Friday, March 10, 2000

X-Box: Even More Official -- 9:49 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

As promised, Microsoft's official X-Box site is online with details on their forthcoming gaming console. Here are the official specs:

• 600 MHz x86 compatible CPU
• Custom 3-D NVIDIA graphics processor
• 64 MB of RAM (unified memory architecture)
• Custom 3-D audio processor
• 8GB hard drive
• 4X DVD drive with movie playback
• Four game controller ports
• Expansion port
• Proprietary A/V connector
• 100 MBps Ethernet

Is it just me, or does 64M of unified memory seem too little? Of course, I have no idea how much memory is in the Dreamcast or Playstation 2. It probably also won't have to run full versions of Windows 98/2000 which would eat 64M for breakfast. I found it interesting that the site does not mention the Athlon specifically as the CPU of choice. You can also check out the full press release. The site looks like crap in Netscape 4.x but renders fine in Mozilla.

News for 03/10/2000

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