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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 4709901" data-attributes="member: 20741">**Update** Res Evil 5 Elite - Limited EditionTo update on the initial post, there have been some developments since January...****************I've gone on quite a tear of buying PS3 games since - and several 360 games too. But most of all - I've been trying to get a satisfactory 360 to play these 360 games on. Attempt No 1: I bought a Falcon 360 system in January - and it was noisier than my release system. Turns out it had its fans modded to full blast by my local game shop. That wouldn't do.  Attempt No. 2: I bought a used Falcon to repair off of eBay - and the seller lied to me. It wasn't just broken; it was outright missing parts. A hopeless mess of not even usable spare parts. *sigh* Attempt No. 3: I bought a suposedly brand new Jasper Arcade off of eBay - and it turns out the seller lied to me and ripped me off. It was not a Jasper - it was a Falcon. Seeing as there were no Japsers to get in Canada at the time... I took the risk of eBay and got hosed on it. *sigh* Attempt No. 4: All of that went by the wayside today as I picked up a brand new Resident Evil 5 Elite Limited Edition of the Xbox 360. This new Elite 360 uses the new Jasper motherboard/ 65nm GPU. The results? In a word: Fan-frakkin-tastic. When idling, my Elite system can barely be heard. It is actually at a noise level equal to my PS3.  I would not have believed it possible that a 360 could be that quiet. But, finally, Miocrosoft has delivered me hardware that almost can't be heard when it is on. True, that illusion is shattered as a game spins up on the DVD drive - but I can install to hard drive to remove that issue - and I will.  If I was to actually use my 360 to stream media, I could reasonably do so. (I expect I will continue to use my PS3 for that purpose). Still - AMAZING. Noise level on the Res Evil Elite 360 is a knock-it-out-of-the-park homerun for Microsoft as far as I am concerned. I've avoided the RROD so far in my 360 experience. I hope that continues. As for Res Evil 5 itself? I couldn't tell you. The machine won't read the disc. It reads the rest of my discs - so it's not the machine - it's the Res Evil 5 disc. A little shadow on an otherwise sunny out of box experience, but I'll live with it until Monday when I'll get a working copy from my FLGS. Right now, I've got more than enough games to keep me busy! Game on!</blockquote>

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