EVERYTHING Xbox 360

[W1nTry]

Well.. actually.. it's very difficult to say Cory, truth be told the Xbox has a dual Core on a single MCM chip already, moving the GPU onto the CPU is what Intel and AMD are currently persuing as it actually drives OVERALL power comsumption down.

[ViCe]

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62865

Bungie Reveals Halo: Reach Matchmaking and Social Features

[rb]

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[Silvaback]

https://xbox.promo.eprize.com/tokenbase/?affiliate_id=netflixgold

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Thanks

[W1nTry]

If I use this one month code does it add a month to my existing 1 yr Gold subscription?

[rb]

Yeah it adds on, it stacks too

+20 free months...

EDIT - seems to be dead now

[Agokillya]

Damn! It says depleted now.

[W1nTry]

Well I got meh key so I gonna adds SOON!

[Silvaback]

Well I got meh key so I gonna adds SOON!

Say thank you  silvafor telling me =)

[ViCe]

http://themindchannel.blogspot.com/2010/03/brand-new-haloreach-mp-details.html

more reach mp details

1. The FOV is 78 degrees in Reach, Halo 3 was about 60 degrees.

2. At the basic level, you move slower than the Chief (not including Sprint).

3. Jump heights are "a little more realistic." It's a little more grounded.

4. Lunge range is shorter than it was in Halo 3, but it's not really noticeable.

5. It takes two melees to kill a player: one to take down the shields, the other to kill.

6. You are not invulnerable when carrying out an assassination animation - you can still be killed.

7. Five headshots to kill someone with the DMR, five headshots to kill someone with the magnum. Differences between the guns are mainly rate of fire, accuracy, and range. The DMR fires more slowly but it can reach you from farther away. The range of the magnum "plays right outside ideally AR range": magnum a very skilled user can take down a guy with an AR.

8. Frags are more dangerous in Reach, they're more scattered on the map. Less grenade spam than in Halo 3. Larger blast radius.

9. As others have mentioned, you can shoot grenades and have them explode.

10. The grenade arc in Reach is different from Halo 3. It's not that much of a difference, but "you're going to have to relearn some stuff." If you're sprinting and you throw a grenade, you'll throw it farther.

11. Secondary fire on the grenade launcher

12. You "gotta be trying to hurt yourself" to receive fall damage in Reach. The stun is back if you hit the ground hard.

13. For health and shields, it'll take a longer time than in Halo 3 for them to recharge. Health also recharges, but it recharges "at thresholds." If you're about to die, your health is going to regenerate so that a single scratch is not going to kill you, but you'll still have to go out and search for health packs.

14. Health and shields on Elites and Spartans are different. Elites are larger, so they have more health and more shields. The time it takes to kill an Elite with the AR on the open battlefield is very close to that of a Spartan. It takes 6 DMR headshots to kill an Elite.

15. The beta will only feature on Spartan Spartan whereas the final product may feature on Elite Elite as well.

16. Player encounters in REACH will be longer than it was in Halo 3.

17. Almost everything that is coming back from Halo 3 has been tweaked in some way.

18. There have been changes made to the sword combat.

19. In regards to sandbox changes, there is no "uber weapon." There is no particular load-out that dominates all the rest.

20. As I suspected, there are no Spikers or SMGs in Reach.

21. Aim Assist is on a "for weapon setting."

22. Sniper is "even more of a weapon for adults." 

[rb]

anyone playing blur ?

[Arcmanov]

So yuh boy just upgraded his HDD to a 120 GB...DIY style.

...but the devil is in the details right?

So here's how it went down...

Stuff you need:
 - Your current Xbox 360 HDD (duh)
 - TORX screwdrivers (T6 and T10)
 - USB flash drive (make sure its bootable)
 - External USB HDD (or large flash drive)
 - The hddhackr tool
 - The 120GB Xbox firmware file, hddss.bin

...and the last, but most important thing is a special model of Western Digital 120GB Scorpio Blue laptop SATA HDD (WD1200BEVT),
which can be had on Amazon for WAY cheaper than what M$ wants to charge you for an 'official' 120GB HDD.

Lets start with flashing your new 120 GB drive...

Connect it to your PC, as the ONLY hard-drive.  Then put the hddss.bin file, along with the hddhackr.exe file on your
bootable USB key, and boot your PC from the USB.  At the prompt, just type 'hddhackr', and the app willthen ask which drive.
Since you only have one SATA drive connected, then enter the number corresponding to it.  At one point it will say
that the new firmware does not match the drive you're flashing.  Ignore it and proceed.  It will then ask to create partitions.
Let that proceed.  When it completes, you now have a 120GB which conains the FATX format used by the Xbox360.



MAKE SURE YOU INSTALL THE LATEST DASHBOARD UPDATE BEFORE RUNNING THIS STEP!!!
Reason being...it now enables the use of any USB storage device as a backup medium for game saves, demos, videos, etc.

Now, connect your external HDD, go to 'System Settings', then 'Memory'...you should see two drives, your current Xbox 360 drive, and
the USB device you just connected.  Press 'Y' for device options, and simply copy all your stuff to the USB device.


After the copy is done...disconnect your Xbox HDD and carefully dismantle it using this guide.  Then reassemble it with your new 120GB drive, and pop it back into the console.
Now, turn on you console and go back into the same 'Memory' section, and you should see the new drive detected there
with 107GB free.  Press 'Y' for device options and make sure to format it.  When thats done, simply reconnect your external USB HDD
and transfer your backed up content back onto the 120GB drive, and thats it.  

Now you have a bigger HDD in your Xbox 360 for a fraction of the cost.

Arcmanov - 1       M$ - 0  


...of course...I can  do this for a fee if you're not willing/able to do this yourself, but you have to buy the drive. 

[woodyear99]

Arc wait a minute is this the same 360 from a few years ago? No RROD? Damn ur 360 must be yuh real hoss lol.

[Arcmanov]

SAME Xbox...This console is a real trooper.  I have it since Jan 2007.

I gues I get one of the 'good' ones.

[rb]

Did this with a 60gb about a year ago with a dead hd shell lying around JK. 

Good stuff with the 120gb upgrade, how come you didn't go the 250gb route though ? Is it because there's no bin file or is it simply not possible beyond 120gb?

[Arcmanov]

Actually...now that there's a 250GB model, there should be the corresponding bin file available out there, but the
120GB was cheap, so I just went for that.

-Hopefully- I shouldn't need more than that.

[Agokillya]

I have a 120GB and I have a feeling I will run out of space pretty soon. Would not mind upgrading to 250GB. The question is the price of doing you own upgrade vs Microsoft's HDD drive.

[Silvaback]

I have a 120GB and I have a feeling I will run out of space pretty soon. Would not mind upgrading to 250GB. The question is the price of doing you own upgrade vs Microsoft's HDD drive.

Cory dont play greedy..delete them battlefield demos and thing lol
You will be surprised how much space you using with shyt u dont need.
BTW Flash drive update ftw!

[W1nTry]

At least 8 that I know of, Red or Foz may know more. As it stands:
W1nTry
RedlumTT
Foz4ric
Jarrox
Agokilla
NDVenom
Arcmanov
Boombooki

[Redlum08]

how many Bad Company 2 360 players are there from trini?

Like you considering joining the Squads Larry?!