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"Wesley" <�����@������.com> wrote in message
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> "Me" <m...@me.com> wrote in message
> news:1f4a006c7b7c68f47ae7e87745d748ba@TeraNews...
> > > I'm afraid to say so called ALL console like...X-BOX, GAMECUBE, PS2
ARE
> > TAKE
> > > OVER THE PC COMPUTER FOR FUN GAMES!!!
> > Yeah, maybe for you. I guess you aren't the type that likes to modify
> games?
>
> No I have hundred of TC and MAPS for DOOM 1 & II hell even i does still
> collect maps for Heretic, Hexen, Descent, Duke NUKEM 3D
>
> but DOOM 3 ? I don't think so...let alone X-BOX!!!!
>
> I would have to upgrade again all new scratch it could me cost for more
than
> $1500 yet X-BOX under $400

I bought my box for $695 Australian, granted I need a new video card for
doom3 and some ram (Probably ~$300 for all that) but by the time Doom3 comes
out I think your estimate of $1500 to get a pc that runs it is going to be
grossly overstated. The $695 does not include the monitor, keyboard and
mouse, in my case I chose to buy new perphirals (17" monitor $169, keyboard
and mouse under $50 total) but in most cases people can buy a new box on the
cheap and keep their old stuff.

I would suggest it might be a good idea for people to stop crying about the
whole doom3 will make them upgrade their computer issue, it's the same thing
that's been happening for years, people have been forced to get new
boxes/equipment for new games for years, I think it would be safe to say
that since 1995 at a conservative estimate their has been a game at least
every 2 years which has required people to upgrade for them to be able to
run it. As a comparison have a look at what a console from the same time
looks like and see just how far behind current PC technology it looks and
performs, in 5 or so years that will be you and your fantastic plastic xbox,
you get what you pay for, and in the case of the xbox you pay for a low
spec, non-upgradable PC in a crappy plastic box.

-sTiVen
http://www.planetquake.com/sgquake