XBOX360 owner clubhouse, come on in ;)

[CDdude55]

I just got my 360 back from repair!. So anyone can add me to there friend list. I also just bought Halo 3.

 

[HookeyStreet]

I just got my 360 back from repair!. So anyone can add me to there friend list. I also just bought Halo 3.

Cool

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Have any of you guys played Call of Duty 4 yet? Is it great?

 

[KennyT772]

It should be, I'm not too sure tho, the best thing to do would be to put it in and try.

How's that Elite going btw? You happy you got it over the Premium?

Hard drive space is so nice. Within the first week I had over 30gb of demo's and videos. Also it does run quieter than the premiums I've played, even after extended periods of gaming the fans are never as loud at the premiums, and it kicks out the same amount of heat. I did buy the intercooler for it, and a play and charge NiMH battery pack.

So far I have the intercooler (rev2 with a better mounting system, power socket, and wifi adapter compatability) play and charge batt pack, Armored Core 4 (amazing game).

The rest of the games I've been playing are my buddy's as both of his premiums are out for repair. Chrome Hounds and Halo3 mainly. Also my neighbor's (who im really close with) just got a new sharp 46" lcd with 3x hdmi ports. Halo3 at 1080p looks so nice.

By the way my gamertag is KennyT772

 

[freaksavior]

Halo3 at 1080p looks so nice.

bungie cut corners and they game only runs at 1138x640

A person on the Beyond3D forums tested various games, and found that some 360 games don't even run at 720p, and are instead upscaled to it. Halo 3 and Perfect Dark Zero, for example, run at 640p, while PGR3 and Tomb Raider run at a measly 600p.

It has also been noted that it runs at 1138x640 with only Bilinear filtering, no Anti Aliasing, and gets roughly 30 frames per second average.

To quote gamerwar who explains the math behind the calculations:

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Each “step” in a jaggy alias line equals one vertical pixel at the images native resolution (for angles beneath 45 degrees). In this example there are 16 steps in the jagged line. This means in the native rendering, there in a 16 pixel height difference between step 1, and step 16. This picture was taken on a 720p native LCD, running Halo 3 at “720p.” So when you have an alias line with 16 steps, there should be a physical height difference of 16 pixels. But instead here, there is an 18 pixel height difference!

What this means is the native image is only 16/18, or 88.88% (repeating), of the 720p outputted image. That means Halo 3 is only internally rendered at 640p, and the image is upscaled by the 360 to 1280×720.

Running at only 1138×640, that means there are 728,320 pixels. That’s a full 193,280 pixels LESS than 720p. In fact, it is even less pixels than your very average 1024×768! Hardly what anyone would consider “high-def.”

I tested approximately sixty X360 games (and lot of PS3 games too ), all are 720p except two 1080p (VT3 and NBA street), two 600p (PGR3 and Tomb Raider) and Two 640p (Perfect Dark and Halo3).

 

[HookeyStreet]

Have any of you guys played Call of Duty 4 yet? Is it great?

Its awesome!!!! And dont even get me started about Assassins Creed

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

I went to GameCrazy today, I was about to trade in TC Rainbow Six: Vegas (for only $11.50, which sucks) and they were all out of Call of Duty 4! I'm so pissed, but I'ma check again in a few days. I'll probably play Call of Duty 2 again since I just finished watching Saving Private Ryan! Amazing Movie!

 

[HookeyStreet]

I just finished watching Saving Private Ryan! Amazing Movie!

I agree 110%

You wont regret purchasing COD4 m8!

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

I better not regret it or else I'll blame you! I love Halo 3, but I'm starting to like realistic FPS like the CoD series more and more.

 

[HookeyStreet]

I better not regret it or else I'll blame you! I love Halo 3, but I'm starting to like realistic FPS like the CoD series more and more.

I will take full responsibility m8! BUT, I want you to write 100 times "Hookey is the man!" laugh once youve played it and admit I was right about it being

 

[KennyT772]

bungie cut corners and they game only runs at 1138x640

I'll put it this way, when at 480p vs the faked 1080p, I'd still take faked over 480p.

