ok well i guess my question goes into here because it has more to do with video cards than consoles but here it goes.

I have a top of the line computer and was wondering is it possible to play xbox 360 / ps3 / ps3 xbox or any console for that matter on my computer? meaning i just want to be able to use the computer as a monitor so i can actually play a game.

if anyone know how to do this please let me know because i have been wondering this for ages.

easiest way is to have a input switcher.

could you give me a link for one of these things?

also, how will i be able to see it on my monitor: example: i hook the input switcher up and what do i do to make it show on my pc?

No, it would just be a device that split the signal going into/out of your monitor...one branch would have your PC, the other the console.

A switch of some sort (button, switch, or electronic) would change the input.

Otherwise, you'd need a TV Tuner card, and a stomach to accept too much lag to play your games.

With that suggestion all you'd be doing is moving the signal from a standard TV to his monitor and in no way actually using his PC; which I gather is what he wants to do? In either case the TV tuner card will do that, but as for porting the game from the XBOX360 to your PC, not possible. Well, not until an emulator comes out for it...

Yeah... I tried hooking up a console to a TV tuner just because I was bored and the quality was terrible. Also there was quite a bit of lag from the controller to what was going on the game (press button..... 1 second later.... Response).

If your going PS3/360 a good monitor would probably do the trick. One that would have 1:1 pixel mapping so your image isnt distorted. I've got a Dell 24 and plays great with the 360 using VGA. Havent tried hooking up a PS3 (HDMI-DVI) but I've heard good things especially with the HC model.

Other great monitors include the Gateway and the BenQ and I'm sure theres more out there.

thanks everyone for your answers! nothing like waking up in the morning and seeing tons of comments from people that want to help .

yeah, i got a benq 20.1 widescreen monitor . it has the white connector to my computer ( i think its the other format besides vga. i think its DVI) since it connects to my 8800gts without any problems.

all i want to do is connect my monitor to either an xbox 360 or a ps3 and be able to play my games with no lag . so pchoi04 or anyone else for that matter, what type of device do i need to get for this to work?

have you really never heard of google, or reading the manual

you don't "play the console through your computer", but you can connect your console to a PC monitor

there are loads of posts about his on PS3/Xbox related forums, go search them instead

This is exactly the setup I have , an xbox 360 elite hooked up to a 24" Dell monitor playing 1080p (1:1) connected through the HDMI cable converted to DVI. Don't forget, you still need audio.

I'm using something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6812186016

nope, just a lazy person who wants a link so i can go out and buy it.

You can't play consoles on your computer.
You can, however, connect them to your PC monitor, which is what I'm assuming you want.
Anyway, this is what you'd need:
http://www.x2vga.com/
Hope that helps.

If you want to hook up your 360 to your current computer monitor using VGA... You can... Problem is, it wont be in the right aspect ratio leaving your image squished; you can stretch it out but you lose picture off to the sides. Many 24" screens support 1:1 pixel mapping which allows you to play your games in its native aspect ratio/resolution without having to stretch out the image. I also plan to hook up a PS3 to my monitor using HDMI to DVI, but because my computer is occupying this input I will need a HDMI switcher.

i got a 20.1 ' montior from benq. how do i know that it uses 1:1 pixel mapping?

google it

most PC monitors do 1:1 mapping

FYI: PS3 requires HDCP support

Wow, that was a bit misleading! I though a PS3/XBOX emulator came out to emulate games on the pc but I guess that would require tremendus raw power to achieve!

It'll be years before we'll have CPUs powerful enough to emulate an Xbox360 or PS3 game.

They're still having problems properly emulating the PS2, to say nothing of the PS3 or 360... (granted, a lot of the emulation difficulty with the PS2 has to do with the weird architecture rather than anything to do with the actual power of the system)

... computers have more power than an xbox 360 or ps3 . its just that we dont have people making emulators in a timely fashion