Who's planning on getting an Xbox 360?

[schmosef]

I don't expect them to give me free games, but the online gaming part is free.
(once you buy the game of course)

You got my hopes up for xbox when you said silver is free, free but no gaming...bleh

You know what? That is shitty. I misunderstood what one gets with Silver.

I would guess that the Nintendo offering will be two tiered as well.

The free service will be for online gaming and the subscription service will be to have access to the back catalog.

I don't see them charging for individual games. There's simmply too many of them.

[Guru]

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[Nowhere]

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[Guru]

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[Tjalfe]

Sad..

[schmosef]

DING DING DING!!!!!!!

We have a WINNER!

I can rest assured that my 360 will go to a worthy home and be taken care of by a family willing to do what it takes to ensure the best interactive experience.

[Guru]

guess she "got" it

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[schmosef]

Sad..

"Sad" that you don't have an XBox 360 to give her?

[Mehen]

Oh, don't jump to conclusions that soon...
http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.p.../gpus-vs-cell/

Wasn't aware that I was comparing the GPU to the cell...

Anyways...

If the cell is really that good in action why would they even use the video card? Why not just more cell cores? And if the cell is really that good, why hasn't it invaded the PC market?

[Paddy]

Definatelly not all of games in MAME

Yeah not all MAME games work, and i'll admit that of all the emulators, the N64 is the weakest. My point was, the 360 will not offer me anything new.

If i had a HDTV, or they started to release afordable, playable games then perhaps things would be different. But for those without HTVD, a vanilla xbox is they way to go.

[Nowhere]

Wasn't aware that I was comparing the GPU to the cell...

Anyways...

If the cell is really that good in action why would they even use the video card? Why not just more cell cores? And if the cell is really that good, why hasn't it invaded the PC market?

It doesn't matter it wasn't compared to GPU - you simply stated it was no match And while that might be true for "office" kind of stuff...this stuff isn't speed limited by ANY cpu on market today. The tasks that are limited are precisely the ones at which Cell is geared.
BTW, I'm not saying that Opterons will be no match in a similar way to what you did, I'm saying that we most probably have something interesting here and we should wait, not state without any proofs that it will be a flop
And are you really serious in last three questions?

[Mehen]

Yeah why not? They put the cell up against the gpu core in video processing related tests - what I am questioning is the whole point of that test. What are they trying to prove with it?

[Mehen]

4. The graphics are sub-par. Really mediocre for the price. They're equivalent to a decent gaming PC. "But that's great!" you say. And it is... today. Six months from now, the 360 will look silly compared to the GeFart 9000 or the Radeon Giga600 or whatever is out. In 2 years? Forget it. This system was supposed to be a quantum leap forward in graphics quality, but it turns out that turning on AF and FSAA is too costly in processing power - to the point that not a single game available now does it. And yes, I have links for the screenshots to show the horrifying jaggies and bad filtering on the 360, but as y'all have pointed out I'm a bit tired and disorganized. But seriously, the BIG selling argument everyone uses is "I can play it on my HDTV!". Guess what - if you can see the jaggies and the bad filtering on a REGULAR TV... it'll look SCARY on an HDTV. Oops!

Basically what I was backing up was this ^^
Longevity in a console's technology is a lost cause.
Wonder if NEXT generation consoles will come with upgradable GPU & CPUs. I think a socket 939 xbox would be pretty cool I would like to see how an FX-57 does in there as opposed to the cell

[Gurm]

Basically what I was backing up was this ^^
Longevity in a console's technology is a lost cause.
Wonder if NEXT generation consoles will come with upgradable GPU & CPUs. I think a socket 939 xbox would be pretty cool I would like to see how an FX-57 does in there as opposed to the cell

Absolutely. But you know what? When the PS2 came out, you just did NOT have graphics like that on a PC. Even the XBox was head and shoulders above the current crop of graphics cards at the time - it had the NEXT chip from nVidia in it. This time around, you can already buy a better card for the PC. The graphics of the XBox 360 do not impress - meaning it will have to stand on its games. Sadly, that's NOT the XBox's strong suit!

[Nowhere]

Yeah why not? They put the cell up against the gpu core in video processing related tests - what I am questioning is the whole point of that test. What are they trying to prove with it?

Have you really read the link at all?