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