Hi, Guest
HD gaming on the original XBox was disgusting... 480p if you were lucky. I honestly can't recall if the PS2 offers HD gaming.
A valid point is raised about HDTVs being required for HD gaming. That's a no-brainer as far as ANY geek goes. It's like me saying that my video card can play Battlefront 2 @ 2048x1536 (I wish) at 60 FPS. I'll never know or enjoy such a feat as my monitor only displays 1280x1024. However, I see a BIG upswing in HDTVs being bought in the very near future as our "Elitist Geek" brethren realize that something is horribly, horribly wrong in FSAA land.
3.2GHz PPC Processor? :blink: What type of water-cooling is involved in keeping that bad boy tame? I've seen reasonably-aircooled FX57s @ 3GHz and up, but that's still ultra high-end cooling with quick 80mms or medium-speed 120mm fans. And, dual-core is a waste on gaming right now anyways - 99.99% of all games are still single-threaded. And if you're constantly editing and rendering while gaming, gaming will still suffer (AMD or Intel, and more Intel than AMD) because both cores share a common memory bus and controller.
But I digress, we're talking about consoles. I think a LOT of 360 owners will shat themselves when they realize it's not all THAT sexy, and nothing like they've seen at the very fancy (and expensive) demo booths all over.
A valid point is raised about HDTVs being required for HD gaming. That's a no-brainer as far as ANY geek goes. It's like me saying that my video card can play Battlefront 2 @ 2048x1536 (I wish) at 60 FPS. I'll never know or enjoy such a feat as my monitor only displays 1280x1024. However, I see a BIG upswing in HDTVs being bought in the very near future as our "Elitist Geek" brethren realize that something is horribly, horribly wrong in FSAA land.
3.2GHz PPC Processor? :blink: What type of water-cooling is involved in keeping that bad boy tame? I've seen reasonably-aircooled FX57s @ 3GHz and up, but that's still ultra high-end cooling with quick 80mms or medium-speed 120mm fans. And, dual-core is a waste on gaming right now anyways - 99.99% of all games are still single-threaded. And if you're constantly editing and rendering while gaming, gaming will still suffer (AMD or Intel, and more Intel than AMD) because both cores share a common memory bus and controller.
But I digress, we're talking about consoles. I think a LOT of 360 owners will shat themselves when they realize it's not all THAT sexy, and nothing like they've seen at the very fancy (and expensive) demo booths all over.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.