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Barco Fiesta
May 26, 2009




a fantasy of olives
So I'm thinking about finally hopping into the proverbial "world" of next-gen gaming consoles, so to speak. I'm leaning towards the Xbox One because of all the features and graphics it has (a lot) but my friend who posts on this forum a lot told me that there's something wrong with the RAM. He tried to explain it to me but I'm not exactly what you'd call a "techie" so I didn't understand all that well and then he started getting really emotional and crying a little bit so I went home.

So I was wondering if one of you guys could help me clear this up.

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Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry
it has the WRONG KINDS OF RAM

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry
*exaggerated but accurate depiction of what is actually in an xbox one

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Glass Bottom Boat posted:

So I'm thinking about finally hopping into the proverbial "world" of next-gen gaming consoles, so to speak. I'm leaning towards the Xbox One because of all the features and graphics it has (a lot) but my friend who posts on this forum a lot told me that there's something wrong with the RAM. He tried to explain it to me but I'm not exactly what you'd call a "techie" so I didn't understand all that well and then he started getting really emotional and crying a little bit so I went home.

So I was wondering if one of you guys could help me clear this up.

there are no good games on the new systems. Wait a few months.
Or maybe years

Barco Fiesta
May 26, 2009




a fantasy of olives

Xaris posted:

it has the WRONG KINDS OF RAM



cute lil fella :3:

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy

Glass Bottom Boat posted:

So I'm thinking about finally hopping into the proverbial "world" of next-gen gaming consoles, so to speak. I'm leaning towards the Xbox One because of all the features and graphics it has (a lot) but my friend who posts on this forum a lot told me that there's something wrong with the RAM. He tried to explain it to me but I'm not exactly what you'd call a "techie" so I didn't understand all that well and then he started getting really emotional and crying a little bit so I went home.

So I was wondering if one of you guys could help me clear this up.

Yes, you have the wrong type of friends.

Ivor Biggun fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Apr 20, 2015

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry
isnt it though!! thats why its so huge lmao boy howdy it really really grinds my gears and makes me mad that they put the wrong kinds of ram that big in a video game console. let me write a 20 page diatribe about it in yoshposh for u

Glasgow Kiss
Dec 12, 2007

Oh, put that thing away, Samurai. We all know what's going to happen. You'll swing your sword, I'll fly away, and probably say something like, "I'll be back, Samurai!" And then I'll flutter over the horizon and we probably won't see each for... about a week. And then we'll do the same thing again.
it called the xbox one cuz you take one look at it and walk away


BAZINGA!!11


e: zimbabwe!11!!

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Ivor Biggun posted:

Yes, you have the wrong type of friends.

Barco Fiesta
May 26, 2009




a fantasy of olives

Xaris posted:

isnt it though!! thats why its so huge lmao boy howdy it really really grinds my gears and makes me mad that they put the wrong kinds of ram that big in a video game console. let me write a 20 page diatribe about it in yoshposh for u

but if its bigger its got more computer stuff inside it, right? ergo better?

Sorryformybadjokes
Apr 21, 2004

I identify as a simian who pronounces the 'silent' letters in words.
Fallen Rib
Here's a hot tip I got from Xbox peer support;

Stick the power cable up your own rear end while you masturbate to gay porn u fag

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

Youre posting this on a computer. Gta v came out days ago and is quantatively better in all aspects on any mid-level pc than the xbox.

Why not just get a garage sale vidya card

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Glass Bottom Boat posted:

but if its bigger its got more computer stuff inside it, right? ergo better?

thats what the patriarchy wants you to think-- so that's why micro$oft has been co-opting the manly cis patriarchy (mt dew and DORITOS games powers! yaaaaaaaaargh!) to get you to buy the wrong ram. but recall the writings of saint elliot, smaller is actually better. it means it is more deeply complex, nuanced, and effective and you will be far more happy if you settled for a small computer

Barco Fiesta
May 26, 2009




a fantasy of olives

ScrotoTurboSperg posted:

Youre posting this on a computer. Gta v came out days ago and is quantatively better in all aspects on any mid-level pc than the xbox.

Why not just get a garage sale vidya card

i donrt have a computer, i just have an ipad

Blue Raider
Sep 2, 2006

its ok op, youll surely have spent a worse 350 dollars in your life on entertainment

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Blue Raider posted:

its ok op, youll surely have spent a worse 350 dollars in your life on entertainment

like $10 for something really awful am i right

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Blue Raider posted:

its ok op, youll surely have spent a worse 350 dollars in your life on entertainment

I only spent $300 on it and got the broken halo game to boot

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
not only did ms deliver on worse hardware but they had all sorts of policies lovely to their customers they wanted to stack on that had a ton of backlash
it was such a great failure to watch unfold

have they ever reported actual sales to customer numbers or is it still just units shipped

Prorat
Aug 3, 2004

by FactsAreUseless
PS4 and One will be outdated next year for the price of a 500 dollar PC.

