Well... before the thread dies.... i need to get something off my chest. (potential necro-thread?)

1stly, in terms of system benchmarks, I can't and don't know how to compare.

BUT, you can't compare prices. Consoles cheat. With tie-ins and different manufacturing structures, the consoles cut costs. For example, you and I would buy a graphic card for a computer at X price which includes manufacturing costs, OEM profits AND the leasing of the tech from Nvidia or ATI. But console manufacturers buy the technology (rights) and manufacture based on their own design making manufacturing ALOT cheaper.

Not only that, they pay less for the tech per console versus our per pc part. This means that a Nvidia Geforce 7800 costs X amount to us but a console user only play a fraction of that.

Source : PC Gamer or PC Pro... i can't remember sorry. I'll dig up the edition if i feel like it