--"Funny how Anand didn't post that 'news story' while Tom did. Fancy that."
Anand frequently links to stories on Tom's site. Fancy that.
--"You don't think having doubled the vertex operations doesn't help much?"
Not when there's no memory bandwidth left to feed it. This is why it's only helpful at low resolutions, the bandwidth can handle it.
--"And the resolution isn't an NV2A restriction"
It is an X-Box restriction. There is not enough memory to adequately handle a 720P or 1080i game (note: memory, not memory bandwidth). A couple developers have made 1080i versions of their games, but they only work on the dev kits, which have twice the memory of a standard X-Box.
--"when in reality the number of PCs that are capable of playing the games the Xbox can do are very limited in number. "
Ah, so that's what you were trying to get at. I still disagree. The number of decent gaming machines out there is far larger than the number of X-Boxs.
--"LAN gaming: Many expensive computers networked up in one location (it's always fun finding space to do this, too)."
Dunno about you, but move the coffee table out of the way and there's pleny of room in the living room for a few machines at my place, and that room isn't exactly big.
--"Show me all the parts and links for this wonder-system"
Actually, I just priced one out on Micron's website. Once the nForce and the new ATI motherboards are out, it'll be very easy to do. It really isn't all that hard to build a solid PC for a grand any more.
--"Console and PC gaming are different things, stop trying to say they're the same."
I haven't said they're the same, I'm just saying I don't see any reason to get a console.
Oh, and I did come up with the perfect nickname for you. Bunny Man just wasn't cutting it. I dub thee Bob.
Wraith
Not only do I not care if you smoke, I don't care if you burst into flames and die!
Anand frequently links to stories on Tom's site. Fancy that.
--"You don't think having doubled the vertex operations doesn't help much?"
Not when there's no memory bandwidth left to feed it. This is why it's only helpful at low resolutions, the bandwidth can handle it.
--"And the resolution isn't an NV2A restriction"
It is an X-Box restriction. There is not enough memory to adequately handle a 720P or 1080i game (note: memory, not memory bandwidth). A couple developers have made 1080i versions of their games, but they only work on the dev kits, which have twice the memory of a standard X-Box.
--"when in reality the number of PCs that are capable of playing the games the Xbox can do are very limited in number. "
Ah, so that's what you were trying to get at. I still disagree. The number of decent gaming machines out there is far larger than the number of X-Boxs.
--"LAN gaming: Many expensive computers networked up in one location (it's always fun finding space to do this, too)."
Dunno about you, but move the coffee table out of the way and there's pleny of room in the living room for a few machines at my place, and that room isn't exactly big.
--"Show me all the parts and links for this wonder-system"
Actually, I just priced one out on Micron's website. Once the nForce and the new ATI motherboards are out, it'll be very easy to do. It really isn't all that hard to build a solid PC for a grand any more.
--"Console and PC gaming are different things, stop trying to say they're the same."
I haven't said they're the same, I'm just saying I don't see any reason to get a console.
Oh, and I did come up with the perfect nickname for you. Bunny Man just wasn't cutting it. I dub thee Bob.
Wraith
Not only do I not care if you smoke, I don't care if you burst into flames and die!
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