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TheLightsAreOn wrote:
>>Cryofax wrote:
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>>>"theOne" <theOneOne@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
>>>news:UgoQd.30757$by5.21435@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
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>>>>Jan Gruetz wrote:
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>>>>>Cryofax wrote:
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>>>>>>"Jan Gruetz" <jgfornews@epost.de> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:cuqfb2$dts$05$1@news.t-online.com...
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>>>>>>>"Cryofax" <ThrowPoopt@YourFace.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>>>>>>>>The only thing I can think of that would make a newer X-Box run
>>>>>>>>better would be the newer DVD-drive. An older hammered one might
>>>>>>>>take longer to load
>>>>>>>>data...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>actually the newer xbox (v1.6) is a little faster!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Please post a link to where you got this info. Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>well, i just can tell by experience. heavy scenes in halo2 for
>>>>>example run smoother than on a friend`s "old" xbox.
>>>>>
>>>>>also the guy who i bought mine from (and who modded it)
>>>>>talked about the 1.6 xbox having about 10% faster graphics chip than
>>>>>older ones. he does this professionally - not just some
>>>>>"pal" who wants to brag ^_^
>>>>>my 1.6 also has a philips drive so i can read ANY cd-r, dvd, etc.
>>>>>unlike the old ones which only read dvd-r i think and NO self-burned
>>>>>cds whatsoever.
>>>>>i`m very happy with my modded box. i hardly ever use it for games -
>>>>>lol ^_^
>>>>>
>>>>>Jan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Could be any number of factors though, not that the newer box is
>>>>necessarily faster but that maybe the older box had gotten slower
>>>>(dirty DVD-ROM) or maybe was running hotter due to constant play when
>>>>"subjective" benchmark was done.
>>>
>>>
>>>Exactly. This is why I asked for a link. It is possible that with
>>>newer boxes a few components were updated, maybe faster nanosecond
>>>memory, or higher clock graphics chip etc but in order for a game to
>>>run clunky on one box, and smooth on another, the "faster" box would
>>>have to be SIGNIFICANTLY faster. You don't go from 15fps to 30fps
>>>with 10% speedup. And since its obvious no properly controlled tests
>>>were conducted I find the assertion that the 1.6 is faster to be more
>>>heresay than fact. Especially considering there are a lot more <1.6
>>>boxes out there and they aren't going to release games that don't run
>>>properly on those.
>>>
>>>- Cryo
>>>
>>>
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>>samsung,hynix,
>>tomatO,toma-toe....
>>
>>Agreed... the OP is full of it. Unless of course he swapped out that
>>733mhz with a 1.4 and slapped another 64 megs in the box which is
>>possible. Less slowdown on graphic intensive scenes, I'm sure. But
>>alas, no real graphical options via the game menus. Perhaps in the
>>future, portable PCI express graphics will be incorporated into the
>>console market, whereby one could simply spend a few extra bucks on a
>>GPU upgrade or the like via cardbus...Wouldn't that be sweet?
>>
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>
> No. Then games would have to be written for two (or more)
> configurations.
Big deal! PCs has been doing this for years for a huge amount of
configurations no less.....It would be cool for people willing to invest
a little extra dough for a little more asethetic goodness, not too
mention increasing the lifespan of the console. I'd drop the cash as I'm
sure many others would too...