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Xbox PlayStation 2 Nintendo GameCube
CPU 733 MHz 294.912 MHz 405MHz Power PC
Graphics
Processor 250Mhz 147.456MHz 202.5 MHzcustom
custom- chip "Flipper"
designed
chip,
developed
by
Microsoft
and
nVidia
Total
Memory 64MB 32MB 43MB
Memory
Bandwidth 6.4GB/sec 3.2 GB/sec 3.2GB/sec
Polygon
Performance 125 M/sec 66 M/sec 6-12 M/sec
Simultaneous
Textures 4 1 N/A
Pixel
Fill Rate -
No texture 4.0 G/Sec 2.4 G/Sec N/A
Pixel Fill
Rate - 1
Textures 4.0 G/Sec 1.2 G/Sec N/A
Pixel Fill
Rate - 2
Textures 4.0 G/Sec 0.6 G/Sec N/A
Compressed
Textures Yes (6:1) No ST3C
compressed
textures (6:1)
Storage
Medium 2-5x DVD, 4x DVD, 8MB Propriety
Hard disk Memory card 1.5GB disc
Digicard - ½
Megabyte
I/O Game Game Game controller
controllercontroller x4 High-Speed
x4 x2 serial port x2
Ethernet USB 1394 PCMCIA High-speed parallel
(10/100) port
Audio
Channels 256 48 64
3D Audio
Support in
Hardware Yes (64 3D NO N/A
channels)
MIDI+DLS
Support Yes Yes N/A
Hardware
audio
filtering
and EQ Yes No N/A
Broadband
enabled Yes Future Upgrade Optional
DVD Movie
playback Remote Yes No
control
accessory
required
HDTV Movie
support Yes Yes No
HDTV Game
support Yes No N/A
Maximum
resolution1920x1080 1280X1024 N/A
Maximum
resolution
(2 x 32bpp
frame
buffers
+ Z) 1920x1080 640x480 N/A
All of this information and more can be found at WWW.XBOX.COM
CPU 733 MHz 294.912 MHz 405MHz Power PC
Graphics
Processor 250Mhz 147.456MHz 202.5 MHzcustom
custom- chip "Flipper"
designed
chip,
developed
by
Microsoft
and
nVidia
Total
Memory 64MB 32MB 43MB
Memory
Bandwidth 6.4GB/sec 3.2 GB/sec 3.2GB/sec
Polygon
Performance 125 M/sec 66 M/sec 6-12 M/sec
Simultaneous
Textures 4 1 N/A
Pixel
Fill Rate -
No texture 4.0 G/Sec 2.4 G/Sec N/A
Pixel Fill
Rate - 1
Textures 4.0 G/Sec 1.2 G/Sec N/A
Pixel Fill
Rate - 2
Textures 4.0 G/Sec 0.6 G/Sec N/A
Compressed
Textures Yes (6:1) No ST3C
compressed
textures (6:1)
Storage
Medium 2-5x DVD, 4x DVD, 8MB Propriety
Hard disk Memory card 1.5GB disc
Digicard - ½
Megabyte
I/O Game Game Game controller
controllercontroller x4 High-Speed
x4 x2 serial port x2
Ethernet USB 1394 PCMCIA High-speed parallel
(10/100) port
Audio
Channels 256 48 64
3D Audio
Support in
Hardware Yes (64 3D NO N/A
channels)
MIDI+DLS
Support Yes Yes N/A
Hardware
audio
filtering
and EQ Yes No N/A
Broadband
enabled Yes Future Upgrade Optional
DVD Movie
playback Remote Yes No
control
accessory
required
HDTV Movie
support Yes Yes No
HDTV Game
support Yes No N/A
Maximum
resolution1920x1080 1280X1024 N/A
Maximum
resolution
(2 x 32bpp
frame
buffers
+ Z) 1920x1080 640x480 N/A
All of this information and more can be found at WWW.XBOX.COM
I think that the XBOX will be better than PS2 graphically but from the future game reviews I have read on places like ign.com and in magazines like CVG the games aren't going to be as good.
Then when the Gamecube comes out it will wipe the floor with the XBOX.
Then when the Gamecube comes out it will wipe the floor with the XBOX.
It certainly would be great if the xbox is produced with a dreamcast chip allready installed, but at this point i think its more specualtion than anything.
Personally iam really worried about the future of the games industry, on the one hand we have Sega, producer of some of the best games ever, the original grand daddy as it were of games.
On the over side we have the new baby on the block Microsoft, with oodles of money to burn and an aparent agressive marketing strategy in the pipeline.
However i have to wonder - will the word "Microsoft" and its enivatible link with Bill Gates (one of the most hated men o fthe internet)and the fact that the Eastern gamers seem to already hate the thing before weve had a chance to see what it can do.
This worries me because id the best developers such as square and konami aren't excited i wonder if there's something we don't know.
Nintendo are about to do their usual by the look of it and follow the n64 formulae, and release a games console far too late and majorly overpriced. (so here come the pokenmon once again)
So were left with the ps2, what a dissapointment.
Also were are the development kits??? Were we not promised that the real third generation consoles would be great for the home programmer?
