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#487727 by unknown[9089] at 2005-12-19 22:57:35 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Carpy wrote:

It will take a while but they will crack it in the end im sure.
But there is no way im risking it before my warrenty runs out

I agree with that

another reason not to be too botherd about a modchip just yet is the fact that there will only be a small list of games that any one person will want to buy in the first months ..

I can see me playing fight night round 3 on live for a long long time hehe

The flood of xbox 360 games is not due yet but will happen sooner or later and then thats the time I will be more interested in being able to play downloaded games , but even then as with pc I will buy the games that are good .. live will require originals I bet too

#487998 by jblade Donor

(First Line Support) at 2005-12-20 04:51:36 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

For all of you that still think the xbox is inferior to the ps3, read this

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc. … 53&p=1

It explains the so called "7 CPUs" of the PS3, and the "48 pipelines" of the X360

#488102 by Carpy (Anti - Royalist) at 2005-12-20 09:09:26 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

jblade wrote:

Until both consoles have been out for a few months there is no way to compare them both.
All the specs dont mean shit on paper, there are far to many factors that come into play.
Its REAL games performace that counts.

Only Time will tell, its going to be a good war.

You have to think that by the time the PS3 comes out the 360 will be on its second gen games that have graphics alot better than the current 360 games.

Imo i think the PS3 may just have the edge over the 360, but thats mainly becasue sony have had longer to develope the PS3.

Sony will win the console war :yes:

im sure of that.
Why because of the sony sheep that will by a toaster with the Playstation logo on it.

#490606 by unknown[58334] at 2005-12-22 15:17:34 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Quote:

why there arent any games to download to x-box 360?

ł001 05/12/09 Condemned_PAL_XBOX360-PI ł
ł002 05/12/09 Need_For_Speed_Most_Wanted_PAL_XBOX360-PI ł
ł003 05/12/09 Fifa_06_PAL_XBOX360-PI ł
ł004 05/12/09 Project_Gotham_Racing_3_PAL_XBOX360-PI ł
ł005 05/12/09 Tony_Hawks_American_Wasteland_PAL_XBOX360-PI ł
ł006 05/12/11 Gun_PAL_XBOX360-PI ł
ł007 05/12/11 Perfect_Dark_Zero_Pal_XBOX360-PI ł
ł008 05/12/11 Quake_4_Pal_XBOX360-PI ł
ł009 05/12/12 Ridge_Racer_6_USA_XBOX360_PI ł
ł010 05/12/12 Amped_3_Pal_XBOX360-PI ł
ł011 05/12/13 Kameo_Elements_Of_Power_Pal_XBOX360-PI ł
ł012 05/12/13 Call_Of_Duty_2_Pal_XBOX360-PI ł
ł013 05/12/14 King_Kong_Pal_XBOX360-PI ł
ł014 05/12/15 Tiger_Woods_PGA_Tour_06_Pal_XBOX360-PI ł
ł015 05/12/15 NHL_2K6_USA_XBOX360-PI ł
ł016 05/12/15 NBA_Live_06_USA_XBOX360-PI ł
ł017 05/12/17 Madden_NFL_06_USA_PROPER_XBOX360-PI

#490900 by unknown[61686] at 2005-12-22 21:40:36 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

I played on the xbox 360 twice in 2 days now and all i can say is wow!

I firstly played Project Gotham 3 and that was amazing gameplay, gfx.....

Then COD2 which had amazing gfx and gameplay but I would rather play fps games on the pc

They were both on the xbox booth things playing on Samsung LCD's, Ive got to get me one of those!

#490916 by RELOADED (User) at 2005-12-22 22:01:17 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The xbox 360 has been hacked and chip will be available in weeks:

As far as SPOnG is concerned, there are two types of hacking. A nice kind and a not so nice kind. Tinkering around with a console in order to sate your geek dreams is one thing. Getting a Commodore 64 emulator running on your Xbox and making the screen spool "I AM COOL" is a pursuit that, as long as you don't want a girlfriend, no one can really take exception to.