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

gary oldmans diary posted:

not only did ms deliver on worse hardware but they had all sorts of policies lovely to their customers they wanted to stack on that had a ton of backlash
it was such a great failure to watch unfold

they learned nothing from sony

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Prorat posted:

PS4 and One will be outdated next year for the price of a 500 dollar PC.

we can only hope.

Prorat
Aug 3, 2004

by FactsAreUseless

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

we can only hope.

Actually I think I can build one now on newegg for 500. More powerful than the current consoles too. And if you buy the parts over several weeks when each part go randomly on sale it would only cost 400.

Having said that, I really want a PS4 for the exclusives, the One is hot trash though.

Blue Raider
Sep 2, 2006

people say steam boxes are lovely and overpriced and underpowered but since i have less than zero interest in loving with computer hardware or debugging games or whatever, i think im pretty much the steam machine demographic

Stick Figure Mafia
Dec 11, 2004

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2rhu6cN27w

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

doritos are good. How do they turn corn into triangles?

Ghaz
Nov 19, 2004

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

doritos are good. How do they turn corn into triangles?

this video wont load on my machine... says the specs are too low? its just showing an xb1 logo

Hobo Siege
Apr 24, 2008

by Cowcaster
xbone: bad (it does not have enough graphics)

PS4: good (good graphics and it has a game, which is one more game than the xbone)

PC: best (has the most graphics and games. you can play any game you want. you can even play nintnedo)

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Ghaz posted:

this video wont load on my machine... says the specs are too low? its just showing an xb1 logo

that's pretty strange, since even my phone will play that video.

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005

Prorat posted:

PS4 and One will be outdated next year for the price of a 500 dollar PC.
im pretty surprised with what an $80 pentium g3258 + motherboard combo (clocked to 4.5Ghz) can accomplish
most multithreaded games still do most of their processing in 1 cpu core and against a console youre mostly competing against rendering being done at 720-900p without a lot of the snazzier effects so you dont need the highest caliber graphics card just to keep parity

of course thats about bottom barrel pc hardware just keeping up with consoles today whereas you would already be at the far edge of what your budget hardware can achieve and theyre going to be able to take much better advantage of their cpus as the generation wears on so you might want to wait that year or at least until black friday for a cpu that handles more threads

Prorat
Aug 3, 2004

by FactsAreUseless

Blue Raider posted:

people say steam boxes are lovely and overpriced and underpowered but since i have less than zero interest in loving with computer hardware or debugging games or whatever, i think im pretty much the steam machine demographic

debugging games lol

Glasgow Kiss
Dec 12, 2007

Oh, put that thing away, Samurai. We all know what's going to happen. You'll swing your sword, I'll fly away, and probably say something like, "I'll be back, Samurai!" And then I'll flutter over the horizon and we probably won't see each for... about a week. And then we'll do the same thing again.
just get the xbox two. the one is out of date and you can't play halo 5 as the one lacks the microsoft kinectosphere and dorrito dispenser

Stick Figure Mafia
Dec 11, 2004

gary oldmans diary posted:

im pretty surprised with what an $80 pentium g3258 + motherboard combo (clocked to 4.5Ghz) can accomplish
most multithreaded games still do most of their processing in 1 cpu core and against a console youre mostly competing against rendering being done at 720-900p without a lot of the snazzier effects so you dont need the highest caliber graphics card just to keep parity

of course thats about bottom barrel pc hardware just keeping up with consoles today whereas you would already be at the far edge of what your budget hardware can achieve and theyre going to be able to take much better advantage of their cpus as the generation wears on so you might want to wait that year or at least until black friday for a cpu that handles more threads

"well holy poo poo professor" - lamar gta v

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
i have an xbox from the future 359 console generations ahead of your pathetic xbones

Azraelle
Jan 13, 2008

The Xbox One is really, really good.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here
Get a Wii U. It's has the best games of the new consoles.

haris pilton
Sep 4, 2014
Consoles are for man babies.
Just get a tablet or a top of the line smartphone to game on.
Better yet, find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy

I was once like you are now
And I know that it's not easy
To be calm when you've found
Something going on
But take your time, think a lot
Think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow
But your dreams may not

Corn Glizzy
Jun 28, 2007



I just wanna play Mega Man X 1-6 on one console. Is that really too much to ask?

gay sewer monster
Jan 18, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 2 years!

The Rage posted:

I just wanna play Mega Man X 1-6 on one console. Is that really too much to ask?

LMFAO. But yeah, you can play those on the Mega Man X Collection available for GameCube or PS2.

Ghaz
Nov 19, 2004

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

that's pretty strange, since even my phone will play that video.

wtf tried it on my phone/laptop/pc/smart tv.. its just a spinning X logo.//

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Stick Figure Mafia
Dec 11, 2004

Waltzing Along posted:

Get a Wii U. It's has the best games of the new consoles.

It really does but also somehow get a Wii U that plays Bloodborne.

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