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Calintz Total Posts : 321 Reward points : 0 Joined: Jul 09, 2006	XFPS 360 - Dec 22, 2006 18:32 Just look at this: http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/16/news/mouse-keyboard-accuracy-comes-to-360--at-last-b24416.aspx I want one NOW.

alijay034 Total Posts : 1433 Reward points : 1685 Joined: Nov 28, 2006	RE: XFPS 360 - Dec 22, 2006 19:01 Buy a PC

Calintz Total Posts : 321 Reward points : 0 Joined: Jul 09, 2006	RE: XFPS 360 - Dec 22, 2006 19:09 Buy a PC My PC can play games to an extent, but I don' t like having to constantly buy new bits just so I can play the latest games, it' s too damn expensive. That and the fact that the 360 does offer some games that the PC doesn' t. That' s the reason why I find the XFPS 360 so appealling.

Agent Ghost

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RE: XFPS 360 - Dec 22, 2006 21:13

What resolution is your monitor, I' ll tell you how shitty this will look. 360 games have seriously annoying problems with 5:4 monitors. On my 1280x1024 monitor it displays games in 720p but stretched to fill the entire screen. And when its in 16:9 looks vertically compressed for some reason, I think it has to do with 4:3 of televisions vs. the 5:4 of monitors.

The best display for the 360 remains to be a HD CRT...

Calintz

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RE: XFPS 360 - Dec 22, 2006 22:58

What resolution is your monitor, I' ll tell you how shitty this will look. 360 games have seriously annoying problems with 5:4 monitors. On my 1280x1024 monitor it displays games in 720p but stretched to fill the entire screen. And when its in 16:9 looks vertically compressed for some reason, I think it has to do with 4:3 of televisions vs. the 5:4 of monitors.

I' ve played some 360 games on my monitor and some of them looked perfectly fine (like deliciously smooth fine) whilst others had big black ugly borders

choupolo

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RE: XFPS 360 - Dec 23, 2006 02:07

This is awesome news for me!! I play 360 on my widescreen monitor, which is all hooked up to my PC too, so my mouse and keyboard is sitting right there.

I actually plug my keyboard into my 360 to type messages and stuff. But I reckon playing Gears on a mouse and keyboard would be so much easier for me. Perhaps an actual advantage online?? I can never get those sniper headshots with the analog stick' s on/off design nature.

I' d buy one for sure.

f3hunter Total Posts : 821 Reward points : 0 Joined: Dec 31, 2005	RE: XFPS 360 - Dec 23, 2006 02:18 If the game wasnt built for M&K it wont be an advantage or better to play, .. the deadZone will still be as fast/slow as the Analog signal the game gives out, IE the Joyfrag.

choupolo Total Posts : 1773 Reward points : 1930 Joined: Dec 02, 2005 Location: Manchester, England	RE: XFPS 360 - Dec 23, 2006 02:27 Yea I suppose that on/off thing will still translate to the mouse if it wasn' t designed for it. So you' d have to move the mouse back to its original spot to stop turning or something, meh... I' m not buying one.

alijay034

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RE: XFPS 360 - Dec 23, 2006 02:33

ORIGINAL: Calintz

Buy a PC

My PC can play games to an extent, but I don' t like having to constantly buy new bits just so I can play the latest games, it' s too damn expensive. That and the fact that the 360 does offer some games that the PC doesn' t. That' s the reason why I find the XFPS 360 so appealling.

Fair comment, I just like the idea of having a PC with a keyboard and mouse and a console having a controller, I don' t have a controller for my PC and I am used to playing PC games like that and vice versa, I am in absolute agreement about the 360 offering games that aren' t available on the PC, or that you don' t need to have Vista for (Halo 2).

locopuyo Total Posts : 3138 Reward points : 41070 Joined: Jan 10, 2005 Location: Minneapolis	RE: XFPS 360 - Dec 23, 2006 03:37 They have to emulate mouse/keyboard because it still goes through the same input as a controller. It sucks. You have wierd mouse acceleration and a maximum speed the mouse will go. There is little to no advantage in this. You still have the same limmitations people using a controller have. "If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."