have their place for being convenient, easy, better when your mates are over etc, but will always lag behind in pure power.

[Hughesie II]

john purdie said:

PLEASE GET CONDEMNED!

I just put mine back in the box, no way i'm playing a game that i have to clean up afterwards...

[deckster]

Neil_H said:

Graphics hardware on PCs is more advanced and always will be more advanced than even the latest consoles. Try it with the current generation of top-end cards (X1800 for example) which have output for HD TVs and you will see that the 360 is already well out-of-date.

No argument here, if you're just talking numbers...but...

Neil_H said:

Of course the graphics card alone costs more than a 360 but you get what you pay for!

Do you? Do you really? Do you get 10x as much out of your ninja PC than you do from your PlayCubeBox? Does that extra resolution, those extra few frames really make that much of a difference? Add in the endless cycle of upgrades, driver downloads and hardware conflicts, and for most people the answer is a resounding no.