I doubt very seriously that the XBox is doomed, judging from its performance at the recent
Consumer Electronics
Show in Las Vegas. The XBox stole the
limelight in a powerful demonstration. The machine boasts three times
the graphic capabilities of its
competitors, with the ability to create
real-time shadows and realistic
facial
expressions.
Some interesting specs:
MS Xbox Sony PlayStation 2 Nintendo GameCube
CPU 733 MHz 294.912 MHz 405MHz Power PC
Graphics Processor 250Mhz custom- 147.456MHz 202.5 MHz
designed chip, Custom chip
developed by "Flipper"
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
Storage Medium 2-5x DVD, 4x DVD, Propriety 1.5GB disc,
Hard disk 8GB, 8MB Memory card Digicard - ½ Megabyte
8MB Memory card
Audio Channels 256 48 64
Broadband enabled Yes Future Upgrade Optional
DVD Movie playback Remote control Yes No
accessory required
Maximum resolution 1920x1080 1280X1024 N/A
US Launch Date Fall 2001 October 2000 October 2001
In response to
fondue's addition to the original WU:
I simply placed some
comparison information in here and commented that it's far too early to tell if the XBox is "doomed", especially after the recent
CES. Games, you ask? The system is not scheduled to be available until the Fall. Of course, MS could post a page in their site like Nintendo did, showing off "
screenshots" of games. I thought it was humorous, though, that Nintendo disclaimed the page with the following comment:
These images are provided as examples of the type of graphics you may see on NINTENDO GAMECUBE. These images are not meant to imply that any games starring these characters are planned for a future release in either Japan or the U.S. But they sure look cool!
Hmmmm. Anyway, here's a link to the
specs for the Gamecube, if anyone's interested (
and it is not dead): http://www.nintendo.com/gamecube/specs.html