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Xbox 360 demos running on Macs
KernelPanic:
--- Quote from: skyman8081 ---Theres so much crap, I had to get my waders.
The CPU in the 360 is a custom design based on the Power5 that MS owns. The G5's are the closest commercially available chip on the market right now.
Microsoft make the mistake of licensing the chip designs from Intel and nVidia for the Xbox, and has not made the same mistake again.
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We'll have to suck it and see, but, I think the modifications to POWER5 are going to be insubstantial (in CPU compatibility terms) due to the prohibitive cost and lack of necessity. I feel the biggest stubling block to a porter is more likely to be DRM malarky rather than the CPU.
I hope you don't think that I was implying Microsoft were going to use off-the-shelf G5's... :rolleyes:
Also, are you trying to say that Microsoft own POWER5 or that they own the custom design? They certainly don't own POWER5.
RaZoR1394:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---If it's $300, I'd say it'd do pretty damn well.
Although, even if I could get a chip to make it run GNU/Linux, I would never buy the Xbox 360 because I've sworn to never give MS any of my money again :)
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Well, you can always buy the PS3. Just check the graph below. It totally owns the XboX. Remember that these are individual processors. The XboX uses 3, the PS has 8 (7 in practical use). Though you'll have to wait to spring 2006 for the PS3 to appear on the market. I would gladly buy one because I'm getting pretty bored of ut2004 and doom3 (Cedega won't work).
Damn, check where the x86 (PC) is lying, lol. Is this really such big difference between PPC and x86?
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: RaZoR1394 ---Well, you can always buy the PS3. Just check the graph below. It totally owns the XboX. Remember that these are individual processors. The XboX uses 3, the PS has 8 (7 in practical use). Though you'll have to wait to spring 2006 for the PS3 to appear on the market. I would gladly buy one because I'm getting pretty bored of ut2004 and doom3 (Cedega won't work).
Damn, check where the x86 (PC) is lying, lol. Is this really such big difference between PPC and x86?
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I'm not really big inta games, but if the PS3 can run GNU/Linux with kb + mouse and networking etc., I might buy one.
Jenda:
Sorry for my n00bity, but what does the graph mean?
Aloone_Jonez:
The graph shows the number of floating piont claculations the processor can perform in a second basically it's number crunching capability.
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