ok, just think, if the xbox could load an os and had proper drivers for everything, I wonder how good it would bench (3dmark 00/01, Quake 3, UT 2003 etc).
I suppose a similar system would be:
AMD Duron 800mhz
Nforce 1 dual channel MB
2 x 128MB Ram
GF3 ti 500
20 Gig HD
DVD
I think that the majority of people (not us that know better...) underestimate the potential of the pc compared to the xbox.
Just some thoughts...


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In terms of what PC would you need to get comparitive perf to the X-box I'd say something like this:
As said the X-box is practically a dedicated machine rather than multi-functional PC and only has to do one thing at a time unlike our poor desktop PCs BUT the biggest advanatage the X-box has is using a TV as the display device. The blurry low res image is enough to make both AA and AF pointless, the blurriness of a TV already gives an AA effect while you won't see sharp textures anywhere regardless of AF. You don't need to worry too much about FPS as the 50/60Hz interlaced TV will largely negate high FPS. Heck the above PC is better even when running a dozen background tasks and a full 'multi-tasking' OS!
