Question: Consoles and PC processors

It's all a matter of money I think.

There is not just one chip in an Xbox or PC that does everything.

Both systems will have a chip that does the processing and another that does the graphics, that is, makes the images you see on the screen.

The display system in a games console is better at doing game type stuff because that is all it does, it can be designed to do that one job as well as it can.

The graphics system in a PC is a compromise that is meant to do most tasks reasonably well. Web browsing, office tasks, the odd game now and then. If the graphics chip in the average PC was as good as the one in a games console, it would cost too much for the market.

Often people will buy a replacement graphics card that cost more than an entry level PC.

The thing that affects the way a game looks is video card not central processor. Computers have access to the same basic parts that the Xbox uses.

Video games look great on computers if you have the right equipment. Most gaming computers have a high end video card a built in processor and with lots of memory on the video card. Most of the video processing is off boarded to the video card which does all the drawing of 3d objects. So in a way it is about processing power but it is about video processing power.

Yep.

Gaming consoles are designed to do a single task, play games, and they do it well.

PCs are required to be able to do everything, and are pretty mediocre at most things.