XBox Coverage Galore

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• yea. Realtime dynamic *shaders*. Should pw33n : Ominous
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  oh, but the fun part is that everything the X-Box can do, the PC can do too... : daggah
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    (or at least will be able to by the time X-Box comes out) : daggah
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      And yet it won't be fully taken advantage of for a while on the PC since the PC devs have to make their ... : cot
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        um...look at Quake 3's minimum requirements (honestly I don't know what they are, but I'm still willing ... : daggah
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          Quake3 runs on a voodoo1. The only systems it truly left behind are those without a hardware opengl r... : cot
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            oh sure, it runs, but would you play Quake 3 on a Voodoo1/P2-233? I wouldn't play it on a 300 MHz pen... : daggah
            • I ran it on a Celeron 300a @ 450 and a voodoo 2 beforw I get my TNT 2 Ultra : Ominous
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          Quake 3 would be capable of SO much more if Carmack was free to let loose and target the top of the line... : Stormrider
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            top-of-the-line when Quake 3 came out was about a P3-500 or 600, was it not? That's pretty much what yo... : daggah
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              Horsecrap. I ran Q3A on a Celeron 300A (OC'd to 450) with 64MB of RAM and a Matrox G400Max (not even r... : RatBastard
              • you're talking about running "fine." I'm talking about running it "truly well." You know, as Carmack... : daggah
              • "Win25" == "Win2000". I type like shit. -Rat : RatBastard
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          /Me pulls box out of shelf... Let's see. Quake 3 Minimum requirememnts: and I quote 1: 3-D Hardware : RatBastard
          • and you would play Quake 3 on that? I sure as hell wouldn't. : daggah
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    as opposed to other consoles, which can do so much more! : astral
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      asstral, you know what I mean. Or maybe you don't. You ARE an idiot, after all. Yes, the X-Box ca... : daggah
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        I assumed that since it is a console, it should only matter what it can do compared to other consoles. : astral
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          as far as I'm concerned, X-Box is a small PC. : daggah
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            Daggah.. why? How is it any more PC-like than the dreamcast, which has a keyboard and mouse, a modem, a... : Vantage
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              it's a mini-computer. Seriously. Look at the specs. : daggah
              • so what if it uses PC parts? The Gamecube runs an ATI chip. And 95% of the people who buy are not goin... : astral
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                I did.. perhaps you'd better explain your reasoning to me, because it simply doesn't appear to be any mo... : Vantage
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                  the Dreamcast and PS2 both had hardware custom-designed for their purposes. The X-Box is little more th... : daggah
                  • So a custome designed sound chip and video sub-system don't count? Jebus, Daggah, it's about time some... : RatBastard
                  • yeah but the difference is, that's the STANDARD. Every single x-box owner has the same hardware. Imag... : wumpus
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                    The NV20 chip that'll be in the Xbox is designed with the xbox in mind. the motherboard in the xbox is ... : Vantage
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                      "It will be another TWO YEARS before PC game developers can write "minimum requirements: 733mhz proce... : daggah
                      • either you are replying to the wrong post, or you are incapable of reading english. try again. : Vantage
                      • You think that might be his point? -Rat : RatBastard
                      • excuse me while i take a shit... on you and your family. : anon@syr.edu
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                      customized parts are not the same as parts completely designed for the console. When it comes down to i... : daggah
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                        yet no games will be made for the hardware :( : Ominous
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                          yeah, whatever, that's pretty much a worthless point, as I've said before. "Almost all PC games have ... : daggah
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                            and replying to the wrong post, again. -Rat : RatBastard
                            • no, that was most certainly the post I intended to reply to. : daggah
                      • You are missing the point. : Vantage
                      • /bangs head on desk until blood flows to the floor in a river... -Rat : RatBastard
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                      It's an NV25. We need to keep in mind daggah may not be correct, however the machine access data f... : abrasion
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                        You can cache memory on the hard disk. Also, most PC games are targeted at around 32 megs of RAM, the... : freshview
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                          would that mean that you have to make games that will at least load into 32 megs of RAM? Is 32 megs you... : daggah
                          • 32mb of ram is nasty, but i think they will optomise it and work around it, but sooner or later strea : abrasion
                          • we "shoot for" 32 megs of RAM, we try not to exceed that. The game HAS to run if you have that much RAM... : freshview
                        • nah. Even if you split the memory evenly-- 32mb console, 32mb video-- it has the same amount of memory a... : wumpus
                      • BSDRAM? : cot
                      • the RAM is all DDR. : freshview
              • No, it's not a mini-computer. Mini-Computers are small mainframes, servers and such. It still fits in... : RatBastard
          • that's what I'm seeing from you. But I think you need to realize that is is a console, marketed against... : astral
  • Yes and no. The XBox's fixed architecture gives developers a fixed target to build their games around. : RatBastard

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  my pc was beter half a year ago than the xbox will be in half a year! Alf, that's just ridiculous. ... : cot
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    Thats bs even if ur hardware is more pwerfull u still cant do half the shit the xbox does graphics wise.... : dark sage
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      "Thats bs" Are you replying to the right message? I said that there is no pc graphics hardware o... : cot
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        I am replying to the wrong message :) It was in responce to ILF : dark sage
