Megadrive1988
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source: gamesindustry.biz
pretty much as expected.
pretty much as expected.
Xbox 2 preview at GDC may not feature hardware unveiling
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Megadrive1988
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well that was not the main point of the article anyway.
Disappointing, but rather expected. We'll likely see generalities bandied about--perhaps a few tech demos--but no one seems to want to be the first to say specifics, as it gives their hand away to the competition while there is still time to alter their own tactics. What with everyone trying to launch in the same general window, things are nerve-wracking all around. 
I guess my being absent for a few weeks has definately amounted to not being that up to date, but
??? OMG. Seems like Microsoft has something in the works that is set to compete with PS3 one way or the other. Though speaking of 6 PowerPC cores does sound like the system will be costing quite a bit more than I probably was willing to give MS credit for (I guess I had nothing better to expect after the dumped money into Xbox and it being a very expensive jump into the gaming industry). Am I missing out on something or are others as puzzled as I am?
??? OMG. Seems like Microsoft has something in the works that is set to compete with PS3 one way or the other. Though speaking of 6 PowerPC cores does sound like the system will be costing quite a bit more than I probably was willing to give MS credit for (I guess I had nothing better to expect after the dumped money into Xbox and it being a very expensive jump into the gaming industry). Am I missing out on something or are others as puzzled as I am?
the info about three CPUs has been mentioned before (i.e.: in this thread, here): http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10083 ... however, the "six cores" info has not been mentioned before, IIRC ...Phil said:I guess my being absent for a few weeks has definately amounted to not being that up to date, but
??? OMG. Seems like Microsoft has something in the works that is set to compete with PS3 one way or the other. Though speaking of 6 PowerPC cores does sound like the system will be costing quite a bit more than I probably was willing to give MS credit for (I guess I had nothing better to expect after the dumped money into Xbox and it being a very expensive jump into the gaming industry). Am I missing out on something or are others as puzzled as I am?
.... as I posted in this other thread (here: http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9939&start=120 ):
I believe that the CPU of Xbox Next is a variant of the POWER5 processor , but there are 3 dual core chips [instead of 4 dual core chips, as in the server version of the processor ( http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10182 )]....
Megadrive1988
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indeed. I reckon Microsoft and Sony (perhaps Nintendo with N5 as well) will be playing cat & mouse games with regard to the revalation of true specifications. or rather, a game of chicken
the news of 6 cores within 3 CPUs is several weeks old now.
there is also an article from Gamesindustry.biz saying there will be 4 or more PPC cores.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=dev&aid=2897
Megadrive1988
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well, here in the United States of America, the Xbox is approaching 2 and a half years. (Nov 2001 ==> March 2004) it was about 4 years ago that Microsoft officially announced Xbox. And I remember it was something like September 1999 when I read about "X-Box" in Next Generation magazine.
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Given how MS is aggressive on cost cutting(no more HD), you will not see a multichip configuration.
What will Xbox have.
one XCPU2 + one XGPU2 + one IOchipset.
Beside the physical processor count doesn't matter in the SMT era. The question developers are asking is, how many logical processors to deal with? Is it 4???
Given how MS is aggressive on cost cutting(no more HD), you will not see a multichip configuration.
What will Xbox have.
one XCPU2 + one XGPU2 + one IOchipset.
Beside the physical processor count doesn't matter in the SMT era. The question developers are asking is, how many logical processors to deal with? Is it 4???
Megadrive1988
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Well as you know, Gamecube's GPU is not made by ATI.
it's owned by ATI (or is it Nintendo?) it was designed by ARTX (ex-SGI engineers) and it's manufactured by NEC.
it's owned by ATI (or is it Nintendo?) it was designed by ARTX (ex-SGI engineers) and it's manufactured by NEC.
Why are people still being picky about that? The ArtX crew got their fingers in a bunch of other pies since their acquisition, and certainly Orton has turned the company around to be much more stand-up than it had been for years. Let's not bicker and argue about 'o designed 'o... To sound sappy, their destinies became linked.
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Wow thats a Dreamcast? Little pretty thing!!
I'd love to see the interior design of all the older consoles... maybe we should open a new thread... I'd love to see what NES and Genesis looked like inside...
