If they do, they'd be wrong. This (PDF) very detailed research paper from Google suggests there is very little rhyme or reason to hard disk failures.

Coo.

40GB for the PS2 in 2001 and still my PS3 only has a pissy little 40GB drive. Bah!

It was horridly expensive tho man. IIRC I paid about $90 for it with FF. And I didn't even want it for that.. I used a program called Hdloader which basically booted the PS2 and allowed it to read ISOS off the hard drive. Great when I didn't know anyone who chipped them and didn't want to run the risk of voiding warranty. Best of all it ran snes9x for the PS2 and the megadrive emu

I would imagine that the ps3 uses a laptop like drive (2.5") which are more money than their 3.5" counter parts. Also with similar spec (7200 RPM let's say instead of a laptops normally pitiful 5200) they are far more expensive.

PS3 uses nano arrays of carbon crystals activating in a solid state matrix to store data.

Who makes the HDDs in xbox 360s? They're pretty good, right?

PS3 uses nano arrays of carbon crystals activating in a solid state matrix to store data. So, technically, it isn't an HDD in the true sense, more of a data storage solutinon.

I would imagine that the ps3 uses a laptop like drive (2.5") which are more money than their 3.5" counter parts.

Also with similar spec (7200 RPM let's say instead of a laptops normally pitiful 5200) they are far more expensive.

PS3 uses nano arrays of carbon crystals activating in a solid state matrix to store data. So, technically, it isn't an HDD in the true sense, more of a data storage solutinon.

I heard that the older xboxes over heated... so you could warm your house with them..

Radeon 4650.. or is it the 4670?

yup it is.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151397

Sorry, it is the 4670. But its 60 quid. Well worth the extra tenner IMO.

http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=609720

Cheers, but that's out of my budget.

There's something not quite right with that screenshot, but I can't figure out what.

I don't care shit for achievements, so it was very distracting and annoying to see them appearing once in awhile.

Besides, they appear in Brazilian Portuguese and i don't even have the option to change it to English.

The 8800GS was in PC world for about £40

Just installed the fun yet heavily flawed NFS Undercover. Graphics are quite nice but don't even sniff Grid's bum

Sadly the only other viable choices are either Linux (you really need to know backend stuff with no GUI to be good at it) and the wonderful MacOS which is about as useful for gaming as a chocolate teapot.

Man, SFII was so ubiquitous that I think it even came out on chocolate teapot by 1994.

But by then everyone was already playing SFII Turbo.

Man, SFII was so ubiquitous that I think it even came out on chocolate teapot by 1994.

Well yes, bland does describe it, I suppose.

And now for some PC love.

Boot windows.
Start game.
Game demands the CD which you then have to find.
20 minutes later you find the CD.
Game loads.
Game crashes.
Get bored, play X-Boxstation instead.

PC gaming is about as much fun as self-harm.

No offence John, but I compared that FO3 screenshot to my 360 version (as I happened to be playing it at the time). To my eyes, it just didn't seem very different at all.

Install game, install no dvd crack. Enjoy ten times faster loading than any console can manage.

You're doing it wrong. Even the games I paid for don't run from the cd/dvd.

Install game, install no dvd crack. Enjoy ten times faster loading than any console can manage.

You're doing it wrong. Even the games I paid for don't run from the cd/dvd.

With regards to Fallout 3, I think it looks absolutely stunning on my console. Do I think that the experience would be better if I had slightly better particle effects and anti-aliasing? I severely doubt it.

Can you play Eve on an XBOX360?