        • Hehe, ok, I was quite confused for a second there. Another thing that can't be overlooked is that the... : cot
    • * C H O D E * : Zapp0
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    ok, the gpu is better, that's cool. but still, mine's faster (350mhz instead of 250mhz) also, i got wa... : ILF
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      how much RAM is used just for Win9x/2k though? I sit at about 110MB at boot time : hawkeye
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        you got 256mb ram and have only 110mb free after booting? that sucks, i'd suggest tweaking your pc a li... : ILF
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          That's all his tasks he has loaded that sucks up his memory. But he probably needs them or he wouldn't h... : MarksmanX
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            1337 gamers have 2 user accounts, one for gaming with a lot of memory free, one to work. i don't tho, m... : ILF
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              Or...buy more RAM? :) : MarksmanX
              • well, having 110mb free is still more than double the xbox! : ILF
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              no. They have 512 megs of RAM : Ominous
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                yessir, and 2 accounts. : ILF
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                  accounts? WTH are you talking about? : Ominous
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                    Two user accounts. One for normal usage and one for FUGLY mode to log on NT I would assume :) : MarksmanX
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                      you again with your fugly mode? : ILF
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                        When I play a game I want to enjoy it to it's fullest. I don't want to see blurry blocks and a block for... : MarksmanX
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                          when i single-player, i do, too. when i play multi-player, i want to win, and that's easier with fugly ... : ILF
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                            I still win without FUGLY mode. But my main problem is my internet connection. Cable doesn't always have... : MarksmanX
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                              ever tried it (fugly mode)? after a short time getting used, you'll be better! does cable has fastpa... : ILF
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                                Oh yes I have tried. It didn't do anything special. The only thing I don't do is enable 32-bit color bec... : MarksmanX
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                                  But my gamming habbit is dying and I am being more focused on work work work type lifestyle now aaaaaaa... : ILF
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                                    It will happen don't worry. Plus you will also get old and ugly too :) : MarksmanX
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                                      fugly? : ILF
                                      • If you become FUGLY you come to me and I'll fix you up :) For a huge fee that is : MarksmanX
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                              hey choder my cable is worse than yours : Zapp0
                              • Because you're not in the shores you poor bastard! ;) DEEEELLAAAASAL : MarksmanX
                        • I agree, I put up with some inability to see my enemy as far away as he can see me because if I wanted to... : .spanky.
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                    multiple users in win2k. one has no progs loaded at startup (more ram free), the other one's got all ... : ILF
                    • or u could just shut them down. when you have 512 megs of RAM, ICQ wont slow you down : Ominous
              • That's right! :) : MarksmanX
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      ok, the gpu is better, that's cool. but still, mine's faster (350mhz instead of 250mhz) WTF are you ... : cot
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        http://www.3dblaster.com/products/geforce2/specs.asp : ILF
        • 350 MHz RAMDAC fool! RAMDAC is not your GPU. the GPU in that card is 200 MHz : Ominous
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          That's the RAMDAC, not the core clock speed of the GPU. The RAMDAC is what converts the digital signa... : cot
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            it is 200 stock : Ominous
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              egats! I shall laugh at your use of the word 'stock' without hesitation. : asspudding
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                SHould I say Factory direct? : Ominous
                • No you FOOL! It's manufacturers settings! ;) : MarksmanX
                • egats! I shall let you use whatever word you'd like since it's your choice, though I'd recommend 'defau... : asspudding
          • ok, i want you do to me a favor. i want you to hit me as hard as you can! : ILF
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      your gpu is not faster than an NV25, the 250mhz speed refers to the core speed, an Ultra has a core speed... : .spanky.
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        yeah i was talking about ramdac, sorry, my bad, i suck. well, it's good the xbox got all those 1337 t... : ILF
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          when you play a DVD on your TV it looks sharp doesnt it? : .spanky.
          • Analog no but HDTV yes :) : MarksmanX
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            i never did. only playing dvds on my pc. : ILF
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              actually, i did at a friend's house. it looked good, but not as good as the same dvd on my 17" : ILF
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                then something is wrong with your brain. You think a 17" monitor is better to watch a DVD than a 36" TV? ... : .spanky.
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                  Depends on the quality of the TV. If its one of those crappy Toshiba 36 inchers, yes the 17 inch monitor... : baron calamity
                  • it's still too fucking small for watching a movie, I dont care how sharp the image is if I have to sit 18... : .spanky.
                • Picture quality wise it looks better on a monitor than on a analog monitor. HDTV and a digital monitor y... : MarksmanX
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                  is there a new version? : ILF
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                    Yeah you have to flash your brain too :) : MarksmanX
                    • oh, i did that last night: http://www.shugashack.com/funk.y?id=692520 http://www.shugashack.com/funk.y... : ILF
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  yeah but PC games are still made to run on pentium 266's. and it'll be another few years before the m... : astral
  • *Ahem* IDSOFTWARE : MarksmanX
  • but they already lookm way better than any xbox game that comes out in 2-3 years! (higher resolutions..... : ILF
• XBOX POWARRR !!! : xbox