7950GT VS Xbox360 Which to buy and HI.

Hey All

Im new here but been reading toms for a couple of years now so just like to say Hi to all.

Im thinking of either buying a 7950GT or Xbox360 since its finnaly getting released in my country but I dont know which to choose to buy the Xbox 360 and then wait for DX10 and vista or buy a 7950 GT now and wait and get one of the new 360's that are going to come with a HD drive.

My other option is this.
Im currently running a AMD 3500 with a Radeon X800XL and a gig of OCZ ram.To buy a full a new rig with a Core2Duo its going to cost me more than double than buying a 360.
(I like the underdogs and all but im going to buy best bang for buck and the thats the Core2Duo currently sos AMD)

So Option 1: Buy 7950GT wait for new xbox360
Option 2: Buy 360 and wait for vista
Option 3: Skip both and buy Core2duo pc
Option 4: Skip all and buy new pc with vista.
Option 5: Buy a 360 now and new pc after Vista launches.

So far im leaning towards buying a 360 and then to buy a new pc a couple of months after vista is released.(Launch Specials and all for the 360)

So thats it let me know what you think.

How soon after Vista launches do you want to get it- launch day, couple months, or after SP1 comes out? You have a 3500+ CPU, which isn't all that slow. Getting a 79xx card would last you awhile. You're leaning towards a Xbox now so I assume you intend to build up a large game collection for it? If not, then Option 4. I personally think the console market will die in the next couple years. But if you intend to get a fair number of 360 games and will really make use of it, go with Option 5.

I'd go with option 5. Your PC is still good enough for recent games; whatever games you have on PC, don't get them for the 360. A cost-effective upgrade might be an Athlon X2 now, along with another GB of RAM. Then, when Vista comes out, you can buy that, along with a DX10 video card.