Xbox 360 / Xbox 2

[sonu27]

Preety soon Microsoft going to be making there own bateries, Sony already do.

[Gouki]

Problably! lol

They want to take over the world u know?

[DigeratiPrime]

I really reccomend the Rayovac I-C3 15 minute rechargeable batteries. I buy them at Target for about $9 a 4pack.

[Carmon]

I have a Logitec wireless controller for my PS2. You are wrong about batteries... I can't remember the last time I replaced them.

What Batteries Are they?

[SiMoNsAyS]

I have a Logitec wireless controller for my PS2. You are wrong about batteries... I can't remember the last time I replaced them.

What Batteries Are they?

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nuclear uranium-235

[DigeratiPrime]

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entert...60-image-101219

it is fake.

[JasonGW]

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entert...60-image-101219

it is fake.

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Looks like it's been cobbled together in Photoshop from some of the leaked pics and the top of the current XBox. Decent enough job, but not really convincing.

Jason

[SiMoNsAyS]

not really convencing? a fake?

maybe not final but that's the real e3 prototype: http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8112/Xbox-360-Exposed/

[DigeratiPrime]

http://www.engadget.com/

Xbox 360

    * Another Xbox controller pic?

    * Gates confirms Xbox 360 for 2005

    * Live Xbox 360 shot!

    * Xbox 360 Windows Media Center Remote Control

    * Close up shot of the Xbox 360’s controller

[Carmon]

Now a set of the full console specs is doing the rounds and insiders seem to think that it's the real thing.

Without further delay then, here is the full list of leaked XBox 360 specs:

Processor (IBM Power PC based design):

- 3 symmetrical cores at 3.2 GHz each

- 2 hardware threads per core

- 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core

- 1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance:

- 9 billion dots per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor:

- 500 MNz

- 10 MB embedded DRAM

- 48-way parallel floating-point shader pipelines

- unified shader architecture

Memory:

-512 MB GDDR3 RAM

- 700 MNz DDR

Memory Bandwidth:L

- 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth

- 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM

- 21.6 GB/s frontside bus

Audio:

- Mulitchannel surround sond output

- Supports 48khz 16-bit audio

- 320 independent decompression channels

- 32 bit processing

- 256+ audio channels

Overall Hardware:

360 HW:

- Support for DVD-video, DVD-Rom, DVD-R/RW, CD-DA, CD-Rom, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 cd, JPEG photo CD

- All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing

- Customizable face plates to change appearance

- 3 USB 2.0 ports

- Support for 4 wireless controllers

- Detachable 20GB drive

- Wi-Fi ready

Possibly the most appealing aspect of the new XBox for gamers will be the availability of a rather robust free version of XBox Live (Silver) while a premium one (Gold) will offer a variety of extra options.

Features for Gold service

* Also for Silver

# Also for Offline

- Seamless transition to Xbox Live account from Xbox to Xbox 360

- Access to MMOs (additional fees may apply) *

- Free Xbox Live weekends *

- Multiplayer online gameplay

- Avatar for gamer profile * #

- Motto for gamer profile * #

- Personalized look for Xbox System Guide * #

- Offline achievments * #

- Online achievements *

- Access to other players' Gamer cards via Live *

- Cumulative gamer score * #

- Location/language profile * #

- Reputation *

- Enhanced matchmaking using above

- Skill level matchmaking

- Gameplay style profile (casual, competitive, etc.)

- Recent players list *

- Free and premium download game content *

- Free and premium downloadable movies, music, tv *

- Downloadable demos/trailers *

- Microtransactions *

- Custom playlist in every game * #

- Play music from portable devices * #

- View images from digital camera * #

- Strem media from Windows XP * #

- Interactive screen savers * #

- Track info for CDs * #

- Communication with voice, video or text *

wow

[sonu27]

Goood Specs!

[SiMoNsAyS]

i doubt it will beat ps3... or at least the cell processor lol

[ripken204]

ide think that they would use amd since its gaming...

[Tokugawapants]

not really convencing? a fake?

maybe not final but that's the real e3 prototype: http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8112/Xbox-360-Exposed/

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The pic in the post a while up is accurate in terms of the face, but the top of the system is not accurate. http://www.xbox360.com has a 360 view of the system and controller.

[JasonGW]

i doubt it will beat ps3... or at least the cell processor lol

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Hard to say at this point. I've got a buddy who codes for one of the game companies in Irvine, and what he's told me about their PS3 alpha dev kit is that it's "disgustingly complex" to code for, "worse than PS2". He describes PS2 coding as "a miserable experience where nothing works as easy and clean as it should and takes 3-4 times the work that either XBox or Gamecube do".

I'm suspecting that "Cell" will be very much like the "Emotion Engine", which is to say lots of hype and bluster with not nearly the promised power delivery.

Jason