Though of course, there is bad hacking. Ripping games, dumping them on the Internet and rewiring hardware in order to make it play the illegally copied goods. There is something of a debate over piracy at the SPOnG office. It's wrong, illegal and you shouldn't do it. On this we are agreed. However, the claims that are made regarding the lost revenues due to copied games each year somewhat undermine this message. If Mr A has ten copied games, software publishers will have you believe that his second hand piracy has cost them ten full-price game sales. This of course rubbish. It might have cost them one sale perhaps, working on the assumption that Mr A was paying four pounds per game, some people won't buy games if they can't get them cheaply or for free. Understand? That's why the second hand and trade in businesses are booming at the moment.
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Anyway, politics aside for a moment, some less than pleasant news has been filtering through to us over the past few weeks, as various message boards claim to have ripped and dumped Xbox 360 game code directly from retail discs. One group – seemingly the driving force behind undoing Xbox 360 copy protection – know as Team PI Coder, has to date released almost the entire 360 catalog and made available an extractor tool with which other users are encouraged to do likewise.

Right now, the rips are useless. When mastered to a DVD-R, the Xbox finds them unreadable. For now. You see, at this very moment, while you are reading this news piece, workshops the length and breadth of China, and other places, are working tirelessly towards a single goal – and that goal is to release a mod-chip for Microsoft's machine that will force the console to accept ripped game software.

From what we have been able to gather, the first mod-chips for the 360 will be available within a month. Speaking to us under terms of anonymity, one source close to the research and development of some well known current-generation chips said, “We've been seeing partial success from some corners [in China] though nothing that could go on sale yet.” This paints a dark picture of the console industry and the aggressive blight it suffers. “Everyone is working on a full-functioning 'do everything' chip that will take apart the 360 and let users do what they will, though we expect a first-generation bypass device that will allow back-ups within weeks. The first on the market is likely to be complex and might not be particularly good, though that's just a stopgap before real chips become available.”

There is some hope for Microsoft however, “Everyone is finding it difficult [to make the chips work correctly] as Microsoft's security is the best we've seen to date for a disc-system. It it weren't for the fact that DVD is used, it's likely that further development wouldn't have been worth anyone's time.”

Reacting to the escalation of IP aggression against its machine, Microsoft released a statement over the weekend reading, “We have made improvements on both the hardware and software side to protect Xbox 360 against piracy and modding. With Xbox 360, we had the benefit of learning from our experiences on Xbox. This allowed us to identify points of weakness that were exploited by hackers in the first generation and to eliminate those vulnerabilities in Xbox 360.”

So will the Xbox 360 escape its pursuers? Right now, it seems unlikely, and as huge resources are poured into cracking the new box, it seems a matter of when rather than if. The 360 does have its online functionality to further protect the retail unit as was released and Microsoft representatives have stated to SPOnG on several occasions that it believes it can second guess the areas it might see targeted and is proactively preparing updates.

We'll keep you updated.

#490973 by Carpy (Anti - Royalist) at 2005-12-22 23:00:56 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

phr0zen2 wrote:

They were both on the xbox booth things playing on Samsung LCD's, Ive got to get me one of those!

iv got that tv for my 360 :yes:

Its a great tv, with a fantastic hd picture.
Its the samsung LE23R41B
You can pick one up for about 460 pounds if you look about

#491226 by unknown[31699] at 2005-12-23 07:57:04 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

OK - so I've had my Xbox 360 for about 2 weeks now and I've noticed that it makes a hell of a lot of noise when it's on. It's a nice combination of the fan and the cd spinning and can sometimes be heard over the game being played (even though the Xbox is 10 feet away). Are all 360's "loud" or is mine an exception (don't have any friends that have one so I can't ask them)?

#491230 by DaMaster (Power User) at 2005-12-23 08:18:39 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Mine's pretty loud when i put in a 360 game (sounds like a jet taking off). When i'm on the dashboard, it's pretty quiet.

#491255 by unknown[39236] at 2005-12-23 09:12:45 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

RELOADED wrote:

OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The xbox 360 has been hacked and chip will be available in weeks:

As far as SPOnG is concerned....

Hmmmm, Spong, not the most reliable source for news.

