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[Willco]

I remember being so fascinated that so and so system had 32-bit over 16-bit and the N64 was 64-bit, therefor the best system!

... Now it's not even an afterthought. And how do we classify the current gen?

 

[impirius]

We're in the gigaflops generation!

 

[PhatSaqs]

Its funny because my brother just asked me what bit the new machines are :lol

 

[Chony]

By bytes?

 

[GhaleonEB]

I remember being so fascinated that so and so system had 32-bit over 16-bit and the N64 was 64-bit, therefor the best system!

... Now it's not even an afterthought. And how do we classify the current gen?

By GFLOPS, apparantly.

 

[jarrod]

So, how many "bits" are the current gen systems anyway? Wasn't it measured by the CPU?

 

[Discordian_taco]

Its measured by the bus. 32bit bus, 128-bit bus, etc.

 

[Shawn]

so, let's see here...

NES, Sega Master System - 8-bit

Super NES, Genesis - 16-bit

PlayStation, Saturn - 32-bit

Nintendo 64 - 64-bit

PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube - 128-bit

Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Revolution - 256-bit

Correct me if i'm wrong.

 

[Justin Bailey]

So, how many "bits" are the current gen systems anyway? Wasn't it measured by the CPU?

Yeah so technically the XBox = PSOne since they're both 32-bit. Haw!

 

[Discharger]

so, let's see here...

NES, Sega Master System - 8-bit

Super NES, Genesis - 16-bit

PlayStation, Saturn - 32-bit

Nintendo 64 - 64-bit

PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube - 128-bit

Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Revolution - 256-bit

Correct me if i'm wrong.

Please tell me you're joking...

 

[Shawn]

 

[jenov4]

Don't forget the Atari Jaguar which was 64bits!

 

[Azih]

We're in the HD generation now.

 

[LakeEarth]

Correct me if i'm wrong.

Okay! :lol

 

[AndreasNystrom]

Yeah, the Jaguar was 64bit, but that was the graphicchips right?

Cause it was powered by a MC68000 aka 16bit

 

[FortNinety]

Yeah, the Jaguar was 64bit, but that was the graphicchips right?

Cause it was powered by a MC68000 aka 16bit

It was two 32 bit chips, code-named Tom and Jerry.

 

[nightez]

so, let's see here...

NES, Sega Master System - 8-bit

Super NES, Genesis - 16-bit

PlayStation, Saturn, Xbox- 32-bit

Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Xbox 360 - 64-bit

PlayStation 2 - 128-bit

PlayStation 3?, Revolution? - 256-bit

Correct me if i'm wrong.

Corrected

 

[Shawn]

thank you.

 

[acoustix]

xbox 360 is 64 bit?!!

i kid

 

[Bigfonzie]

ummm wheres the dreamcast?

 

[Zeenbor]

Xbox has a 32-bit bus and 32-bit registers.
GameCube has a 64-bit bus and 32-bit registers.
PS2 has a 128-bit bus and 128-bit registers.

All consoles have extended instructions which can process multiple data in one instruction (SIMD).

So ...

Xbox = 32-bit
GameCube = 32-bit
PS2 = 128-bit

 

[nubbe]

It's all about transistors now

 

[sc0la]

when i worked at gamestop people always came in and asked how many bits the systems were, or "How many "Bit-Graphics" does it have?"

 

[jarrod]

Xbox has a 32-bit bus and 32-bit registers.
GameCube has a 64-bit bus and 32-bit registers.
PS2 has a 128-bit bus and 128-bit registers.

All consoles have extended instructions which can process multiple data in one instruction (SIMD).

So ...

Xbox = 32-bit
GameCube = 32-bit
PS2 = 128-bit

So... how many "bits" are DS and PSP?

 

[Zeenbor]

So... how many "bits" are DS and PSP?

Both have 32-bit CPUs.

 

[neopokekun]

Intellivision - 16 bit

 

[midnightguy]

Atari 7800, NES, Sega Master System: 8-bit


NEC TurboGrafx16 8/16-bit


Sega Genesis, SNK NEO-GEO, SNES: 16-bit


FM Towns Marty, Commodore CD32, 3DO: 32-bit

Atari Jaguar: 16/32 bit

NEC PC-FX, Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation: 32-bit 3D

Nintendo 64, 3DO M2: 64-Bit

Dreamcast: 64/128 bit

PS2 Gamecube Xbox "128 Bit"

Xbox360, PS3, Revolution "256 Bit"