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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).
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Given your financial predicament, I would go with the Xbox route, even
though from a personal standpoint, I'm 90% a pc gamer and 10% a
console gamer. If you had more money to play with, then the pc route
would make more sense. Even after getting a 9600pro, IMO, you would
need a MB/CPU upgrade at the very least sometime over the next year.
So at least on the hardware side, the console route figures to be much
cheaper.

And depending on what means you plan to acquire games for either the
Xbox or the PC, it can be very cheap, or very expensive for either.

Terence