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    Xbox 2 specs unveiled

    Xbox 2 (codenamed "Xenon") is going to be announced June 2nd, 2004.

    Some crucial information has been leaked (and confirmed). Long story short, I don't think Sony has a chance to compete with the Xbox 2, in terms of performance.



    Yes, that is a tri-core variation of IBM's PowerPC 976 (dual-core, multi-threaded). The PowerPC 976 is a much improved version of the PowerPC 970, which is what the Apple G5 is.

    3 3.5GHz+ cores, 500MHz+ R500-based GPU (at least 16 fully functional DX10 graphics pipelines), 10MB of EDRAM, 256MB+ of 22.4GB/s system RAM.

    Wow.

    Also, note the inclusion of the hard disk...
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    Hmm. A computer.
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    • #3
      *flashbacks to 2001*

      Yes, all game consoles are computers.
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      • #4
        Which were right, by the way
        All the better though. When consoles actually become computers, I'll be in paradise
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        • #5
          Long story short, I don't think Sony has a chance to compete with the Xbox 2, in terms of performance.
          I don't think that they already do, with XBOX1.

          Hmm. A computer.
          I was blown away that Microsoft would make a computer. I never saw it coming!
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          • #6
            I don't get it. If you show a block diagram of the PS2 -- a CPU connected to a northbridge connected to some RAM, connected to a video chip, people should say "hmm. computer". But they don't.

            For some reason it's only the Xbox people think is a computer. Perhaps because it used x86. Xbox2 is using PowerPC, though (which is what the Gamecube used).
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Asher
              I don't get it. If you show a block diagram of the PS2 -- a CPU connected to a northbridge connected to some RAM, connected to a video chip, people should say "hmm. computer". But they don't.
              Long story short, I don't think Sony has a chance to compete with the Xbox 2, in terms of performance.


              Alright Asher, its time to make your decision.

              Do you:

              A: Believe that the XBOX2 is just like all the other systems, and in *no way* resembles a computer or
              B: Believe that the XBOX2 blows its competitors right out of water in terms or performance.

              Can't have both...
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar

                Alright Asher, its time to make your decision.

                Do you:

                A: Believe that the XBOX2 is just like all the other systems, and in *no way* resembles a computer or
                B: Believe that the XBOX2 blows its competitors right out of water in terms or performance.

                Can't have both...
                Who said the Xbox2 in no way resembles a computer? I've said this point blank -- all game consoles are computers. It's what they do. Game consoles are specialized computers -- nothing more, nothing less.

                And the Xbox2 looks to definitely blow the competitors right out of the water. Just like the Xbox did to the Gamecube and PS2.
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                • #9
                  That's gonna be really ****ing expensive, no?
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                  • #10
                    You all seem to forget that the most impressive systems as far as technical specifications are concerned do not always do the best in the shops. Games companies want their products to sell, so they are unlikely to do games for a less popular machine just because its hardware would allow them to make a superior game.
                    It will all eventually come down to the fickleness of the general public: as it always does.

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                    • #11
                      If it's $400 and the PS3 is less than that, I think the public won't touch it.
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                      • #12
                        I won't buy it HOWEVER good it is, unless it comes with a mouse and a keyboard, and I can buy stuff to stick inside it to make it better.

                        i.e. a REAL computer, instead of a gimped box for kids who can't handle "complicated man's stuff" like installing a programme from CD.

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                        • #13
                          From what I've heard people in Europe convert Xbox's to desktops because it's cheaper to buy an Xbox than it is a desktop.

                          Anyone can verify this?
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                          • #14
                            Re: Xbox 2 specs unveiled

                            Originally posted by Asher
                            Also, note the inclusion of the hard disk...

                            It says: '"Built in" not decided'

                            And is it only 20-80 gigs? What a waste, surely they could push it over 100 at a minimum.

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                            • #15
                              Never heard of this practise untill now, sorry.

                              I hear that in America everyone has a gun by their bed.

                              -Jam
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                              Check out the ALL NEW Galactic Overlord Website for v2.0 and the Napoleonic Overlord Website or even the Galactic Captians Website Thanks Geocities!
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