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"joe" <j...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ZQ98b.439886$4UE.416956@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Are you going to get your jollies watching this thread grow and grow?
>

Nope joe, i hope i will find people that arent going to act like a prick who
can give me their advice based on which direction (console or pc) they have
gone.

> Figure it out yourself you twat.
>

I love usenet. Its full of so many nice peole ;-)

>
> "Steven C (Doktersteve)" <real_dok...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:RE98b.115836$kW.109566@edtnps84...
> > 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 If i get the xbox, how outdated will it be by the time the next console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.
> >
> >
>
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