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xbox 360 & KOTOR games

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sorry if this is the wrong place for this post...
i was wondering if anyone has played either game on the xbox 360? apparently it's backward compatible but you need an emulator... do you need xbox live for this?
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ok so nobody has one?
well i've decided to buy a laptop instead but now have a new question; how powerful a laptop would i need to play this and other decent games and does the story vary at all?
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as far as I know, one does need to download something off of Live to get the gamesto run on the 360.

As for a laptop, dont waste your money, unless your are going to use it for primarily work, and not gaming, you can build your own computer that is much better than any laptop for much less than a top of the line laptop.
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ok i've taken your advice and gone for a desktop.
i'm pretty new to PCs so need to know if this setup is adequate enough;

1) floppy disk drive 3.5 inch. 1.44mb
2) DVD-RW OptoriteDD0203 + & -
3) M/S windows XP home edition
4) Gigabyte - GA-K8NS skt 754 Snd, lan
5) 512 MG DDR 400 PC 3200 RAM quantity x 2
6) AMD Athlon 64 3100+ 64 bit SKT 754
7) 19'' TFT, LCD monitor GNR
8) 250Gb HDD 7200 RPM UDMA 133
9) GF FX5200 executioner 128mg TV+DVI+VGA card
10) TV tuner card
11) wireless desktop set
12) wall mounting bracket
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Xbox:
Processor - 733 MHz 32-bit x86 w/SSE, 1 core
GPU - 233 MHz NVidia NV2A, 125 million polygons/sec
APU - NVidia MCPX, 64 3D channels (256 stereo)
Memory - 64 MB (200 MHz DDR), 6.4 GB/sec, 32 KB L1 cache, 128 KB L2 cache
Bus - 133 MHz FSB
Storage - 8 GB HD, 2-5x DVD

Xbox 360:
Processor - 3.2 GHz 64-bit PPC w/ VMX128, 3 cores, 2 hardware threads per core
GPU - 500 MHz ATI custom, 10 MB EDRAM, 500 million polygons/sec
APU - not yet announced?, 256+ channels
Memory - 512 MB (700 MHz GDDR3), not yet announced? ,not yet announced?, 1 MB L2 cache
Bus - 21.6 GHz FSB
Storage - 20 GB HD, 12x DVD

As for the Xbox backwards compatibility...they're still working on it, because you'll another Chip to run your additional Xbox Games.
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the system specs needed are in this thread - i asked about them a few weeks ago

http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/showt ... quirements

the biggest prob i find with games is due to my graphics card. i just have a shared graphics chip which is the cause of most problems. the above link tells you the supported graphics cards but others, like mine, do actually work with the game. it may be an idea to get a 256mb card rather than a 128mb card as this would help performance a bit. your processor looks ok, i have a pentium4 but i think its the same speed so it should be fine. before you buy the pc though, check that the graphics card is fully compatible with direct x 9c if you want to be able to play any game pretty much with no problems as not all graphics cards fully support it.
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Post by Vic20 »

[QUOTE=ianpaul1]ok i've taken your advice and gone for a desktop.
i'm pretty new to PCs so need to know if this setup is adequate enough;

1) floppy disk drive 3.5 inch. 1.44mb
2) DVD-RW OptoriteDD0203 + & -
3) M/S windows XP home edition
4) Gigabyte - GA-K8NS skt 754 Snd, lan
5) 512 MG DDR 400 PC 3200 RAM quantity x 2
6) AMD Athlon 64 3100+ 64 bit SKT 754
7) 19'' TFT, LCD monitor GNR
8) 250Gb HDD 7200 RPM UDMA 133
9) GF FX5200 executioner 128mg TV+DVI+VGA card
10) TV tuner card
11) wireless desktop set
12) wall mounting bracket[/QUOTE]


skip the floppy, there is no need for it, it just costs money
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Post by mr_sir »

[QUOTE=Vic20]skip the floppy, there is no need for it, it just costs money[/QUOTE]

it depends on the user - i use my floppy a lot and was glad i asked it to be added to my pc when i bought it - it only cost an extra £15 anyway.
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Post by ianpaul1 »

the man in the shop has personally guaranteed that it will work with all current games and if it doesn't, he change whatever needs to be changed free of charge.
will just have to wait til next week and see...
thanks for all your advice
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