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Isn't the term 'chipset' intented to desginate 2 or more microchips designed together to preform a specifc task and hence not an approprate term to be used to refer to the NV2A used in the orginal Xbox?
As for the info, nothing really interesting as far as I am concerned. I just want to know if the thing will let me play Halo2 at 720p with plenty of AA and AF.
Putting aside the chipset discussion, what do you guys think about the article? IMO, this confirms the 360 isn´t simply emulating Xbox. If that were the case, then there´s no reason why Xbox games would be BC by "chunks" of games instead of the entire library being playable from the start.
Ring 0, 1, etc., perhaps? I don't really know.Alstrong said:
It seems really odd that the emulator cannot handle this situation.
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This is very good news. I can't wait to play Jade Empire/ROTK at 720p and 4xAA!!
This is very good news. I can't wait to play Jade Empire/ROTK at 720p and 4xAA!!
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kyleb said:
Can you see any 3D data not getting passed through the eDRAM? Whether the game is new or old, it's gonna have to be 2xAA at the least.
Increasing the resolution is a different matter, but very doable. It has no bearing on the original coding, but would instead be limited by the emulator efficiency.
If an old Xbox game running with 480p in a 4:3 ratio had it's resolution increased to 720p, it would still be running in a 4:3 ratio and would not be running in widescreen as most people think. Instead it would have 960:720p resolution.
What I would really like to know is which games have dual and single-layer coding? But it's probably under NDA.
BC explanation is too vague to make sense...
Any resident dev enlighten us on the technical feasibility of such a proposal? As of now this still does not feel encouraging, half-sounding like a ruse to get analysts to submit encouraging reports.
'Management assumes' - looks at millions of Dilbert strips.
Who? MS or the development studios?
Any resident dev enlighten us on the technical feasibility of such a proposal? As of now this still does not feel encouraging, half-sounding like a ruse to get analysts to submit encouraging reports.
Seems that ERP (or was it Deano?) was right about the NV2A specific features giving MS the most trouble in terms of emulation.
And here I was thinking that the 733 x86 emulation would be the hardest part. How are they managing that btw? No common emulation technology (think Project64) has come close to the efficiency that would be needed for that task, afaik. Especially on multi-core chips.
And here I was thinking that the 733 x86 emulation would be the hardest part. How are they managing that btw? No common emulation technology (think Project64) has come close to the efficiency that would be needed for that task, afaik. Especially on multi-core chips.