Spong asks "how can we generate more traffic and revenue for our site?", magic 8-ball says, "make up a story"

#491296 by Carpy (Anti - Royalist) at 2005-12-23 10:10:31 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

blitztwn36 wrote:

Yea it is pretty loud
but not that bad, i would say about the same as a pc.
Just crank the sound up or your tv

@phr0zen2
Here are the photos of my tv you wanted
Front
http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/9127/front9eg1.jpg

Back of the set
http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/3259/back4nb.jpg

Last edited by Carpy at 2005-12-23 15:59:40

#491731 by unknown[31699] at 2005-12-23 21:07:09 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Ha thanks guys - my PC runs pretty quietly. The 360 is like a jet taking off though. Ah well - just crank up the sound as suggested. Thanks.

#493197 by unknown[44170] at 2005-12-25 10:43:36 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

nvrm

#495964 by unknown[809] at 2005-12-28 14:19:54 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Have you heard the news of the bootable demo disc in the stores that is out now on the net..

Cool it has some demos and movies burn the iso and launch says the nfo.

#496097 by lewis33 (User) at 2005-12-28 17:07:27 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

interesting video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=PlT7hfls88E

#496444 by unknown[87725] at 2005-12-28 23:35:45 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Well here we go, it's only a matter of days/hours now...

Experience Xbox 360 Kiosk Demo SELFBOOTING *PAL* *READNFO* *DVD5*

Group Lithium came with the first bootdisk, although it's nuked for not working.

XBOX 360 Boot Disk Edited *NTSC* *READNFO*

#496532 by ugri (Power User) at 2005-12-29 00:42:39 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Carpy wrote:

@phr0zen2
Here are the photos of my tv you wanted
Front
http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/9127/front9eg1.jpg

Back of the set
http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/3259/back4nb.jpg

Did i spot cold carlsberg in the first pic? :hmmm:

You got me thirsty now :weep:

Back on the business, that tv is what? 24" max, well its not the case, how much did it cost the tv i mean

#497386 by Carpy (Anti - Royalist) at 2005-12-29 22:23:02 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

its a 23'' it cost me 450 pounds on the net
and btw im typing this with a cold can of Carlsberg and a sweet joint of green.
jealous ugri? :lol:

Last edited by Carpy at 2005-12-29 22:23:11

#500766 by unknown[103723] at 2006-01-02 15:19:12 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

I got a Dell 26" HDTV, etc for Ł359.95 and its one of the best things ive ever bought! Great with the xbox 360, anyone looking should search around for one - maybe on ebay - the name was

Dell W2600 i think...

I can put some pics up if anyone's interested

Btw. my 360 is ridiculously loud as well! ok on dashboard though..

#501912 by unknown[35474] at 2006-01-03 16:49:04 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Infinity mods probarly has a chip now and is planning on selling them in 2-3 weeks.

www.infinitymods.com/home/

...and a nice post on how it was stolen. No honor among thieves I guess

www.xbox100.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=13189

#502146 by unknown[114354] at 2006-01-03 20:42:54 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

serious?

#503088 by unknown[61686] at 2006-01-04 16:31:16 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

fozburt wrote:

yes please I want pics!

#503208 by unknown[103723] at 2006-01-04 18:48:48 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Ok, here are some pics. They aren't great, but they give you an idea..(it does look A LOT better in real life though)

My setup - HDTV, Xbox 360, 5.1 surround sound, freeview, MCE pc connected wirelessly to the xbox and through a DVI cable to the tv.

A random picture of the tv buttons - gives an idea of how stylish the tv looks!!

This one shows all the different inputs the TV has (btw, the card reader is optional):

This one is me playing PDZ on the 360 with 720p HDTV enabled - in real life it looks incredible!!

#503276 by DaMaster (Power User) at 2006-01-04 20:14:13 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

That's a nice setup you got there, fozburt :yes:

. That TV looks really nice and the price doesn't sound bad.

Maybe i should start thinking about getting a HDTV. :hmmm:

#503459 by Carpy (Anti - Royalist) at 2006-01-04 23:40:36 (7 years ago) - [Quote] - [Report]

Nice set up, that tv looks like it has all the connections you need these days :yes:

Whats the panels resolution?

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