why did i wait so long to get an xbox

[Margaret]

You've not noticed that Call Of Duty 4 and Battlefield 2 look better on PCs then.

CoD4 looks far, far better on PC than it did on 360 in my experience, the PC has much more vibrant colours I was well surprised when I fired up the PC version for the first time and went on Overgrown, the difference was huge.

 

[Darkwave]

CoD4 looks far, far better on PC than it did on 360 in my experience, the PC has much more vibrant colours I was well surprised when I fired up the PC version for the first time and went on Overgrown, the difference was huge.

I agree and being able to whack on 8x/16xAA and 16xAF in COD4 just makes it look incredible.

 

[Warbie]

Also why is Crysis is not in the minority but Mass Effect and PDZ are? Bias much?

Simply because the vast majority of games I buy for the various consoles run fine. When I was in the rat race of pc upgrading I was unhappy with the performance of most modern games.

You've not noticed that Call Of Duty 4 and Battlefield 2 look better on PCs then.

Hardware depending. I disagree that the 360 is on par with 7900 series. Take a fairly decent pc from around the time the 360 came out, say 2 years ago, and compare how games like Gears of War, Oblivion, CoD etc run. I'd give the 360 the edge. Now look at something like Crysis on the same pc - we're talking low/medium settings and a framerate that will be droping into the 20's - it looks like arse.

Games can look better on the pc, no doubt, but you pay a premium for it. Having seen Bioshock, CoD etc on an 8800 I certainly haven't been impressed enough to want to pay the differemce. Perhaps if the pc was getting exclusives like it used to, but that's another moan and another thread.

 

[Darkwave]

I disagree that the 360 is on par with 7900 series.

You mean apart from the fact that the Xenox GPU is an R500 (X1800)?

I was going to reply to the rest of your post but it being that time of year *grumble* I have to go and socialise with people and stuff like that, grrrr. Catch you later Warbie.

 

[Warbie]

You mean apart from the fact that the Xenox GPU is an R500 (X1800)?

Not comparing like for like. A console with a x1800 will get far more out of it than a pc will.

I was going to reply to the rest of your post but it being that time of year *grumble* I have to go and socialise with people and stuff like that, grrrr. Catch you later Warbie.

Aye, I have a mountain of presents to wrap. Cyas

 

[DanTheMan]

2 years ago I spent £300 on a 360 which to this day plays games with graphics that are the best of the best without any hassle.

2 years and 3 months ago, I spent £1400 on a gaming pc and today I struggle to play the latest games on medium, without any AA and AF.

Even counting in the price of my HDTV, £400 for a 37" TV, it's still half the price of the pc and is going to last for atleast another year or two.

I know it's better to have the best of both worlds but for those on a budget like myself, there's only one choice.

 

[Darkwave]

I spent £1400 on a gaming pc

Ripped yourself off. Honestly, I'd hate PC's too if I bought them as carelessly as you lot do.