I just don't understand. My pops bought a cpu for 1,000 dollars then 2 months later the 360 comes out and its so much faster and better (if it was a computer). Its like wtf. He buys a much better computer and laptop (with a geforce 8600 gs series) some time later and both computers are slit against a ps3 or 360. Maybe even more slit compared to the wii, its like comon, dats sum bull#$@!.

Does any have a home computer that doesn't compare to the consoles?

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What!? Speak English!

eye hav a computer...

err but pc's have more...... wot?

My computer is on par with Xbox 360.

Sorry; 8600GS sucks. Your PS3 has a slightly better graphics chip (high end Geforce 7xxx equivalent), and the Xbox 360 is much better (High-end Radeon HD2000 equivalent).

As for the CPU, companies can optimise code more on consoles since there's only one platform to target and the OS isn't as resource-heavy as Windows is on a PC. The Xbox 360 has a triple-core CPU of a higher clockspeed and efficiency than a slow dual-core or worse you have, and the PS3 has an asymmetric one/eight core design with probably over ten times the peak calculation throughput of your PC.

So, despite costing less, the PS3 and Xbox 360 really are better than your PCs.

Depends on the PC. Did your dad build your computer for 1000 or did he just buy it from a vendor? With 1000 you can build a computer that trumps both consoles (right now, equivalent before 360 came out), but if you bough it from a vendor you just blew your money in the wind.

I watch computer parts pretty regularly these days and certain parts drop in price very quickly.

For example, a certain CPU I was looking at was $549.99 in July. One month later it's $329.99.

Buying a $1000+ CPU is a lesson in stupidity IMO.

hey dat waz in 04 calm down, it was more of a multimedia computer

bought it at circut city =)