Plus when a Large company like Sony having just released a new console is already talking about playstation 3 (having already got a working console that's 12 ps2's in one box)iam decidly worried.
If this is the future, then iam staying with my ORIGINAL Playstation!
Personally iam really worried about the future of the games industry, on the one hand we have Sega, producer of some of the best games ever, the original grand daddy as it were of games.
On the over side we have the new baby on the block Microsoft, with oodles of money to burn and an aparent agressive marketing strategy in the pipeline.
However i have to wonder - will the word "Microsoft" and its enivatible link with Bill Gates (one of the most hated men o fthe internet)and the fact that the Eastern gamers seem to already hate the thing before weve had a chance to see what it can do.
This worries me because id the best developers such as square and konami aren't excited i wonder if there's something we don't know.
Nintendo are about to do their usual by the look of it and follow the n64 formulae, and release a games console far too late and majorly overpriced. (so here come the pokenmon once again)
So were left with the ps2, what a dissapointment.
Also were are the development kits??? Were we not promised that the real third generation consoles would be great for the home programmer?
Plus when a Large company like Sony having just released a new console is already talking about playstation 3 (having already got a working console that's 12 ps2's in one box)iam decidly worried.
If this is the future, then iam staying with my ORIGINAL Playstation!
It went wrong just go to the website and go to 'THE MACHINE' and 'SPECS'
Xbox PlayStation 2 Nintendo GameCube
CPU 733 MHz 294.912 MHz 405MHz Power PC
Graphics
Processor 250Mhz 147.456MHz 202.5 MHzcustom
custom- chip "Flipper"
designed
chip,
developed
by
Microsoft
and
nVidia
Total
Memory 64MB 32MB 43MB
Memory
Bandwidth 6.4GB/sec 3.2 GB/sec 3.2GB/sec
Polygon
Performance 125 M/sec 66 M/sec 6-12 M/sec
Simultaneous
Textures 4 1 N/A
Pixel
Fill Rate -
No texture 4.0 G/Sec 2.4 G/Sec N/A
Pixel Fill
Rate - 1
Textures 4.0 G/Sec 1.2 G/Sec N/A
Pixel Fill
Rate - 2
Textures 4.0 G/Sec 0.6 G/Sec N/A
Compressed
Textures Yes (6:1) No ST3C
compressed
textures (6:1)
Storage
Medium 2-5x DVD, 4x DVD, 8MB Propriety
Hard disk Memory card 1.5GB disc
Digicard - ½
Megabyte
I/O Game Game Game controller
controllercontroller x4 High-Speed
x4 x2 serial port x2
Ethernet USB 1394 PCMCIA High-speed parallel
(10/100) port
Audio
Channels 256 48 64
3D Audio
Support in
Hardware Yes (64 3D NO N/A
channels)
MIDI+DLS
Support Yes Yes N/A
Hardware
audio
filtering
and EQ Yes No N/A
Broadband
enabled Yes Future Upgrade Optional
DVD Movie
playback Remote Yes No
control
accessory
required
HDTV Movie
support Yes Yes No
HDTV Game
support Yes No N/A
Maximum
resolution1920x1080 1280X1024 N/A
Maximum
resolution
(2 x 32bpp
frame
buffers
+ Z) 1920x1080 640x480 N/A
All of this information and more can be found at WWW.XBOX.COM
CPU 733 MHz 294.912 MHz 405MHz Power PC
Graphics
Processor 250Mhz 147.456MHz 202.5 MHzcustom
custom- chip "Flipper"
designed
chip,
developed
by
Microsoft
and
nVidia
Total
Memory 64MB 32MB 43MB
Memory
Bandwidth 6.4GB/sec 3.2 GB/sec 3.2GB/sec
Polygon
Performance 125 M/sec 66 M/sec 6-12 M/sec
Simultaneous
Textures 4 1 N/A
Pixel
Fill Rate -
No texture 4.0 G/Sec 2.4 G/Sec N/A
Pixel Fill
Rate - 1
Textures 4.0 G/Sec 1.2 G/Sec N/A
Pixel Fill
Rate - 2
Textures 4.0 G/Sec 0.6 G/Sec N/A
Compressed
Textures Yes (6:1) No ST3C
compressed
textures (6:1)
Storage
Medium 2-5x DVD, 4x DVD, 8MB Propriety
Hard disk Memory card 1.5GB disc
Digicard - ½
Megabyte
I/O Game Game Game controller
controllercontroller x4 High-Speed
x4 x2 serial port x2
Ethernet USB 1394 PCMCIA High-speed parallel
(10/100) port
Audio
Channels 256 48 64
3D Audio
Support in
Hardware Yes (64 3D NO N/A
channels)
MIDI+DLS
Support Yes Yes N/A
Hardware
audio
filtering
and EQ Yes No N/A
Broadband
enabled Yes Future Upgrade Optional
DVD Movie
playback Remote Yes No
control
accessory
required
HDTV Movie
support Yes Yes No
HDTV Game
support Yes No N/A
Maximum
resolution1920x1080 1280X1024 N/A
Maximum
resolution
(2 x 32bpp
frame
buffers
+ Z) 1920x1080 640x480 N/A
All of this information and more can be found at WWW.XBOX.COM