8800GTX or 360 Elite?

[Crazytom]

8800GTX, as long as you have a nice hi res monitor to go with it.
Oh and BTW, Dirt has no decent multiplayer features.

[lanceuppercut]

That's what I wanted to hear, that the 8800GTX actually does make things look better than the consoles.

sounds like you've already partly made up your mind and get a GTX by the sounds of it.

[Kord]

Hopefully I'll get both in the long run

Yeah, exactly.

I finally got an Xbox 360 when the Elite was released a few weeks back. I've found one of the coolest things about the 360 is the wireless controllers. Because of those, playing games on the 360 is just a bit too convenient. Just press one button on the controller, and a few seconds later the startup screen appears... and a lot of Forza races are 5-7 minutes long, which makes them perfect for filling ad breaks between movies

Graphics quality will always be better on a high-end PC... but in most homes, it's relatively difficult to make PC gaming as convenient as console gaming.

Another very cool thing is the 360 uses standard USB ports ( as opposed to the old Xbox ). I plugged a Logitech USB keyboard in, and voila! No more "typing via joystick". I haven't tried using keyboard and mouse for controlling games. I presume that wouldn't work, though.

Oh yeah... I didn't take Bioshock with my 360 because I wanted to play it on a PC for the better graphics. What I forgot, was the audio system hooked to my console is MUCH better than my computer audio system. I'm told the sound in Bioshock really helps create a scary atmosphere... so it's Bioshock on 360, for me.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

i would say get a 8800gtx, the 360 is very bad in terms of reliablity, you can easily be one of those unlucky bunch that is on their 3rd or 4th xbox360 in less then a year, and with the 25 day wait and them sending you back a refurb, i will stay away from a 360, its just way too much hassle

a 8800gtx will be hassle free and you can play the best fps games on the PC, the only thing your missing out on are some racing games and sports games

[aidanjt]

Oh yeah... I didn't take Bioshock with my 360 because I wanted to play it on a PC for the better graphics. What I forgot, was the audio system hooked to my console is MUCH better than my computer audio system. I'm told the sound in Bioshock really helps create a scary atmosphere... so it's Bioshock on 360, for me.

Uhmmm, then why didn't you just hook up your sound system to your PC as well?

[j.o.s.h.1408]

yea its easy to hook up your pc to your sound system. heck you can easily hook it up to a tv too if you wanna play games via from your couch but like i said it depends if you realy love racing and sports games to justify getting a 360. but be prepared for the hassle you may get from a broken xbox 360