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[Beebop]

It must be worth the money!

[foultzboyz]

It's nice--having paid only that much for those parts.

[timoo]

Despite the high price, I think it was a good deal!

[Beebop]

Anything that can play Oblivion without framerate issues is a good deal.

[timoo]

Yeah, more than a good deal man

[Beebop]

The oblivion graphics put many video cards through much pain.

[foultzboyz]

GeForce 8 graphics on a notebook--I wish I had that. Mine has Intel GMA. Just as budget and crappy as it sounds. (GMA 950, to be specific.) It has a rough time with old games even. Unreal Tournament 2003 doesn't quite play optimally (which is bad considering the pace of the game and quick flicks of the mouse you have to make before the other guy to kill him before he kills you) and slows down with many objects and explosions. Unreal Tournament 2004 lags real bad, and I couldn't stand it. At least it does UT99 well...

[Beebop]

They say that some games on the PS3 even experience lag in some places.

[foultzboyz]

Right--the PoS3 though didn't even use a 7900 series-based card. It was cheap, a 7800GTX, that won't hold up to advancing technology unlike the Xbox360's. Sony has to learn that many console gamers don't care about high performance since you don't buy a console to upgrade it... (The GeForce 8 series had a lot of new features--that thing's already falling back) Sony must also remember that graphics card(s) are the most important parts of a gaming machine--I like the six-core 3.2GHz processor, though what's the use of the mega processing power if your graphics card can't keep up?

[Beebop]

So the PS3 Graphics card is already out of date?

[foultzboyz]

Console manufacturers usually tune it up more so it can handle more--Sony didn't even do much of that though, and the PoS3 is going to rely on its processing power. Processors can help hold a game up, though they can't do all the work. I predict a bad future for it...

[Beebop]

Hopefully with the combined good enough card and decent processor, it should be able to handle. I hope so, because I was planning on getting one.

[foultzboyz]

You seem like quite the fickle kind of guy...

[Beebop]

I guess I am. I change my mind often.

[Jman]

If I were you I wouldn't buy a PS3 go for the 360.

[Beebop]

I might. It's a hard decision.

[foultzboyz]

The Xbox360 has better games, graphics, HD-DVD support (better than paying up for Blu-Ray), hard disks up to 120GB (over the PoS3's North American and European maximum of 60GB right now), and many other advantages. It's likely that sometime soon (maybe) I'll have a 360 accompanying my Dreamcast and Super Nintendo. (Need yet another power strip though to.) It's $500 after a price drop (they're so cheap) and the most advanced 360 model (the black 360 Elite) is still less.

[neo]

I'm getting a Wii, because its fun, I don't care about the graphics. ^^

[foultzboyz]

Yes, and it is still half as much as the PoS3. It's the experience, not the technology that matters. (Unless you're PC gaming.) I may just get a 360 to support it.

[Jman]

The Xbox360 has better games, graphics, HD-DVD support (better than paying up for Blu-Ray), hard disks up to 120GB (over the PoS3's North American and European maximum of 60GB right now), and many other advantages. It's likely that sometime soon (maybe) I'll have a 360 accompanying my Dreamcast and Super Nintendo. (Need yet another power strip though to.) It's $500 after a price drop (they're so cheap) and the most advanced 360 model (the black 360 Elite) is still less.

Yeah, I would wait though for the Elite's price to drop a bit more, or I would buy it ASAP and pre-order Halo 3 this instant.