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Woohoo Look What I Picked Up This Morning


MR.B

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I saw this machine in action for the first time today, playing COD2 on a nice plasma TV, it did look great and I was very impressed as it ran much nicer than my pc. However there were areas of slowdown in game which I was suprised to see, especially for one for one of the initial titles to be released for this platform and they've not even started pushing what this machine can actually do?!

 

Still, a worth console for sure :)

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Hi mate - nice to see you were impressed. :)

 

The BIGGEST issue with CoD2 is with the smoke effects, they are fakking superb, but on the PC you need a massive spec machine to cope with them. On mine the FPS halves when smoke is involved :eek:

 

And that will be the failing of the 360. TBH, my biggest critism is it should have 1GB RAM. My PC is running P4 2.9, 256MB DDR3 6600GT graphics and 1024MB RAM and it still struggles with smoke.......

 

However - my PC cost a hell of a lot more ;) and being as they aren't even up to one third of its ability, the future looks promising :)

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Ram isnt an issue at all. Dont forget you will have over a gig of OS on a PC to fit into that RAM and SWAP file.

 

When your running a lightweight OS you dont need alot of RAM.

 

IMHO the biggest bottle neck in the 360 , is the FSB speed and architecture of the dvd ROM, but still its streets ahead of anyting else.

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but still its streets ahead of anyting else.

 

Well of course as its designed to be a 'next generation' super console... yet it struggles with a game built for this gen of pcs! I was suprised thats all.

 

Deffo worth the money if you dont have a PC... if you dont want to wait for the PS3 :Popcorn:

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