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"The Gamecube and the X-Box are just as powerful."

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Fri 16/03/01 at 17:34
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I'm fed up of saying this, so I'm posting this one the forums, and I'm going to pop it everytime someone thinks different to the above.

Because it's getting to me. :0D

I might even explain WHY the Gamecube is as fast as the X-Box later... ;0)

BTW: The X-Box looks rather disapointing at the moment.
Sat 17/03/01 at 16:03
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Hey this is what the discussions are for!
Anyway microsoft have a slight advantage of Hardware to use to produce more polygons but with more things on top of a games machine it probably won't.
Sat 17/03/01 at 15:59
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I made this topic because I was fed up of saying it, not because I believe the power of a console is what is best.

However, a lot of people do believe that. And people who are buying an X-Box for the sole reason of it being the most powerful machine are being cheated.

The X-Box texture fill rate, I.E. how fast it can colour in things like faces, walls, and other surfaces, is actually slower than the PS2.
Sat 17/03/01 at 15:50
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The overall result is down to the architechture as a whole. Essentially the SNES had an 8bit architechture, but as it had lots of snazzy chips in it..Its games were as good if not better than the megadrives.
In other words the CPU hardly matters as much as the entire architechture, and how the programmers can push it to its limits!
Sat 17/03/01 at 12:42
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I'll say this, just because..the Gekko can beat a Pentium.

405Mhz (Gamecube's Gekko) vs. 733Mhz (X-Box CPU), believe it or not, doesn't tell the whole story.
Sat 17/03/01 at 12:41
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I have seemed to have automatically shaken my head as a negative response to many of Snipers most recent posts!

Sat 17/03/01 at 12:28
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Yep!
I'll go with you on that one apoc.
Sat 17/03/01 at 12:26
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correct me if im wrong but doesnt sniper start most of the arguments here?
Sat 17/03/01 at 12:21
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SNIPER wrote:
> In terms of power of course the X-box will be more powerful! <

Not true, but there's no reason to even argue about it.
Sat 17/03/01 at 12:10
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exactly they need to keep it simple.
Sat 17/03/01 at 12:06
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But Sniper, surely that all people want from a GAMES Console. I have a DC and i dont surf the net with it. I play games over it but i dont look at websites with it. I think the same will go for the 'Cube.

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