The New Elite 369

[bassman]

Well I'm not that big into gaming, so it seems like a jip to me. I couldn't ask for more out of the 360 I have now. It's good enough for the rare occasions that I play. As I said before, I'm no hard core gamer. The 360 is the least of my hobbies. And what's the difference between memory and hard drive? I thought hard drive was the thing that the memory information is put onto....

[Exatreides]

This is how I think of it, Your a chef and making some food. The hard drive would be the table top, the total amount your computer or xbox can hold. Memory like Ram is like a cutting board, the smaller your cutting board the more time it takes to prepare food. The more memory you have or the bigger your cutting board, the faster you can make food. Yea I have live, and a bigger hard drive would mean... I could have both seasons of Babylon 5 on my xbox (hurry up and offer season 3 already damnit) and the twilight zone episodes. Dang thats awsome, my 360 does freeze up sometimes on GWAR 2 and Dead rising sessions.

[MinionZombie]

How long are these Dead Rising/GRAW2 sesh's? Like a couple hours or something? Or is it when there's a shedload of stuff on screen? *check me out sucking in all this 360 info for future use *

[LouCipherr]

Man, I know me and my son have done some Dead Rising sessions into the wee hours of the morning. We're talking the xbox being on for at least 6-8 hours straight, working hard the whole time. Never had an overheating problem, a glitch, nada. Personally, I see a little bit of an advantage with this new black box, but I can't say I could justify those improvements for $80. I mean, I already think the 360 and PS3 are WAY out of line with their pricing (especially the PS3, but I don't think 360 is that much better), but alas, it is what it is. LC

[MikePizzoff]

This is how I think of it, Your a chef and making some food. The hard drive would be the table top, the total amount your computer or xbox can hold. Memory like Ram is like a cutting board, the smaller your cutting board the more time it takes to prepare food. The more memory you have or the bigger your cutting board, the faster you can make food. That is a great analogy. I couldn't have put it any better. PS - Are you Hab1bMarwan on Live? If not... who is? I know it's someone from these boards but just can't put my finger on it.

[capncnut]

How long are these Dead Rising/GRAW2 sesh's? As long as you like, I've been known for 14 hour sessions on Oblivion.

[MinionZombie]

A core console 360 doesn't seem that bad. £200 ... after all, back in Xmas '93 I got my Mega Drive 2, and that cost £130 (two controllers, two free games - World of Illusion and Castle of Illusion ... ahhh memories). So the 360 is not too badly priced ... the P$3 on the other hand can suck a f*ck, £400+?! GET F*CKED! Sweet, well I certainly don't think I'd be playing for 6 to 8 hours straight, perhaps like 2 hours in a sesh, then my attention starts wavering and I get a bit screen-tired...

[MikePizzoff]

Sweet, well I certainly don't think I'd be playing for 6 to 8 hours straight, perhaps like 2 hours in a sesh, then my attention starts wavering and I get a bit screen-tired... Not if you buy Oblivion. You'll think you've only been playing for a couple of hours. Until you look outside and it's night-time and you realize you started playing during mid-day.

[MinionZombie]

I've had some monster sessions before, sometimes I've played a game all day, but not in one sitting, I'll take little breaks, or go watch a movie/tv show/have lunch, and then resume ... but when I do that I just feel sick by the end of the day and I can't really shake the images/sounds of the game out of my head ... and that's not an opportunity for Jack Thompson: Idiot at Law to build a case or prove himself, if you stared at a door all day that's all you'd see as well!

[capncnut]

Not if you buy Oblivion. You'll think you've only been playing for a couple of hours. Until you look outside and it's night-time and you realize you started playing during mid-day. Ain't that the truth.

[Danny]

honestly i aint bothered, its been about 8 months and ive filled less than a single gigabyte out of the 13 available, and i dont see the point in demos that take up a gigabyte when the game itself only takes up a few mb honestly mines loud and can get hot but never overheats, though i have noticed that the disk drive seems to be a little squeaky when it closes, though since i got a new ps2 its just been sitting idle other than dvds so that might be it. my advice mz is when you first get it, play it for about an hour then give it 15 mins or so then repeat for a day ro two, cus they get really hot at first, now ive doen the same 15 hour oblivion stints and it didnt get nearly as hot as it did within 2 hours of turning on for the first time.

[Exatreides]

That is a great analogy. I couldn't have put it any better. PS - Are you Hab1bMarwan on Live? If not... who is? I know it's someone from these boards but just can't put my finger on it. Nope, I'm exatreides. You should add me.

[MikePizzoff]

i dont see the point in demos that take up a gigabyte when the game itself only takes up a few mb Hmmm. You've got it all wrong. You know what games took up a few megabytes? NES games. The [good] games we play these days are a few gig's.

[MinionZombie]

Like STALKER, that can take up to 10 gigs of your HDD up! Of course, when you buy the game, the data is on the disc ... not the HDD (in the case of a console). :smug bastard smiley:

[Danny]

^ which is why its only a few mb's, cus its just a save file.