The new Xbox 360 specs........

howslowcanyougo · 05-13-2005

WOW the THREE CPU CORES , 1 TeraFlop floating point performance, another HDD and advanced HDTV support make XBOX 360 looks like a real killer game machine!

Watched the the MTV preview last night with my son, it was mostly fluff, but a few of the game beta's looked VERY, VERY tight!

Just got this info directly off Xbox's site:

Xbox 360 Fact Sheet

Xbox 360 System Performance Specifications

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 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 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM
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 Multi-channel 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

Availability: Holiday 2005

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JustROLLIN · 05-13-2005

Wow, this machine is scheduled to hit stores later this year. Any word on what Sony is releasing or when?

xluciusx · 05-13-2005

Dude how much is that freakin thing gonna cost?! I mean seriously 3 3+ghz processors? Its going to have to be near $1000...

Steeltwo · 05-13-2005

they'll try for xmas season of 05.

i'd buy it :-D

but will it have built in wireless, or just wireless ready. I've seen crap advertised as WiFi ready, but that just means it can handle the expansion.

StealthGST · 05-13-2005

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Originally Posted by Steeltwo

they'll try for xmas season of 05.

i'd buy it :-D

but will it have built in wireless, or just wireless ready. I've seen crap advertised as WiFi ready, but that just means it can handle the expansion.

Xbox rules, I can't even stand playing PS2 anymore

Steeltwo · 05-13-2005

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Originally Posted by xluciusx

Dude how much is that freakin thing gonna cost?! I mean seriously 3 3+ghz processors? Its going to have to be near $1000...

core does not = cpu

the core is part of a processor.

it won't have 3 of them. The xbox has a 733 p3

so a 3ghz is a HUGE jump. I'd expect to see a dual system at the most.

AJ · 05-13-2005

I'll stick to my NES, Sega, and Gamecube. lol

But it looks pretty sweet.

xluciusx · 05-13-2005

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Originally Posted by DSMStyle

I'll stick to my NES, Sega, and Gamecube. lol

But it looks pretty sweet.

I agree my ps1 and gamecube treat me just fine.

And also, with the triple 3.2 ghz "cores" its still gonna have to cost way too much for me. Have they released a price? I havent seen one...

INTRIGUED · 05-13-2005

I wonder what Playstation with have to "match" that.

**Kracka** · 05-13-2005

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Originally Posted by TalonTsi85

I wonder what Playstation with have to "match" that.

I'm guessing PS3

howslowcanyougo · 05-13-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steeltwo

core does not = cpu

the core is part of a processor.

it won't have 3 of them. The xbox has a 733 p3

so a 3ghz is a HUGE jump. I'd expect to see a dual system at the most.

As far as I know the Tri-Core CPU is already in final silicone, or at least that what has been announced.

The first Xbox they released they lost money on the deck but made money on licensing the GAMES! That's where the action is for every $300.00 deck they'll sell at zero profit, they will also sell 20 $50.00 games. Beyond the initial development what does cost to burn a DVD? A quarter? Almost pure profit baby! Then come those $50.00 a pop for wireless controllers, light gun, steering wheel, need I go on?

I predict the deck will come retailing for about ~$300.00 again as another "loss leader"!

INTRIGUED · 05-13-2005

har har har

Quote:

Originally Posted by S2kracka

I'm guessing PS3

EclipseGST · 05-13-2005

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Originally Posted by S2kracka

I'm guessing PS3

Actually its called PSX. Latest news I have heard on it was about a month ago. Do a google search on it and you can even find some pictures of what its suppose to look like. Possibly in the $700 range but it will be just like a computer where you can burn DVDs and surf the internet with it as well. Should be interesting to see what both price ranges are going to be and what each can do.

EclipseGST · 05-13-2005

Did a little research and they are calling it the Playstation Extreme/3. Here are some pictures and some news on what its about and suppose to be.

http://www.psxextreme.com/scripts/ps...cr.asp?scrID=3

howslowcanyougo · 05-14-2005

I glad there are at least 2 big players fighting it out for our $!

This way WE, the consumer win in the end.

Competition is what makes everything better!

dumb_ricer · 05-15-2005

Yeah, 3ghz out of a gaming system is insane but something that is even more unbelievable is the number of pipelines.

The current HIGH END video cards for a computer are using a 16 pipeline unit. With XBox claiming a 48 pipeline unit, thats over double as fast as any video card on the market today. With ATi now supporting XBox, due to problems with Nvidia, we could see 2x R520 chips in the Xbox which is going to be the NEXT gen ATi card. As it says at the bottom, all specs can change, and I definitely see a few of them changing.