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Barry
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May 15, 2005, 6:50 AM
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Xbox 360 Specifications
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The Xbox 360 features 512MB GDDR3 RAM, eight times as much as its predecessor. More RAM equals sharper visuals, cleaner textures, and more detailed game environments. The Xbox 360 will be able to render massive environments loaded with an eye-popping level of detail. This is good news especially for gamers who prefer to do their gaming on High Definition TVs — Microsoft notes the new console will be able to support all standard and HDTV modes, with multiple levels of anti-aliasing — a technique which softens the sharp edges of polygons to create a more natural look.
Looking further into the guts of the box, the Xbox 360 features a 500MHz graphics chip developed by ATI, the same company that makes graphics hardware for leading PC manufacturers including Apple. The chip features 48 pixel shader pipelines — enough to produce dazzling special effects that we haven’t yet seen on consoles or PCs.
Another similarity with Apple’s Macintosh systems: At the core of the Xbox 360 is a set of three symmetrical IBM PowerPC processor cores, each running at 3.2GHz. The chips are custom-designed, but they’re clocked faster than the fastest Mac. The Xbox 360 significantly outpaces the single 733MHz Intel processor that graces its predecessor. That brute-force CPU power will come in handy as Xbox game developers boost polygon counts in characters and create even more realistic looking environments for their games.
Good news for home entertainment buffs that double up their video game system as the home DVD player too: Xbox 360 works out of the box as a DVD player; you don’t have to buy any extra hardware to get it to work like you do with the current model. Progressive scan is now supported for smoother and sharper DVD playback. And the console touts a 20GB integrated hard disk drive that’s detachable and upgradable if necessary.
The Xbox 360 will also act as a bridge between PCs running Windows XP and Windows XP Media Center Edition and home entertainment systems, streaming audio and video content from those computers and portable devices. As far as we know, Xbox 360 games will ship on standard and dual-layer DVDs, unlike Sony’s PS3, which will use high-density Blu-Ray DVDs. Recent speculation suggests that Xbox 360 may be outfitted with HD DVD instead, but Microsoft won’t comment.
Online gameplay is central to the new Xbox, and there’s an Xbox Live-enabled toggle button placed dead-center on the controller. The new console also features built-in Ethernet and support for the IEEE 802.11a, b and g variants of Wi-Fi wireless networking (802.11g is what Apple uses in its AirPort Extreme cards).
Microsoft hasn’t made many changes from the Controller S that’s
standard issue on the Xbox now; the wireless controllers are about the
same size. Players will also have the option of using the Xbox 360’s
USB port. And as an added bonus, PC players will be able to use the
Xbox 360 controllers, too.
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Xbox 360 ignites a new era of digital entertainment that is always connected, always personalized and always in high definition. It is the only system designed with a singular platform vision that combines the most-powerful hardware with intelligent software and services advancements.
Every Xbox 360 game is designed for high-definition, wide-screen televisions. Regardless of the television Xbox 360 connects to, gamers will experience smooth, cinematic experiences that far exceed anything they’ve seen or felt in games before. And these experiences are never more than a click away. The Xbox Guide Button is the launch pad that connects gamers to their games, friends and music from the wireless controller.
With more than one teraflop of system-floating point performance, a three-core PowerPC-based CPU for the most-advanced artificial intelligence and physics processing, a custom ATI graphics processor, and more than 512 MB of memory for the ultimate in visual fidelity, the Xbox 360 hardware is a perfect blend of power, elegance and balance. Xbox 360 also features software so smart it remembers what gamers have achieved, continually evolving and enhancing the game experience. When the system is combined with unrivaled Microsoft XNA software development tools, game creators can produce truly believable, thriving worlds.
Connect Xbox 360 to a broadband connection and get instant access to Xbox Live Silver, available for no monthly service charge with an Xbox 360 system. Players can express their digital identity through their Gamer Profile; connect with friends anytime, anywhere through Xbox Live voice chat; send and receive text and voice message; and access Xbox Live Marketplace to download demos and trailers along with new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, skins, classic arcade and card and board games, community-created content, and more to the detachable Xbox 360 hard drive — all right out of the box at no extra cost. Composed of user-generated information such as Achievements (rewards players have earned in games), Gamerzone (style of play), and a custom-created Gamertile, the Gamer Profile makes it easy to connect with the Xbox Live community.
Gamers who subscribe to the premium service, Xbox Live Gold, can experience the thrill of multiplayer online gameplay. Gamer Profiles will provide a foundation for intelligent matchmaking, so players of similar skill levels and interests can quickly and easily connect, and the Xbox Live Camera peripheral will let gamers add their faces into games and see their friends while they play. Other Xbox Live Gold features for premium members include video messaging; online tournaments and ladders; and exclusive, original programming such as playing with celebrities online and joining sponsored tournaments to win prizes. And all Xbox 360 owners new to Xbox Live will kick-start their experience with a free month of the full subscription service, which will let them experience the full power of Xbox Live.
Unlock a New World of Digital Entertainment
With Xbox 360, gamers are always on. At its core, Xbox 360 is an amazing game machine with a wide selection of titles. But it is also an entertainment system that lets people power new experiences. Every Xbox 360 system has built-in progressive-scan DVD movie, CD music and photo playback support. The integration of Xbox Live into the system lets players receive game invitations from friends while they’re watching movies or listening to music. And every MP3 player, digital camera and Windows® XP-based PC with a USB 2.0 port can plug right into an Xbox 360 system to stream music and photos.
In addition, with built-in Media Center Extender functionality in every system, Xbox 360 players can access recorded TV and digital movies, music, video and photos stored on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005-based PCs through any Xbox 360 system in the house.
Xbox 360 also opens the door to incredible, new high-definition
entertainment. In addition to optimizing all Xbox 360 games for high
definition, Xbox 360 will stream high-definition TV and movies stored
on Media Center PCs starting this holiday season. As high-definition
entertainment becomes more pervasive, Microsoft will offer more ways to
experience HDTV and movies in any room in the house, any way people
want it. Whether it’s by the dropping of an optical disc in a drive,
streaming to Xbox 360, or through broadband distribution, Xbox 360 will
let players choose how to light up their high-definition content.
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