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Subject: So simple to run Halo on PCs

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Everyone is underestimating the power of computers for halo.

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THIS £200 LAPTOP IS MORE POWERFUL THAN MY XBOX 360.

It's actually probably the easiest to develop a game for the PC, even if piracy tries to take over.

It's not even that, but what's so sad is that this was at first A COMPUTER EXCLUSIVE.

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  • 05.07.2011 3:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: CysticApplepie
THIS £200 LAPTOP IS MORE POWERFUL THAN MY XBOX 360.


If we define 'powerful' as the ability to play games, I bet it isn't. ;)

  • 05.07.2011 4:55 PM PDT

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it is if you have an i7 (soon to be i9 yay) and any flagship graphics card(s) wits ~500 gigs - 1 tb of memory and 5 gigs of ram

  • 05.07.2011 10:04 PM PDT

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Posted by: NS Arbiter
it is if you have an i7 (soon to be i9 yay) and any flagship graphics card(s) wits ~500 gigs - 1 tb of memory and 5 gigs of ram


There is no i9 - There's i7 Extreme editions and hexcore configurations, there's no point in i9. Besides, I'll easily clock my i7 2600k from 3.4 to 4.6, and with turbo boost, even upto FIVE gigahertz.

FB DIMMs/Dual channel works better with cards of identical memory

e.g 2x4GB DDR3 sticks

  • 05.08.2011 12:10 AM PDT

Posted by: HiredN00bs
Arrogant hyperbolic exclamations of woe? Seems like a normal day for Halo/Bungie.net.

Posted by: CysticApplepie
THIS £200 LAPTOP IS MORE POWERFUL THAN MY XBOX 360.


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  • 05.08.2011 4:31 AM PDT
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If you under-estimate the ability of the PC to play games then you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, but, a computer that is worth £200 won't be able to play games better than a 360 unless you got it used/for a REALLY good deal, which, computers in the UK usually cost fortunes more than the ones in the US.

(Ex. $300 for a certain computer in the US ~ £800 for the same in the UK)

[Edited on 05.08.2011 4:40 AM PDT]

  • 05.08.2011 4:37 AM PDT

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Posted by: Dr Syx
If you under-estimate the ability of the PC to play games then you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, but, a computer that is worth £200 won't be able to play games better than a 360 unless you got it used/for a REALLY good deal, which, computers in the UK usually cost fortunes more than the ones in the US.

(Ex. $300 for a certain computer in the US ~ £800 for the same in the UK)


What?

No-no-no- People are clearly OVER estimating consoles.

And also, you've got the conversions wrong.

It's a larger value in the US than it is in the UK.

It would be about $320 in the US, cause multiplier is about 1.5-6 in our economy.

I didn't get a really good deal, I got what I payed for, this comp can run Crysis Sandbox 2 at just under 30 FPS on DX10 settings when the about 360 can only manage Cryengine 3 on DX9 with constant bottlenecking sue to lack of an l2/l3 cache

  • 05.08.2011 8:04 AM PDT

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Hey, I'm TetriS/r4v3n/Ryx. I've been modding Halo 1 pc since late 2008-2009, and playing Halo 2 Vista since summer of 2010. If you need any help with Halo 1 modding, just ask; I haven't modded in a while but I remember most of it.

I'm always up for a h2v game; message i4Ni TetriS and I'll get back to you.

The xbox 360 slim has these stats:


CPU

3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon

Memory

512 MB of GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700 MHz

Graphics

500 MHz ATI Xenos


Most gaming computers have better stats than that.

  • 05.08.2011 6:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: CysticApplepie
It would be about $320 in the US, cause multiplier is about 1.5-6 in our economy.


I think you misunderstood his post.

Posted by: CysticApplepie
No-no-no- People are clearly OVER estimating consoles.


No. No £200 laptop can run games better than a 360 or PS3. I'm surprised it even has a screen for that price. ;)

Why don't you post a link to the laptop in question or post the specs?

[Edited on 05.08.2011 11:10 PM PDT]

  • 05.08.2011 11:09 PM PDT

My $600 Dell lappy that I got this year has to run Shadowrun on lowest settings windowed.


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[Edited on 05.09.2011 4:25 AM PDT]

  • 05.09.2011 4:25 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
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50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

But that's not a 200 pound laptop. I have a 800-900 dollar laptop that can play newer games on good settings.

  • 05.09.2011 6:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: CysticApplepie

Posted by: Dr Syx
If you under-estimate the ability of the PC to play games then you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, but, a computer that is worth £200 won't be able to play games better than a 360 unless you got it used/for a REALLY good deal, which, computers in the UK usually cost fortunes more than the ones in the US.

(Ex. $300 for a certain computer in the US ~ £800 for the same in the UK)


What?

No-no-no- People are clearly OVER estimating consoles.

And also, you've got the conversions wrong.

It's a larger value in the US than it is in the UK.

