XBOX 360 Graphics Performance vs PC (asking advice)

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kingice10

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Hi Guys,

I have been a life-time gamer, since my earlier childhood I already had used a lot of gaming platforms, from Nintendo FamCom, Sega, SNES, PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, N64, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Arcade, XBOX 360 and PC...since the time where PCs where booming, I had a dream to setup my own gaming PC no barred for money with the latest graphics, processor, RAM, HD, cooler, and casing...Then on 2008, in which I got promoted, I setup a super-gaming PC. My PC setup was an Intel Q6600(3.0Ghz each core) with liquid cooling, Nvidia GTX9800 in SLI, 500HD SATA 7200RPM, 4GB RAM DDR3, Samsung 23inches flat-LCD TV, a big liquid cooling casing and an Altec Lansing speaker with Creative Blaster soundcard. The Graphics performance was unbelievable, so godly compared to all my previous consoles which is that time my PSP, SNES, PS1, PS2 and N64! That was a dream-come-true! Then on, I purchased a lot of games, high-end games on top of the list and enhanced my MMORPG games.

Then I was relocated last Jan 2010, where I cannot bring my Desktop. I missed gaming a lot for 3 months. And when I had a big break, I rushed and bought a XBOX 360. For awhile, I was very disapointed with them as I setup it with a AV cable and an Old TV...It was like going back to basic graphics with low resolution and garbage graphic performance for FPS games. Then I bought a LCD TV (LG LD460) with an HDMI Cable, my graphics improved a bit and for awhile I really enjoyed them with the online subscription of XBOX 360 playing COD:MW2 and downloading videos or preview games. As time went by, I then had time for vacation on December and went to my homeland where my PC is located (used by my sisters while I was away). My PC now is a bit old, very dusty and the Cooler LED lights already dimmed....I then used it with my previous games (Mass Effect, Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Fallout 3. Again, I was amazed! The level-of-detail, the smoothness of graphics, the unbelievable resolution! All was there again with so much imersive experience!

Now when I went back after my vacation to my remote location, I was thinking how is it that a lot of console gamers are comparing PC gamings graphics subpar to their XBOX or PS3? When I again used my XBOX, it's like I am gaming a subpar machine rather than what they say. I took the liberty to search for settings, but without luck, I cannot find any improved settings...How is it? Is it because of my LCD TV? Now I changed my LCD to Samsung series 5 40 inches LED TV with 100Hz and still it is still on subpar, I can't even know the difference with my LCD vs LED in terms of graphics performance level or smoothness. Now I know that it's because of the PC settings (VSync, AA) that it is better but a lot of gamers in alot of forums are discussing their comparison by graphic performance that PS3 or XBOX 360 is still the best. Huh? How do they compare them?

Comparing to resolution, XBOX is more pixelated and there are noticeable white pixels in between the lines. The graphics also does not run smoothly compared to PC, even in 100Hz LED TV. Or maybe I don't konw how to activate the 100Hz LED TV (because it's still new to me) ;P.

What is wrong with my XBOX 360? For some long-time gamers in here, how do you compare them? Or how do I set them where they will be on par with a godly PC?
 
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Much like the gaming enthusiest which lives in the world of PC gaming, the hardcore console gamer enjoys his or her video games for the same reason: they are fun and are proven to very addictive.

Sure, it all comes down to being able to supply the cash for the hardware to get various levels of experience from your games, but we must not jump to the conclusion that console gamers cant afford to be PC gamers or that console games are inferior and their PC counterparts tear them up.

Consider this:

Of course PC gaming is wayyy better, but it is much more expensive, but at the same time, like some people are saying on here, game consoles deliver a stable gaming platform for many users to enjoy for quite some time.

I myself can afford PC...

peterson99

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ha A stickler for details I see.

The point I was making still remains the same, that ( in my opinion) it makes more sense to buy a ps3 rather than an xbox 360 (if you own a gaming PC) as many of the exclusives will be made available for pc, while the same cannot be said for ps3.


Halo 1 and 2 were eventually made for PC, but i don't think they had much success on the pc
 

That may be due to them both being released for PC a couple of years after they appeared on the Xbox and in multi player the PC users stomped all over Xbox users due to superior aiming control.
 

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yea they gave up on their games for windows for awhile, but there putting money back into it. And I would assume that it is in their game plan to put exclusives on there. ( I see no other way that they could compete with steam).

It's also important to note that it's been a long time goal of Microsoft's to combine xbox live, and games for windows live, so that a pc gamer may play online against an xbox gamer.

and with silverlight to be on consoles very soon, i would think that Microsoft will once again be working on this goal.
 

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I disagree with this statement. Unless microsoft figures out a way for PC users vs Xbox users to not be disadvantaged, it's not happening (especially in FPS).

The only recent game that do cross platform is Portal 2 (and it's PC & PS3)... this goes to show how much Microsoft cares about multi-platform cooperative...
 

kingice10

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it's also a marketing strategy..which means more money! The way they don't integrate both platforms online gaming in FPS. But it's still nice to have to integrate and can add a port for a mini-keyboard ASDW and a mouse in itself.
 

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nope the x360's gpu was x1600xt...... or else it would had cost more than $900 back in 2005
 
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