has anybody noticed

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:33 pm

Graphics and processor architecure are two different things. I know computers today use either a 32bit or 64bit design. Consoles are all about graphics thats why their adverticed as what ever their graphics output.

I'd also like to know how I am wrong? The Xbox is 3 years old, I doubt it and I am wrong prove it that we had 256bit graphic processors and engines.

z16bitsega · Post by **z16bitsega** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:35 pm

Sparkfist wrote:Graphics and processor architecure are two different things. I know computers today use either a 32bit or 64bit design. Consoles are all about graphics thats why their adverticed as what ever their graphics output.

I'd also like to know how I am wrong? The Xbox is 3 years old, I doubt it and I am wrong prove it that we had 256bit graphic processors and engines.

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce3.html

Passerby · Post by **Passerby** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:36 pm

z16bitsega wrote:
Sparkfist wrote:Graphics and processor architecure are two different things. I know computers today use either a 32bit or 64bit design. Consoles are all about graphics thats why their adverticed as what ever their graphics output.

I'd also like to know how I am wrong? The Xbox is 3 years old, I doubt it and I am wrong prove it that we had 256bit graphic processors and engines.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce3.html

Yyyyyep!

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:44 pm

Ok heres something to look at too. As for the 256 bit gpu, I never heard Microsoft say anything about that..

z16bitsega · Post by **z16bitsega** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:52 pm

Sparkfist wrote:Ok heres something to look at too. As for the 256 bit gpu, I never heard Microsoft say anything about that..

Well you know, that's pretty much what I just said, isn't it? Turns out I was wrong about the sh-4, it's actually a hybrid- it uses 16 bit instructions, 32 bit memory addressing, has a 64 bit data bus, and a 128 bit floating point bus. And I think they're wrong, I'm pretty sure the Emotion Engine is considered a 128 bit processor.

As for the 256 bit gpu, I'm pretty sure the xbox uses a geforce 3, and the geforce 3 is a 256 bit gpu. http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Microsoft_ ... 53769.html agrees.

Passerby · Post by **Passerby** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:53 pm

Sparkfist wrote:Ok heres something to look at too. As for the 256 bit gpu, I never heard Microsoft say anything about that..

Dude! NVIDI IS THE MAKER OF THE GPU! And by the way, just because some site that's trying to sell me a "175" Big TV for DreamCast" says the systems are 128-bit doesn't mean it is so. There are a few things in that "article" that I could probably point out as wrong, but I don't feel like it right now.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:37 am

To qoute a great man. Aurguing over the internet is like the special olypics. Even if you win your still retarded.

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:50 am

holy crap

i think this post has a speed record for time to get to 3 pages.

z16bitsega · Post by **z16bitsega** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:14 pm

JackFrost22 wrote:To qoute a great man. Aurguing over the internet is like the special olypics. Even if you win your still retarded.

I really don't see how winning an arguement makes me retarded. You posted something that was untrue claiming that it was fact, and I proved it was wrong. Several times.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:14 pm

JackFrost22 wrote:To qoute a great man. Aurguing over the internet is like the special olypics. Even if you win your still retarded.

So we're both retarded? I'm insulted to be compared to you.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:21 pm

Hey the only people retarded are the ones that keep arguing! Overall you can rate a system by its gpu or its cpu, it dosn't really matter. Though maybe it would be better to start saying "the Xbox has a 128 bit GPU" rather than "the Xbox is a 128 bit machine". This way there wont be any dissagreements.

Just dont let this elevate into a "political" type argument.

scherzo · Post by **scherzo** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:28 pm

Classifying the systems doesn't make them more enjoyable. It's all about the quality of the games. That's all I have to say.

z16bitsega · Post by **z16bitsega** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:41 pm

1. The xbox has a 256 bit GPU.
2. Scherzo is smart.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:45 pm

Thats better.
EDIT: I was using 128 as a random number, it was just an example.

Post by **gannon** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:21 pm

Let's just say that the argument is about as idiotic as they come