Uh, there''s a way to put Linux on The XBox, though it seemed much easier last night.
Let me think.........On dreamcast, part of the Booting System is off the CD, so if this is the Case then it would be possible(and much easier since its x86, not whatever the hell instructions the Dreamcast has),

One more Thing,


DO YOU THINK A INTEL(=CRAPPY!!!) P3 733 would Be able to perform great in 2001, I DONT THINK SO!!!!, it doesnt even perform good compared to SpitFires!(Duron''s), Later,

The NTSC standard for television (the one used in the US) is about 512x384 and has a constant fps of 29.97 interlaced. This is not going to be much of a stretch for any modern graphics chip. So saying that a console game gets 800FPS at 640x480 resolution isn''t any big whoop...''cause you can''t tell anyway.

I think the main thing that will help the XBox is the hardware physics abilities.

One thing I was wondering about is how XBox will handle the multiplayer aspect of console games. N64 did a horrid job of trying to do 4 players on a split screen...
And does hooking up 2 (3...4..) XBoxes together and having 8 players (or whatever they decide on) on a couple TVs/Monitors sound like a feasible idea?

Just some late-night thoughts.

Epolevne

For those complaining about XBox being obsolete upon release take a look at playstation which was obsolete for years but still dominated the industry. 128 bit means purely nothing. a pentium 3 also has 128 bit instructions. What is more important is the performance of the video card, not so much the processor. I do not claim to know which of these new console systems will perform the best.
My opinion is that XBox will make a big mark on the game industry. If the Xbox is a success, several big developers will drop pc versions of their games (already happening). The closed system simplifies development, and the market for pc games is already small compared to consoles. XBox could be the leader in the console wars. You have Playstation 2 with bad rep. GameCube solid, but not as desirable to develop for as the xbox (wierd new system, competing with big nintendo titles). Indrema L600 pushes the linux name which is insignificant to most people. Dreamcast already has a market, but rumors say that Sega is working with microsoft now on XBox realization? In conclusion, though the addition of a hard drive is confusing (viruses? fragmentation?), XBox can easily be a sucess.

- cmaker

also PC Compatability is an issue. XBox games will not be cross compatible for sales and support reasons. But an emulator is inevitable in some form?

Ah zedzeek... how exactly did you come about those calculations? Which of those consoles are using CISC cpus or RISC cpus? Which is more efficient at processing 32 bit numbers, a 32 bit cpu or a 128 bit cpu? (Key word in that question is efficient) Bottom line is numerical comparisons don''t mean squat. The ability of the cpu to efficiently process, the ability of the development tools to create efficient and cpu friendly code, the power and abilities of all the periphal components, all those makes instructions per second stats completely worthless. And availability and quality of games/software for the given system makes everything else completely worthless. That''s why I own a PC instead of a Mac. That''s why I use Windows instead of Linux or Beos. System spec comparisons are pointless (the original Playstation also proves that.)

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Ah zedzeek... how exactly did you come about those calculations? Which of those consoles are using CISC cpus or RISC cpus? Which is more efficient at processing 32 bit numbers, a 32 bit cpu or a 128 bit cpu? (Key word in that question is efficient)

Well, let''s see. The Playstation2''s 128-bit vector units can multiply eight floats(four pairs) AND two 16-bit ints all in one(!) cycle. The Dolphin''s custom 128-bit PPC will do two floating point operations in one cycle. What can the PIII do in one cycle?