Technology Just played XBox 360

[_carmi]

i oughta try xbox 360 sdomeday. i never played the original xbox LOL

 

[Preach]

i'm waiting for the ps3. yeah maybe its not as good, maybe its better, i didnt read the speccs and wouldnt understand them if i did, but im a playstation man. i will not bow to microsoft! i use windows xp and office xp, hehehehehehe, hi!

 

[bastin872]

Yes and no. It's got a 3.2 GHz tri-corePowerPC derivative w/SMT. so that's great, but not "more powerful than high-end PC"...Produce better graphics for a given game than PC? likely yes; due to it having a 500M/sec Polygon Performance as opposed to the XBox's mere 116.5M polygons/sec. Which, by the way, polygons mostly determine the "smoothness" of the shapes, as it's what the images are made up of, so a larger amount and faster fill-in rate means better-moving and better-looking. (not choppy, pointed graphics, i.e. square biceps)

The Xbox's Pixel-Fill-Rate is 3.7G/sec compared to 360's 16G/sec. The Box's Memory Bandwidth was only 6.4GB/sec while 360's is 22.4GB/sec...all of this will add up to superb graphics and accuracy (i.e. when sniping)

The normal console will cost $399...The base unit or "Core System" will be $299.

what the hell is the core system?

 

[Jokerman]

what the hell is the core system?

Well, in the fully loaded system for $399, you get the Console (with chrome finish),the Hard Drive, Wireless Controller, Headset, Hi-Def AV cable, and Ethernet cable.

In the Core System for $299, you don't get the chrome finish on the console, and that's it. No, you also don't get the frickin' Hard Drive, the Headset, or the Ethernet Cable. Can still play games without the hard drive, but u can't save the games or settings. And you can't play online. The fully loaded system gives you online membership packages too.

I think anyone would need the hard drive to make it worthwhile.

 

[ARon]

On the Core you don't get wireless controllers either. Kind of weird that they did that, I guess so people can still afford one but it's not that big of a price increase blah blah, it's worth it to get the fully loaded system or whatever.