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I am on a budget for gaming, and i would like to either upgrade my current
system, or get a console to play games on the the next year or two.

My current pc is:
Athlon xp1800+ (1.5ghz)
Geforce 3ti 200 (overclocked to ti500 speeds)
512 megs pc2100 ram

I am looking at getting a saphire radeon 9600pro card. This card runs at
about $239.00 canadian, i can get an xbox refurbished by microsoft for the
exact same price, or i can go with the adrenaline pack and get the xbox,
halo, and amped for about $279 canadian without taxes.
I wouldnt really play amped, but i would play halo.

of course, halo will be out on pc this year.

What is more worth my money? Really, i get alot of games from friends for
the pc. i buy as much as i cant, but cant afford every big release, so i buy
the ones i like, and sort of borrow the ones i dont (please, no flames
because of this, i am still a "poor" student type person).

If i go xbox, i have to consisder software. There is less of it, but its
easy to pop a game in and just play.

If i get the xbox, how outdated will it be by the time the next console
systems come out (in 2006 it seems now)?

If i get the radeon 9600, will i be able to even PLAY games like hl2 and
doom3 properly? or will those games be better out on the xbox for a guy like
me.

If i stay with pc, i will have to keep upgrading the cpu, hdd, and ram. that
gets pricey.

Please, give me some advice.
I play alot of FPS games, but that is because i dont like sports games on
the pc, i do play them occasionally on my gamecube, because i have a proper
controller on that console. I would play mroe sports games if i had an xbox
i imagine, i am thinking of the sega sports titles here.

Are there that many xbox exclusive games out there? what about in the
future?

oh boy, so many questions.
Thanks.
Steven.