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Sources have leaked the figures, but have made clear that this is not a look at final hardware, but merely a guideline to certain developers - such as Rare and Lionhead - for the construction of their next-generation Xbox games.
According to sources, Xbox 2 games about to go into development are looking at the following specs as a guide: 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 central processor, 512MB of RAM, NV30 graphics chip.
"People are very edgy about this due to some serious NDAs [Non-Disclosure Agreements - Ed]," said one insider under conditions of strict anonymity. "But you have to understand that this is simply Microsoft getting ready for the next round of development. These specs are pretty widely known in the development community right now."
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It's looking hefty, and more and more like a PC every update.
Slave
According to sources, Xbox 2 games about to go into development are looking at the following specs as a guide: 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 central processor, 512MB of RAM, NV30 graphics chip.
"People are very edgy about this due to some serious NDAs [Non-Disclosure Agreements - Ed]," said one insider under conditions of strict anonymity. "But you have to understand that this is simply Microsoft getting ready for the next round of development. These specs are pretty widely known in the development community right now."
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It's looking hefty, and more and more like a PC every update.
Slave
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it's graphically dummied down for the XBOX as I understand.
wouldn't be*
Yes well having no other aspects of a game (like gameplay) they had nothing else to do but spend two years making it have brilliant graphics :)
Besides, if that was the case it would be on the 'inferior' X-box would it?
Besides, if that was the case it would be on the 'inferior' X-box would it?
Morrowind is only 500mhz...
OR even an Athlon.
:-)
:-)
Whitestripes wrote:
> This happens in PCs, and look, even the most graphically impressive PC
> game has '400mhz' as the recommended spec, games just don't use that
> much power.
Ummm, that's why Unreal Tournament 2003 has a minimum spec of 1GHz AMD Athlong or P4, with 256MB RAM is it?
> This happens in PCs, and look, even the most graphically impressive PC
> game has '400mhz' as the recommended spec, games just don't use that
> much power.
Ummm, that's why Unreal Tournament 2003 has a minimum spec of 1GHz AMD Athlong or P4, with 256MB RAM is it?
what recent "graphical spectaculars" have you bought which had a recommended spec of 400mhz?
Christ.
What is the point of a 2.8 ghz processor?
This happens in PCs, and look, even the most graphically impressive PC game has '400mhz' as the recommended spec, games just don't use that much power.
Your will end up paying crap loads for this when it isn't even needed.
What is the point of a 2.8 ghz processor?
This happens in PCs, and look, even the most graphically impressive PC game has '400mhz' as the recommended spec, games just don't use that much power.
Your will end up paying crap loads for this when it isn't even needed.
X-Box 2?
I plan on just keeping my PS2 for at least the next three years or so...
I plan on just keeping my PS2 for at least the next three years or so...
Echelon_vs_Lightforce wrote:
> Hmmm, and for a minute I was beginning to believe that I may have
> found an equal with regard to the correct use of the English language
> and the intricacies of its grammatical presentation.
>
> I will look forward to a return to form in the near future Insane
> Bartender!
Yeah, I completely forgot how to spell it, but didn't expect anyone else on here to know the difference.
The word "busted" springs to mind.
Bah, one word out of the 233393 that I've posted on these forums is still an impressive record.
> Hmmm, and for a minute I was beginning to believe that I may have
> found an equal with regard to the correct use of the English language
> and the intricacies of its grammatical presentation.
>
> I will look forward to a return to form in the near future Insane
> Bartender!
Yeah, I completely forgot how to spell it, but didn't expect anyone else on here to know the difference.
The word "busted" springs to mind.
Bah, one word out of the 233393 that I've posted on these forums is still an impressive record.
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