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[Property of Jumpship]

One of the hosts, the guy Geoff or something gay like that, said that all the games that will be shown at EEE, and have been shown so far, are on ALPHA hardware which is running at a fourth of the final specs. So all the graphics bitchin' will probably be moot at launch, right? Or am I reading way to much into this?

 

[PhatSaqs]

One of the hosts, the guy Geoff or something gay like that, said that all the games that will be shown at EEE, and have been shown so far, are on ALPHA hardware which is running at a fourth of the final specs. So all the graphics bitchin' will probably be moot at launch, right? Or am I reading way to much into this?

Its been confirmed in a couple of news articles that all demos will be running off of Apple computers.

 

[KyotoMecca]

HOW EXCITING. G4TV comments? Where do I sign up.

 

[Property of Jumpship]

Hey, fuck you guys, I thought it was interesting. Bastards.

 

[XMonkey]

A 1/4 of the final specs? Seems a bit low to me...

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Hey, fuck you guys, I thought it was interesting. Bastards.

this knowledge has been confirmed for a while now

 

[Wario64]

note: if g4 mentions something on the channel, most likely it's already been posted on gaf

 

[Property of Jumpship]

this knowledge has been confirmed for a while now

Oh, then my bad. I just saw the show tonight. I really havent been keeping up with all the topics.

 

[teiresias]

I just find it amusing that on top of all the apologetic talk about how so-and-so game is running on 1/4th X360 hardware and developers don't have final hardware people then turn around and bitch about how SONY couldn't possibly be ready to launch next year - saying nothing about Microsoft.

 

[olimario]

PA damage control
1up damage control
G4tv damage control

Why did they have this event again?
And is gears of war really running at 1/4th? Doubt it.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

PA damage control
1up damage control
G4tv damage control

Why did they have this event again?
And is gears of war really running at 1/4th? Doubt it.

Cliffy B said he thinks this is about 80% of what he thinks will be possible. Then again, he is one of the people who know the Unreal engine in and out. Not all get their dev-kits at the same time. Being that Microsoft has licensed the unreal engine, I'm sure Epic had more advanced hardware than most

 

[accord 4 me]

Its been confirmed in a couple of news articles that all demos will be running off of Apple computers.

even if what they said is true, dual core g5 and a x800..graphics should still look awesome

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

even if what they said is true, dual core g5 and a x800..graphics should still look awesome

I don't think they worry about graphics until final hardware is in place. Then again, some companies don't follow the same guideline when making games

 

[Spectral Glider]

Oh, wonderful. So the original Xbox was supposedly launched with claims of 1/3rd the power at CES in January of 01, ten months from launch. So now 6 months from this launch and 360 is at 1/4th? Yeah, whatever.

 

[fse]

MTV Damage Control: 360 edition.

 

[wldrhino]

Hey, fuck you guys, I thought it was interesting. Bastards.

I think it is funny as Hell when people start making judgements about products that are not finished...

...and I agree with you...

 

[Manick Joe]

If that is the case about 1/4th the power, may I ask why in the hell are devs not programming to full spec 6 months before the console itself is launched? This will seem to result in rushed bug testing or numerous launch delays.

 

[AlphaSnake]

1/4th? What horseshit.

 

[Wario64]

Xbox 90

 

[AstroLad]

One of the hosts, the guy Geoff or something gay like that, said that all the games that will be shown at EEE, and have been shown so far, are on ALPHA hardware which is running at a fourth of the final specs.

So does this mean the final games will be half as good as the renders? Oh, the math is all so confusing...

 

[PhatSaqs]

Xbox 90

:lol :lol :lol

 

[SonnyBoy]

I can understand that some of those games weren't on par, that was glaringly obvious.

However the fact is that MS put half assed showings on display. For that alone they deserve all of the bad press they have been receiving. Whatever happened to putting your best foot forward, and making a good impression? This isnt MS's 1st stab at this gaming industry this is their 2nd time and their goal was to "WOW" the world and they failed miserably. Its their own fault.

I dont know if Im going to pick one up for launch, Im definately tempted but I think I'd rather wait and see what lies in Sonys hand.

 

[kaching]

PA damage control
1up damage control
G4tv damage control

Why did they have this event again?

Hmmm, maybe to see how much of the gaming press they could get to do damage control for them? Doesn't even look like they needed moneyhats.

 

[Gahiggidy]

Xbox 90

:lol

 

[Ulairi]

So, between now and release the developers are going to recreate the all of the assets?

 

[midnightguy]

actually, the development kits have MORE graphics power than the final Xbox360 console will.

Radeon X800 = 160 million transistors. Xbox360 R500 = 150 million transistors

X800 fillrate: 8 to 8.6 Gpixels/s. Xbox360 R500 fillrate: 4 Gpixels/s

X800 polygon performance: 600M+ Xbox360 R500 polygon performance: 500M



Alpha dev kits have 110% to 200+% of Xbox360's performance

:lol

(i kid, i kid)

 

[TheJollyCorner]

"We give it... a 2... out of 4"

(anyone have the pic of Morgan's face replaced by FFIX's Steiner? :lol )