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"Pug Fugley2" <no...@not.com> wrote in message
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> The Xbox is a FAR better deal, considering that card is not much faster
than
> what you already have and is not the bottleneck in your system. You won't
> see a $300 improvement, but the Xbox opens up completely new aveneus for
you
> and you probably won't bother with your PC after using the Xbox.
>

Yeah, i am interested in people's opinions on how much of an improvement i
might see from that card. its a pain in the butt unless you find someone who
went the same route as you and can give you some real life performance
numbers.
The 9600 inst FASTER by much, but it is a dx9 card. Of course, the xbox is
Dx8, but coders seem to get some incredible gfx from it (see the realtime
movie for HALO2 that was shown at e3).

If i plunk down money for the new card, i can get games and demos for free
basically, and dont have to worry about buying junk (i can try and buy), but
i see more and more games at pawnshops for the xbox, so i guess i can always
go that route, and get good games at about $40 canadian, which is a really
great deal if you think of it.
And this way i know I really WANT a game if i plunk cash down for it, as
opposed to demos and crap on the pc.

Thanks for your imput btw.

-Steven.

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>
> "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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