Topic: Xbox 2 Facts Revealed (Read 6564 times)

wasting · « **Reply #61 on:** March 09, 2005, 03:08:00 PM »

no. but im glad they are making all games hd ready

Users with standard televisions needn't worry; 16:9 content will be letterboxed to fit within a 4:3 aspect ratio by default. Developers are being instructed to make sure that any critical text will fit into and look good in 4:3.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #62 on:** March 09, 2005, 03:14:00 PM »

QUOTE(kliend @ Mar 9 2005, 04:57 PM)

are they saying you have to have a HDTV to play stuff?

wasting · « **Reply #63 on:** March 09, 2005, 03:19:00 PM »

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Mar 9 2005, 04:20 PM)

they'll even take it a step further and store all your profile/stats/save games and whatnot online so all you need is your gamer tag and your password (voice password anyone?)

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #64 on:** March 09, 2005, 03:52:00 PM »

I imagine ANY sort of Password protection would be at risk... Even button combinations on the controller (a-la mortal Kombat) Think about it. you only have what? 14 buttons? if the password is 5 or 8 characters long it wouldn't take you that long to crack. I'm sure most people (like with the mortal Kombat passwords) would just make it AAAAA which would probably be the first combination you'd try if you were going to crack it too.

Bigsam411 · « **Reply #65 on:** March 09, 2005, 04:05:00 PM »

Ok I have 2 things to say.

1. to all the people that think there should be different versions of xenon with different memory and different drives I have to say this. if that were to happen then the game developers would have to design the game to work on different configurations and eventually it will be like programming for the pc. This is a console remember one game for Xenon is supposed to be compatible with all Xenons!

2. About the whole memory thing I think that 256 mb is more than enough. Think of it like this: I have a gig of ram in my pc and windows and other background apps are using up 410 mb. That is alot but when I boot up say half life 2 it only takes up an extra 128 or 256 depending on what I have graphics set at. So what i am trying to say is that as long as xenon doesn't become this big multitasking machine that runs a million things in the backround 256mb should be fine.

mrchester · « **Reply #66 on:** March 09, 2005, 04:08:00 PM »

Them benchmarks are set at 1600x1200. TVs are like 720 in HD

derblack31 · « **Reply #67 on:** March 09, 2005, 04:24:00 PM »

I think the camera is cool, as long as it comes as an add-on...

and I just hope they'll integrate a hd

ppc sounds good...

All else I can say is: I CAN'T WAIT...

2K4EVOVIII · « **Reply #68 on:** March 09, 2005, 04:29:00 PM »

QUOTE(Wedding-shirt @ Mar 9 2005, 02:06 PM)

http://www.barefeats.com/mac2pc.html

mrbelvedere · « **Reply #69 on:** March 09, 2005, 04:34:00 PM »

I think MS is just throwing a curve ball to Sony, afterall, all specifications are subject to change.

Also having hdd as an optional addon sucks, if game developers will have to develop for users without the hdd for cache, then they probably wouldn't develop the games for both.

Only other thing I could think of would be some sort of integrated flash memory that could be used for cache, there are high capacity flash memory chips available...

On the HDTV thing: great make all games support HD, but my TV only supports 480p and 1080i. But not 720p, make them all 1080i and I will be very happy

Edit: sorry double post

leo5111 · « **Reply #70 on:** March 09, 2005, 04:39:00 PM »

in regards to cpu power the g5 processor was running at 2.5 ghz the xenon its 3 3.0 ghz cores on 1 chip so im sure results would be much more impressive also as many people have stated the windows os sucks up a lot of ram and cpu power even though you are playing a game and not using windows just once id like to see someone make a game like half life 2 boot by itself no windows componets and see how fast it would run

mikeandbandit · « **Reply #71 on:** March 09, 2005, 06:56:00 PM »

QUOTE(Wedding-shirt @ Mar 9 2005, 01:04 PM)

1. Is the 3 Core, 3.0 Ghz Power PC processor a more powerful CPU than had MS gone with an FX 55 in your opinion?

mrbelvedere · « **Reply #72 on:** March 09, 2005, 07:41:00 PM »

QUOTE(2K4EVOVIII @ Mar 9 2005, 11:35 PM)

Now with the Xenon we are dealing with 3 of those processors on 1 die.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #73 on:** March 09, 2005, 07:53:00 PM »

QUOTE(mrbelvedere @ Mar 9 2005, 09:47 PM)

There's no way this is a tri-core processor. We don't even have dual core proceessors to market yet. It has got to be three individual processors.

Ballz2TheWallz · « **Reply #74 on:** March 09, 2005, 07:57:00 PM »

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Mar 10 2005, 02:59 AM)

yeah you're totally right... everything that will ever be done has already been done. if it hasn't been done yet you'll never see it heaven forbid a console includes never before seen technology

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