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lets just say that the x-box is pointless if you have a computer, CAUSE THATS WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!!! A low-end computer with an opeating system that limits you to do nothing. |
You just described every games console ever made, including gameboys, most mobile phones and calculators, digital TVs and radios.... I could go on.
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| The only thing I was trying to say is that, in having a Hard drive in an X-Box it SLOWS the game time down, maybe not while running so much, but it will definatly slow down load times, which is not cool for a console. |
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| By actually using out of house computer parts to build a system is, well, nothing short of lazyness. (and yes the entire X-Box is built from out of house hardware, as is CERTAIN parts, such as video units in other consoles, but not the entire freakin' thing). |
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| Anyway, it is all opinion on whether you like the X-Box or not, |
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| However, you shouldn't get on someones back because they think it's like a computer, because it is. It is the one console that IS a computer. The others at least don't RELY on hard disk support (Which again makes it slower). That's all I was trying to say. |
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HD is faster than DVD read. Thus, caching files to the HD from the DVD speeds up game speed. Therefore, using an HD actually SPEEDS the game up and reduces load times. |
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The XBox used a custom NVidia chip that you couldn't buy at the time it came out, and you're telling me it's off the shelf? Besides, why is it lazy? Using existing hardware makes the console cheaper for construction, ergo the console is cheaper for the end user. That way you sell more boxes, for less price. Everybody wins, unless you're a rampant Microsoft hater and don't want to see anyone buy this thing. |
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No s**t. That's the way all consoles are, as well as any other kind of "like". |
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All I'm trying to say is, don't post ever again. |
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PS - The Dreamcast, Gamecube and PS2 can run Linux. Does that make them computers as well |
X-Box 2 specs......
3 IBM g5-class 64 bit cpus
an ATI graphics chip-256 meg
Its rumoured to be based on the forthcoming Windows longhorn OS and will be direct x-10 compatable
dont get too excited, its not due for a while 
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You just described every games console ever made, including gameboys, most mobile phones and calculators, digital TVs and radios.... I could go on. |
True, but what made the x-box even more useless is its games were already on the comp, except for a few exceptiolns (DOA)
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X-Box 2 specs...... 3 IBM g5-class 64 bit cpus dont get too excited, its not due for a while |
I think these specs are correct, I wouldn't be surprised that their using a G5 for it, those things are beasts, They render so fast, but in anycase my comp that im on now is much better than that.....well if I overclock my 9800 pro a bit, just a tad bit.
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Right, right, because memory is slower then a hard disk..... (other consoles load that information into memory instead of reading directly off the DVD) |
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The hardware used was only 'new' for a small period of time, meaning most people who've bought an X-Box bought it after they could have goten that hardware seperatly. |
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YES, I already said that twice. But my point was in the mannor they use them. However, the X-Box is the only 'console' which is also of the X86 architecture... |
i read in a newspaper article yesteday that microsoft have shiped the Xbox 2 development kits out to the developers its on a dual Apple G5 with a Radeon 9800 but they will be upgrading them when they get their custom ATI card
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| i read in a newspaper article yesteday that microsoft have shiped the Xbox 2 development kits out to the developers its on a dual Apple G5 with a Radeon 9800 but they will be upgrading them when they get their custom ATI card
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Read the first post on this topic...
[addsig]I'd like to take this opportunity to say that if you don't have an Xbox, you're missing out on the best game released so far this year.
Back to playing Ninja Gaiden.
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| So, if you already have a computer, why, oh why, would you get an X-Box? |
Because it has great games unavailable on other consoles (Otogi, Project Gotham Racing, Phantom Crash, JSRF, and the list goes on and on), and because playing games on a console is a vastly different experience to playing on some s**tty illegal emulator. Gone is the joy of chilling on your couch with 3 mates, 4 controllers and a big TV for some quality deathmatch on Halo's Blood Gulch. Gone is the joy of having a console that can also be used to watch the many films you and your flatmates frequently buy. Sure a DVD drive on your computer is cheaper, but its somewhat different to having a permanent DVD player sat in your lounge.
As for some of these daft other comments about "having a hard drive slowing it down" - who gives a s**t? Since when is it noticeable whether Soul Calibur 2 or Burnout 2 take slightly longer to load on the Xbox than the other systems? And to be honest I'd be incredibly sceptical about that. Even if it IS true, I'd happily put up with a second or two delay in order to get smoother graphics and a faster framerate, and in many cases a more suitable controller (particularly for racing games).
Omegaslayer, you are excedingly ignorant if you think DOA is one of few Xbox specific games. As for saying "almost all are available on the PC", I think you will find that very few are in truth. All I can hope is that if you ever contribute to the worlds gene pool, your offspring don't jump to such obviously untrue conclusions, and then state them like facts.
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Because it has great games unavailable on other consoles |
all this assumes, that great games is a term everyone uses..
i for one, have very limited access or initiative to do so, but have never seen a game that compares to a PC version, and feel if it is truly great, it will either be released as a PC version 1st, or eventually at least.
"great games" is very subjective.. my likes are few, my time is even smaller to waste on them.. no xbox version of civilization is around that i know of, actually no games at all i would buy are for xbox..
sadly.. i do not consider someone else's idea of great to be motivation enuff.
anyways, the market exists in spite of PC's, so there must be some redeeming value..
/ 2 cents
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