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Is your PC *that* slow when playing games? I have a P4 2.4GHz machine with a
GeForce 2 MX 32 (!) in it....and I can play everything I want to
perfectly....

I used to have an AMD TBird 1.2Ghz in it, and could still play
everything....maybe not at huge resolutions....but never got discouraged
from playing a game....

That said, I would pick up an XBox if I were in your position. It is a pain
to have to buy games. But, I've found ebay is a good source for half price
games.

Gaming just feels better on a console to me. You know you're on an even
playing field. Everyone has the same system, same controller.....If you
suck, you know it's you and not your framerate keeping you down. Plus XBox
games look the best out of all the consoles and as good if not better than
their PC counterparts. I prefer XBox graphics....PC monitors show too much
detail, and then I start getting picky.....



"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 If i get the xbox, how outdated will it be by the time the next console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.
>
>