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

I will take full responsibility m8! BUT, I want you to write 100 times "Hookey is the man!" laugh once youve played it and admit I was right about it being

I never said you were wrong though, I just said it better be good or else...so I don't have to write anything (btw, it'll take 2 secs to type that...called copy/paste)

 

[HookeyStreet]

I never said you were wrong though, I just said it better be good or else...so I don't have to write anything (btw, it'll take 2 secs to type that...called copy/paste)

LOL, im just glad you like it m8

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

LOL, im just glad you like it m8

Yup, it's so fun, it's amazing. Waay better than Halo 3 IMO (Halo 3 is too easy and boring)

 

[KennyT772]

Any of you guys play armored core 4?

 

[KennyT772]

SYSTEM (Core, Premium or Elite):

Elite

PERIPHERALS/ACCESSORIES:

2 (1blk 1 wht) wireless controllers, 2 Play and Charge kits (1blk 2wht), Black headset, Intercooler EX Black.
Hooked up to a 21" TV/VCR Combo and Logitech X-540 Surround Sound.

LIVE GAMER TAG:
KennyT772

GAMES OWNED:

Halo3
Armored Core 4

CURRENTLY PLAYING:

Halo3
Armored Core 4
Guitar Hero II
Chrome Hounds

CURRENT FAVOURITE GAME:

Guitar Hero II

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME(S)

Guitar Hero III
A few others


By the way guys, any thing plugged into the 360 runs off the power supply. Doesn't matter if the inter cooler runs off the 360's psu or not, they built it to handle load. The fans in mine are .12a or 1.4w each. If your telling me 4.32w makes a significant difference you are on crack.

 

[amd64skater]

has anyone messed with the extender part of there 360 and if u have how in the heck do u do it? my pc doesnt seem to find my 360 at all

 

[KennyT772]

I don't have media center to try it .

 

[effmaster]

Which picture should I have as my primary picture when someone looks up my name on bungie.net?

 

[HookeyStreet]

SYSTEM (Core, Premium or Elite):

Elite

PERIPHERALS/ACCESSORIES:

2 (1blk 1 wht) wireless controllers, 2 Play and Charge kits (1blk 2wht), Black headset, Intercooler EX Black.
Hooked up to a 21" TV/VCR Combo and Logitech X-540 Surround Sound.

LIVE GAMER TAG:
KennyT772

GAMES OWNED:

Halo3
Armored Core 4

CURRENTLY PLAYING:

Halo3
Armored Core 4
Guitar Hero II
Chrome Hounds

CURRENT FAVOURITE GAME:

Guitar Hero II

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME(S)

Guitar Hero III
A few others


By the way guys, any thing plugged into the 360 runs off the power supply. Doesn't matter if the inter cooler runs off the 360's psu or not, they built it to handle load. The fans in mine are .12a or 1.4w each. If your telling me 4.32w makes a significant difference you are on crack.

Welcome aboard m8

 

[HookeyStreet]

@ effmaster: use picture 3 m8, that looks awesome....actually Im going to steal it

 

[Wile E]

@ effmaster: use picture 3 m8, that looks awesome....actually Im going to steal it

Seconded (on both counts. lol)

 

[effmaster]

@ effmaster: use picture 3 m8, that looks awesome....actually Im going to steal it

Are you sure the first pic i named save camelot isnt worth it? And I can't seem to figure out how to set any picture as my set picture for when you look up my name on bungie.net I thought I had done it before but I can't seem to remember now

 

[HookeyStreet]

Are you sure the first pic i named save camelot isnt worth it? And I can't seem to figure out how to set any picture as my set picture for when you look up my name on bungie.net I thought I had done it before but I can't seem to remember now

TBH, all of those are quality stills I just prefer the 3rd one

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

I want to show you a picture effmaster, I'll probably set it up later, then I'll repost here and tell you to check it online. 2 Headshots, 1 bullet...yeah.

But I haven't played Halo 3 in a while though, as you could see. Call of Duty 4 is soo much better than Halo 3, if I didn't have money for it, I probably would have traded in Halo 3 for Call of Duty 4.