XBOX360 The Good Stuff

[[AK]StitchJones]

Here are the Specs
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU:
# 3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
# 2 hardware threads per core; 6 hardware threads total
# 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core; 3 total
# 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
# 3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
# 1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance:
# 9 billion dot product operations per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor:
# 500 MHz
# 10 MB embedded DRAM
# 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled shader pipelines
# Unified shader architecture

Polygon Performance:
# 500 million triangles per second

Pixel Fill Rate:
# 16 gigasamples per second fillrate using 4X MSAA

Shader Performance:
# 48 billion shader operations per second

Memory:
# 512 MB GDDR3 RAM
# 700 MHz DDR
# Unified memory architecture

Memory Bandwidth:
# 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
# 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
# 21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Overall System Floating-Point Performance:
# 1 TFLOP

Storage:
# Detachable and upgradeable 20 GB hard drive
# 12X dual-layer DVD-ROM
# Memory unit support starting at 64 MB

I/O:
# Support for up to 4 wireless game controllers
# 3 USB 2.0 ports
# 2 memory unit slots

Optimized for Online:
# Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, Gamer Profile for digital identity and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music
# Built in Ethernet Port
# Wi-Fi Ready: 802.11 A, B and G
# Video Camera Ready

Digital Media Support:
# Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
# Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PCs
# Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive
# Custom playlists in every game
# Windows Media Center Extender built in
# Interactive, full screen 3D visualizers

HD Game Support:
# All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
# Standard definition and high definition video output supported

System Orientation:
# Stands vertically or horizontally

Customizable Face Plates:
# Interchangeable to personalize the console

More Information here

[[AK]Bribo]

Yeah, but can I plug a keyboard and mouse in play FPS games like that.

(Bribo = keyboard/mouse whore)

[[AK]Bribo]

What does "Wi-Fi Ready" mean? Does it have WiFi built right in?

[[AK]Squidly]

"Ready" means you can buy add-on stuff and plug it in and it's "ready" to accept it and make it work.

[[AK]StitchJones]

Yeah, but can I plug a keyboard and mouse in play FPS games like that.

(Bribo = keyboard/mouse whore)

Maybe you should stick with
this.

[Slaughter]

ready means it comes able to use wifi, a/b/g.

[Widowmaker]

The only question I have is will it be backwards compatible with current x-box games?

The PS2 is backwards compatible with PS games, the PS3 will be backwards compatible with PS2 games. I would hope that the new xbox will also be backwards compatible but I haven't seen that anywhere.

[[AK]StitchJones]

Backwards compatible might be hard. Since they are using an ATI chipset in the 360 instead of the nVidia that was in the main Xbox. Microsoft said they are working on proper emulation.

[Slaughter]

I believe ATi was in the first Xbox.. beating Nvidia out at the last minute.. of course I could have that backwards..

From what I was hearing it was supposed to be.

[[AK]StitchJones]

I believe ATi was in the first Xbox.. beating Nvidia out at the last minute.. of course I could have that backwards..

From what I was hearing it was supposed to be.

The Nintendo Gamecube has a ATI chipset. ATI was the one that was supposed to be in the Xbox, but nVidia won the low bid Plus i've modded almost a dozen Xbox's and they have all had nVidia cores.