Xbox 2 specs unveiled

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Asher
The game ran like crap on my then-state-of-the-art P3 600 w/ TNT2 Ultra 32MB.

Was too annoying to play.

Try running it *now*.
There are plenty of good games that are ahead of their time.

Deus Ex 1 is still ahead of its time.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Asher
Deus Ex and SMACX are both crap, sadly.

(Deus Ex 1 & 2 both sold more on various consoles than on PC )

What is the point of a great gaming system if you don't appreciate fine games?

[Asher]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
what is edram?

Extremely fast RAM. It's usually ~10x faster than regular RAM. It has low capacities, but high speeds. It'll be used for the backbuffer where they actually do all of the drawing.

The Gamecube has 3MB of pseudo-EDRAM right now.

is that a regular dvd drive or hd-dvd drive or what?

Doesn't say, people expect it to be some form of blu-ray (HD-DVD).

Looking at those specs, I can't imagine myself owning a more powerful pc than that in 3 years, let alone a console with that much firepower. [/QUOTE]

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by Jamski
Never heard of this practise untill now, sorry.

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

-Jam

No the only gun I use is an Ion Beam Gun for fib work.

[Jamski]

Deus Ex and SMACX are both crap, sadly.

DOCPILE THE HERETIC!

/me no longer has any repect for the heretical anti-gaming opinions of Asher *

-Jam

[Skanky Burns]

Of course his gaming opinion leaves something to be desired*. He is a console player, afterall.





* Good taste.

[Zero]

i remember deus ex having **** load of problems. no one played it cause no one could run it properly.

then i heard they fixed it, but it still was sux0r. and like 2 was a much better game.

Or was that hitman? that game too, was like that i heard.

[Zero]

ps2 spec is like what? 400mhz cpu with like 32 mb of ram? Consoles are designed for sorely running games. and because hardwares are exactly identical to each other, softwares can be custom tailored to their specifications... meaning..

with specs like that on console... that spec is re - co*k - ulously good.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by Asher

It'll probably cost around $400 to make, go on sale for $299.

I don't think it'd cost too much to make. When you buy parts in the millions, you get a price discount. The time this will go into production is mid-to-late 2005, and the chips will be made on the new 65nm process which makes the chips smaller and cheaper, and integrating 3 CPUs into one die will also reduce cost.

I agree, they are after market share, and will make the money back on volume and then on the software. With PC games not selling like consoles, they have to have a platform to market their games.

[Imran Siddiqui]

and like 2 was a much better game.

HEATHEN! DX1 was one of the best games ever created. DX2 is not so much.

[Skanky Burns]

DX1 was one of the all-time best games. DX2 was not even worth downloading, although I must admit that I based that decision on the demo. Way to take a great game formula and kill it. I shudder at the thought of Thief 3 in these same people's hands.

Think happy thoughts, think happy thoughs...

[Zero]

Or was that hitman? that game too, was like that i heard.

Notice how i said i know jack**** about dx1.... man i cant tell those 2 game apart, if it wasnt for the bald guy that you play in hitman...

the main character in dx better not be bald. At least, i dont think he is.

[Nubclear]

Go back to playing Half-Life Zero

[Nostromo]

Re: Xbox 2 specs unveiled

Originally posted by Asher

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.

What's a R500-based GPU? Something like a 9800 XT? Or the next GPU by ATI?

[Asher]

Re: Re: Xbox 2 specs unveiled

Originally posted by nostromo
What's a R500-based GPU? Something like a 9800 XT? Or the next GPU by ATI?

The Radeon 9700 was R300 (DX9, 8-pipeline) , Radeon 9800 was R350 (DX9, 8-pipeline, but faster), R400/R420 is the chip coming out in a couple weeks (DX9c, 16-pipeline, insanely fast).

The next chip after that will be R450/470 (expected to be DX9c, 16-pipeline, tweaked and even faster).

R500 is the chip series after even that. New technology, even faster speeds. R500 is roadmapped to be used in high-end PC graphics cards in late 2005 at the earliest.