It would be about $320 in the US, cause multiplier is about 1.5-6 in our economy.

I didn't get a really good deal, I got what I payed for, this comp can run Crysis Sandbox 2 at just under 30 FPS on DX10 settings when the about 360 can only manage Cryengine 3 on DX9 with constant bottlenecking sue to lack of an l2/l3 cache
Trust me, I don't over-estimate consoles in the least bit. As I've said before, if the 360 didn't exclusively run new Halo titles I'd throw it out the window in a heart beat.

If you look at straight economic conversion, a USD isn't as much as a Pound, but, when looking into computers the price is much higher in the UK. Trust me, I know this due to my girlfriend having to buy a laptop while she's over there. When we were shopping around for computers the prices were much higher for the same computers. I'm sure anyone here who knows the differences will agree.

£200 is around the price to get a graphics card that beats the consoles into the ground, but, the entire computer would cost more.

(P.S. Last time I checked the Pound was 1.63x the worth of the USD. Just in case you need that knowledge later on)

Edit: Just checked prices on the laptop my girlfriend bought. In America, the cost is $634. In the UK it's £666.65 [One evil price ;) ] When you convert the price over to USD (£ x 1.63 = USD) it ends up at $1,086.64

Just as a side note, you can't get an i7 for £200 anywhere. Either you bought this from some guy who has no idea what he was selling or you're making it all up.

[Edited on 05.09.2011 9:02 AM PDT]

  • 05.09.2011 8:37 AM PDT

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Why... why would you make a topic like this? I (and others) are so tired of this BS constantly getting argued about. I don't care if you like consoles or PCs better - just stop talking about it! It's been talked to death.

  • 05.09.2011 10:55 AM PDT


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Why... why would you make a topic like this? I (and others) are so tired of this BS constantly getting argued about. I don't care if you like consoles or PCs better - just stop talking about it! It's been talked to death.


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  • 05.09.2011 1:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: TetriS fer dayz
The xbox 360 slim has these stats:


CPU

3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon

Memory

512 MB of GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700 MHz

Graphics

500 MHz ATI Xenos


Most gaming computers have better stats than that.


Actually, most computers now have better specs than that in the tasks they perform, even if they have a lower clock speed.

  • 05.12.2011 2:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: Dr Syx

Posted by: CysticApplepie

Posted by: Dr Syx
If you under-estimate the ability of the PC to play games then you obviously have no idea what you're talking about, but, a computer that is worth £200 won't be able to play games better than a 360 unless you got it used/for a REALLY good deal, which, computers in the UK usually cost fortunes more than the ones in the US.

(Ex. $300 for a certain computer in the US ~ £800 for the same in the UK)


What?

No-no-no- People are clearly OVER estimating consoles.

And also, you've got the conversions wrong.

It's a larger value in the US than it is in the UK.

It would be about $320 in the US, cause multiplier is about 1.5-6 in our economy.

I didn't get a really good deal, I got what I payed for, this comp can run Crysis Sandbox 2 at just under 30 FPS on DX10 settings when the about 360 can only manage Cryengine 3 on DX9 with constant bottlenecking sue to lack of an l2/l3 cache
Trust me, I don't over-estimate consoles in the least bit. As I've said before, if the 360 didn't exclusively run new Halo titles I'd throw it out the window in a heart beat.

If you look at straight economic conversion, a USD isn't as much as a Pound, but, when looking into computers the price is much higher in the UK. Trust me, I know this due to my girlfriend having to buy a laptop while she's over there. When we were shopping around for computers the prices were much higher for the same computers. I'm sure anyone here who knows the differences will agree.

£200 is around the price to get a graphics card that beats the consoles into the ground, but, the entire computer would cost more.

(P.S. Last time I checked the Pound was 1.63x the worth of the USD. Just in case you need that knowledge later on)

Edit: Just checked prices on the laptop my girlfriend bought. In America, the cost is $634. In the UK it's £666.65 [One evil price ;) ] When you convert the price over to USD (£ x 1.63 = USD) it ends up at $1,086.64

Just as a side note, you can't get an i7 for £200 anywhere. Either you bought this from some guy who has no idea what he was selling or you're making it all up.


Unless you're talking about the extreme editions, most i7 CPUs are around £200.

EDIT: You don't need i7 to beat the 360 :/

An i3 could beat it.

[Edited on 05.12.2011 2:17 PM PDT]

  • 05.12.2011 2:14 PM PDT
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Stop changing the subject and answer the original question. Laptop model/specs?

[Edited on 05.12.2011 3:59 PM PDT]

  • 05.12.2011 3:58 PM PDT
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Find me an example of a computer that is £200 that has an i7 in it.

Also, like Btcc22 said, show us the laptop/specs. We'd like to see it. (By the way, no one on this forum is a Xbox fanboy. In fact, 80% of us absolutely hate the consoles in general. Don't think for a second that any of this is bias towards defending the Xbox)

  • 05.12.2011 5:53 PM PDT