Stop Microsoft
All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Hardware => Topic started by: M51DPS on 3 November 2003, 23:12
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Apparently, microsoft is dropping (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39117572,00.htm) Intel and going with an IBM processor.
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So did Nintendo with the Gamecube.
I hope that IBM's Xbox CPU is a bit compatible with PPC, so it can run Mandrake :D
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And later I saw this article:
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Microsoft has entered into an agreement with IBM that will see it use Big Blue's technology in future versions of its Xbox gaming console.
As a result, said Bernie Meyerson, chief technologist for IBM's Technology Group, Xbox will use IBM's latest processor technologies. By implication this means the G5 currently deployed in Apple's Power Mac range.
The agreement is a blow to Intel, whose contract to supply components for Xbox was its only foothold in the fast growing gaming consoles market.
On the other hand, not only is this good news for IBM, it should also prove heartening to Apple, by ensuring that development of the G5 remains a high priority for Big Blue.
So will microsoft just wind up selling cheap Macs?
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I'd certainly choose a Xbox 2 over an expensive eMac, even if it's from Microsoft.
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So in other words...they are using the same graphics card and processor manufacturers as Nintendo. (ATI and IBM) Fuck microsoft piss me off!!!! They bag the shit out of Nintendo..then they go and do this.
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um...i thought the xbox used nvidia gpus not ati...
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XBox 2 will use ATI GPUs.
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I'm probably going to get flamed for saying this, considering i've provided no proof or sources for my conclusion, but I think the PS3 is going to kill the XBOX2.
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I made this "assumption" because of a decent amount of system specs that remain constant regardless of source, and of these most of which were found using the google search engine. They're both probably a long way off though. I know that sony for the most part, creates okay stuff. Microsoft has a history that says otherwise, and I believe Wronghorn will soon be added to their list of mediocre products.
Who do you think is better at designing things? Sony or Microsoft?
I don't know how the Gamecube 2 (Nintendo Nexus?) is going to do, and most people don't seem to care since they feel the games put out are childish.
[ November 29, 2003: Message edited by: anphanax ]
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And again, someone must say that Games are what make the system. At least, they should be what make a system.
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not true anymore! it's whiz-bang specs and other irrelevant shit.
man, piss off with all this shit and give me a fucking nintendo or a sega. or an atari.
those are REAL games. you don't need super duper graphics to have a good game. If you think you do, then you're a weak-minded halfwit with no imagination.
graphics just make it nice. graphics don't make the game.
I'm right and you know it
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most people don't seem to care since they feel the games put out are childish.
I hope you dont agree!!!
And whats this about Nintendo Nexus???? Where did you hear that?
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Zelda the Wind Waker was the best game ever. It was on the GameCube. I have no other games to play since it. Nothing seems to fill the void :(
'cept for Baldur's Gate II on PC :D
But I already beat that like a hundred times.
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evil fucking bastard jimmy james, i must agree with you 100%.. game this day is getting boring really fast, ps2 has whole bunch games out and few has good gameplay.. i remember when i use to play nes,snes i had great time playing donkey kong or mario world so on. so now is shoot and run or long ass story about some dude finding gold plate etc.. boring!, this the game i had fun with in ps2
THE GAME I CONSIDER HAVING A GREAT GAMEPLAY THE REST OF THE GAME JUST KISS MY ASS.
ps2
splinter cell
gta 3 and vice city
dynasty warrior 2,3,4
metal gear solid 2
lord of the ring 2 & 3
dreamcast
shanmue 1 & 2
psx
metal gear solid
crash bandicoot
tomb raider 2 & 1
resident evil
final fantasy 7 & 8
oddworld
nes,snes
almost all of them (http://smile.gif)
.. my comments on xbox, xblows suck period.. the graphic is nothing big.. for me looks the same as ps2 just shiner..
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I enjoy 16-bit and 8-bit game systems probably more than any other (NES, Genesis, SNES, Master System, Gameboy (the old one, not the new advance crap :X), GameGear).
Graphics are just one of the many factors that makes a game either good or bad. I'm sure there are other people here who have played Pitfall (Atari) for hours and didn't see anything wrong with it :\.
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Originally posted by anphanax:
Graphics are just one of the many factors that makes a game either good or bad. I'm sure there are other people here who have played Pitfall (Atari) for hours and didn't see anything wrong with it :\.
No kidding! I'm a die hard NetHack and ADOM fan myself, no graphics there at all! Still amazing games.
They beat the shit outta most anything at Best Buy.
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Originally posted by psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax:
No kidding! I'm a die hard NetHack and ADOM fan myself, no graphics there at all! Still amazing games.
They beat the shit outta most anything at Best Buy.
Hell yes...nethack is the game of all time. :D
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The best game system to me was the PS1. It gave me more pleasure and fun than any system since. I did own a nintendo, but the nintendo was a system with a huge selection of games that sucked. I think they had a bible game on nintendo. Since the ps2 can play ps1 games, it is the ultimate game system. But right now my linux pc, and its huge selection of games is the system I play the most. I just bought Max Payne 2 and Call of Duty. Let me tell you, no console can compare.
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For some reason I still enjoy playing the original Unreal Tournament(not 2k3) on the PC more than any other game out on the market today(new or old..PC or Console). I never get sick of it like I do other games. I even got sick of UT2K3 mainly because I felt the weapons looked like toys. Sure 2K3 has better graphics than the orignal but the original is just more fun.
I'd get sick of UT if there was no online play because playing against bots is no fun.
[ December 04, 2003: Message edited by: Viper ]
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The only reason why I'd buy an X-box 2 would be to mod it and run MacOS on it. I think PS3 will actually kill it in every other way.
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Originally posted by Fett101:
And again, someone must say that Games are what make the system. At least, they should be what make a system.
I don't think the games make the system, atleast for me. All the games I play are like NHL Hitz & EA Sports in which case all the consoles provide them. So depending on what games you like to play, then the games make the choice, but for myself, the console makes the difference.
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The only reason why I'd buy an X-box 2 would be to mod it and run MacOS on it. I think PS3 will actually kill it in every other way.
Good luck booting any release of Mac OS 8.x, 9.x or 10.x without Apple ROMs... that is, if the processor is even capable of running it. It's most likely going to be a heavily modified processor, like a PPC875, (updated version of the 825 Gecko) which cannot run Mac OS. Remember, PPC750 G3 series and PPC970 G5 series can run PPC825 code natively (MPC 74xx G4s cannot) but PPC825/875 cannot run G3 and G5 code... 8x5 uses a subset of the PPC set with custom additions.
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Originally posted by MotherFUCKER:
[QBi USED TO USE SLACKWERE BUT THEN I SAW THE LIGHT. nOW I USE WINDOWS XP[/QB]
What light was that?
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Originally posted by Microsoft's Caretaker:
What light was that?
Who knows what drives people to become trolls? I can bet it wasn't a light....
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Sony is diefiantley alot better than any console. Sony offers a wide range of products that all kick ass. Take a minute to realise everything in your home made by sony, youll be suprised. Basicly everthing made by sony does kick!
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Most of the electronic equipment in my house is made by Panasonic not Sony. But I know what you mean.
[ April 22, 2004: Message edited by: ShigeruMiyamoto ]