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The Hardware

Released in the U.S. on November 15th 2001 the Xbox was Microsoft's first entry into the home video game arena. Originally priced at $299 and slammed for it's heafty size, both console and controller wise. Microsoft quickly proved that it could easily adapt to the videogame market by rectifying its problems. The Xbox's crowning achievement was producing what is still the home console market's best online service in Xbox Live.

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CPU:Intel 733MHz Chip

Graphics Processor: 250MHz custom chip named XGP developed by nd nVIDIA

Memory: Micron 64 MB 200MHz DDR

Memory Bandwidth: 6.4 GB/sec

Polygonal Performance: 125M polygons per second

Sustained Polyganal Performance: 100+ M polygons pers second (transformed and lit Polys per sec.)

Micro-poly particles: 125M per second

Particle Performance: 125M per second

Simultanious Textures: 4

Pixel Fill Rate (1 Texture): 4.0G per second, anti-aliased

Pixel Fill Rate (0 Textures): 4.0G per second, anti-aliased

Compressed Textures: Yes (6 to 1 ratio)

Full Scene Anti-Alias Support: Yes

Micro-Polygon Support: Yes

Storage Mediums:

2-5x DVD
10GB Hard Disk
8MB Memory Card

Audio Channels: 64 (256 Voices optimum)

3D Audio Support: Yes

MIDI DLS2 Support: Yes

AC3 Encoded Game Audio: Yes

Broadband Enabled: Yes

Modem Enabled: No (see above)

DVD Movie Playback: Yes (Remote Control Purchase)

Maximum Resolution: 1920x1080

HDTV Support: Yes

Controller Ports:4USB

Gamer's Perspective

The Hardware