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XBox 360 Specs Released [Triple Core @ 3.2Ghz each]
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cube said:
What about Revolution or PS3? They also use PPC. Do NES and Sony have their propriatory API's or do they use OpenGL?
before anyone shout : UNDERPOWER some of you need to read this :
Xbox spec for techies
The ATI GPU R500 in the xbox is way ahead of what is available on PC right now. Some of those technologies won't be available until 2006. One thing that pop-ups is the Unified shader architecture. This is a huge feature of the GPU. This is what will drive the nex-gen quality of X360. The fact that you can attributes and changes on the fly pipeline to vertex of pixel shaders depending on the scene is something that no GPU is doing right now.
The chances that PS3 will have a bit more raw power is certainly plausible but I do believe that ATI GPU will be superior to Nvidia GPU.
Xbox spec for techies
The ATI GPU R500 in the xbox is way ahead of what is available on PC right now. Some of those technologies won't be available until 2006. One thing that pop-ups is the Unified shader architecture. This is a huge feature of the GPU. This is what will drive the nex-gen quality of X360. The fact that you can attributes and changes on the fly pipeline to vertex of pixel shaders depending on the scene is something that no GPU is doing right now.
The chances that PS3 will have a bit more raw power is certainly plausible but I do believe that ATI GPU will be superior to Nvidia GPU.
I'll be preordering 2 of these... one for the living room, one for the bedroom. The built-in integration with Windows Media Center (stream music and movies from WMC PC) is wicked cool.
Lacero said:
Nobody is going to pay $400 for a game console. Typically the console makers take a hit on the machine and make money off of the games during the five year life span.
Blackheart said:
Well done!!
I thought the claim of 1 Teraflop was a bit sus... Fair enough they are using IBM chips and a dedicated system architecture, but this claim has to be fake. If this 1 Teraflop is true
there will be a whole lot of people wanting these things for reasons other than gaming . And considering the price of the 'box' .. peh....I own an xbox and I would be willing to buy a '360 if there is confirmed backwards software compatibility. Has anyone been able to find some concrete evidence the '360 will have this feature. I have googled for 20 mins and have only found rumors and speculation....
aussie_geek
Linux 360
Someone will have Linux running on it in within a month. You'll see. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see an OS X hack. Oh, the irony.
nsjoker said:after reading several forums i noticed the topic of using the 360 as a general purpose pc comes up a lot. sorry guys but it's not happening. microsoft will subsidize the machine losing money on each $299 xbox 360 unit they sell, but they hope to gain it back in the future through the games and xbox live service.
if people used it as a pc, microsoft would never get their money back, so you can rest assured microsoft has made it a point to make this thing damn near impossible to mod or crack.
a 9.6 ghz pc w/ 512 ram and that ati card for only $299 is too good to be true.
Someone will have Linux running on it in within a month. You'll see. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see an OS X hack. Oh, the irony.
aussie_geek said:Well done!!
I thought the claim of 1 Teraflop was a bit sus... Fair enough they are using IBM chips and a dedicated system architecture, but this claim has to be fake. If this 1 Teraflop is true
I own an xbox and I would be willing to buy a '360 if there is confirmed backwards software compatibility. Has anyone been able to find some concrete evidence the '360 will have this feature. I have googled for 20 mins and have only found rumors and speculation....
aussie_geek
My bet is that microsoft is still struggling with making the BC possible. If there is no mention of it at E3 then you can expect the X360 not to have it. It's not a big deal. Nintendo has release every single consolde before the revolution not BC ans still moved hardware. My ol' xbox won't stop working when I purchased the X360.
Jobs vs. IBM
Our buddy Mr. Jobs must have pissed off IBM, just like every other relationship. This is just another slap in the face.
Our buddy Mr. Jobs must have pissed off IBM, just like every other relationship. This is just another slap in the face.
not really seeing as they had windows NT for powerpc before, I don't think its that far fetched to see MS use powerpc again.Jmitch said:
As long as you don't mind playing games with your thumbsDr. Dastardly said:Well looks like I have no excuse now to keep my PC.
lordmac said:
Wow. The biggest news here is people still watch Marketing TV.
PS- To all the people bitching about the specs...you are talking out your ***. The specs are more then fine for a console. I personally am going to wait until next year and see what Sony and Nintendo come out with.
shadowguy said:
I would sure hope so, considering that Revolution gets released significantly after 360 is released! It would be the same thing if someone said "Hi-end PC of 2007 will be alot faster than current top of the line PowerMacs are!"