May 12th, 2005, 07:57 PM
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A Whole New World
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Xbox 360 introduced on MTV at 9:30
Reminder...should be interesting. I'll be at their press conference and party next week but I'm still excited to see this one.
Mods, can we keep this in here until the show starts, then banish off to the everything else forum?
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May 12th, 2005, 08:01 PM
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tonight?
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May 12th, 2005, 08:14 PM
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A Whole New World
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Yep, tonight. Thursday the 13th.
The Killers perform, Elijah Wood hosts, etc.
Pretty interesting, from a marketing standpoint as well...launching the product PR campaign on MTV pre E3.
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May 12th, 2005, 08:15 PM
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A Whole New World
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They will likely be showing some video of games, etc.
And I'm wondering if they show it in a color...doubtful it ships in that silver color. I like the controllers though...
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May 12th, 2005, 08:48 PM
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i cant stand mtv and theyr homoriffic presentation of the xbox, they asked **** questions to the designer and barely told us anything. mtv is garbage. i wanna see it on tech tv where theyll actually show us the box specs n shnit
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May 12th, 2005, 08:58 PM
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That was a can of ass.
I have a sneaking, sneaking suspicion that PS3 is going to blow the doors off Xbox 360.
I'll get both tho...
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May 12th, 2005, 08:59 PM
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Here's the specs. Has the latest technology plus incorporates lots of existing 3rd party concepts like wireless controllers, wi-fi, etc.
Xbox specs revealed
Published: May 12, 2005, 6:30 PM PDT
By CNET News.com Staff
A 20GB hard drive, high-def game support and a 500MHz ATI graphics processor: Glimpse the Xbox 360's system performance specifications as provided by Microsoft.
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
• Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
• Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
• VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
• 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
• 1 MB L2 cache
CPU Game Math Performance
• 9 billion dot product operations per second
Custom ATI Graphics Processor
• 500MHz processor
• 10 MB of embedded DRAM
• 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
• Unified shader architecture
Polygon Performance
• 500 million triangles per second
Pixel Fill Rate
• 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA
Shader Performance
• 48 billion shader operations per second
Memory
• 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM
• 700 MHz of DDR
• Unified memory architecture
Memory Bandwidth • 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
• 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
• 21.6 GB/s front-side bus
Overall System Floating-Point Performance
• 1 teraflop
Storage
• Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive
• 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
• Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB
I/O
• Support for up to four wireless game controllers
• Three USB 2.0 ports
• Two memory unit slots
Optimized for Online
• Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music
• Built-in Ethernet port
• Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g
• Video camera ready
Digital Media Support
• Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
• Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP-based PCs
• Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive • Custom playlists in every game
• Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
• Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers
High-Definition Game Support
• All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
• Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported
Audio
• Multichannel surround sound output
• Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
• 320 independent decompression channels
• 32-bit audio processing
• Over 256 audio channels
System Orientation
• Stands vertically or horizontally
Customizable Face Plates
• Interchangeable to personalize the console
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May 12th, 2005, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott MS
Here's the specs. Has the latest technology plus incorporates lots of existing 3rd party concepts like wireless controllers, wi-fi, etc.
Xbox specs revealed
Published: May 12, 2005, 6:30 PM PDT
By CNET News.com Staff
A 20GB hard drive, high-def game support and a 500MHz ATI graphics processor: Glimpse the Xbox 360's system performance specifications as provided by Microsoft.
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
• Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
• Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
• VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
• 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
• 1 MB L2 cache
CPU Game Math Performance
• 9 billion dot product operations per second
Custom ATI Graphics Processor
• 500MHz processor
• 10 MB of embedded DRAM
• 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
• Unified shader architecture
Polygon Performance
• 500 million triangles per second
Pixel Fill Rate
• 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA
Shader Performance
• 48 billion shader operations per second
Memory
• 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM
• 700 MHz of DDR
• Unified memory architecture
Memory Bandwidth • 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
• 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
• 21.6 GB/s front-side bus
Overall System Floating-Point Performance
• 1 teraflop
Storage
• Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive
• 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
• Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB
I/O
• Support for up to four wireless game controllers
• Three USB 2.0 ports
• Two memory unit slots
Optimized for Online
• Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music
• Built-in Ethernet port
• Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g
• Video camera ready
Digital Media Support
• Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
• Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP-based PCs
• Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive • Custom playlists in every game
• Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
• Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers
High-Definition Game Support
• All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
• Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported
Audio
• Multichannel surround sound output
• Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
• 320 independent decompression channels
• 32-bit audio processing
• Over 256 audio channels
System Orientation
• Stands vertically or horizontally
Customizable Face Plates
• Interchangeable to personalize the console
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Its a computer console instead of gaming console 
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May 12th, 2005, 09:42 PM
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Its a computer console instead of gaming console |
For all intents and purposes, its both. Gamers are no longer happy with just a gaming machine anymore (or at least thats what the manufacturers are claiming any way).
Like DDogg I feel this gonna be inferior to PS3, this looks rushed.
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May 12th, 2005, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Evil Ash
Like DDogg I feel this gonna be inferior to PS3, this looks rushed.
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Man, Sony should just ram that down everyone's throat. We took longer because we wanted to make it better. They've always beat people to market, but they are so huge right now that they can get away with getting beat to market by touting their commitment to excellence. Could be huge marketing strategy for them. Plus, I think they'll be able to back it up...dunno about the wireless controller angle though, but I think they will beat Xbox 360 in most other areas. This time....
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May 12th, 2005, 10:16 PM
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Championship!!!!
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Originally Posted by Evil Ash
For all intents and purposes, its both. Gamers are no longer happy with just a gaming machine anymore (or at least thats what the manufacturers are claiming any way).
Like DDogg I feel this gonna be inferior to PS3, this looks rushed.
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So were looking at $300-$700 for this console?
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May 12th, 2005, 10:36 PM
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Lots of good info: http://www.gamespot.com/features/6124293/index.html
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So were looking at $300-$700 for this console?
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The expected launch price is between $400-$500 for the basic version and around $700 for a "special" improved version (whatever that means)
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May 12th, 2005, 10:49 PM
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Do the mods not realize we have a video games forum here? 
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May 13th, 2005, 02:04 PM
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$300 basic. $500 w/ controller and game bundle.
Go to the websit and look at the graphics. The website is posted on the Suns room. It looks so lifelike I thought it was a real person. It blew my mind.
If PS3 can top that, I would be shocked.
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