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I'm sorry to say this, but
triploop:
Consoles aren't my thing. But I have heard good things about the X-Box!
Anyway.. what is this about Windows having bad boot time? WTF? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. My system runs Win2k (don't worry, I run Linux also), and Win2K boots in 30 seconds. I have a peer-to-peer network with a 98 machine, the 98 machine being the server (so I don't have to be connected). When I had 9x loaded on my system, it took about 10 seconds to load. Same with WinME and WinXP.
Linux takes much longer than Win2K to boot up. So wtf is with associating Winbloze and bad boot time? That's ludicrous. Some people bash out of ignorant stupidity.
Anyway... carry on.
[ December 15, 2001: Message edited by: triploop ]
<Zombie9920>:
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The only bad thing about it so far is the processor (Intel Sucks - They are so slow). Microsoft probably could have made a profit if they put an Athlon 1GHz. And it would be faster too
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It would've been a terrible idea to stick an AMD Athlon in the XBox because then it would be a fire hazzard. AMD CPUs run way too hot and they have problems with some games(especially on Via chipsets). I'm sure people wouldn't want thier (...) console to run at 55-60c(hot enough to emmit heat like a little space heater). BTW, the Pentium III is as fast as an equivalently clocked Athlon minus all of the thermal and crashing issues.
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[ September 09, 2002: Message edited by: Refalm ]
<Joshua>:
They should've stuck a Pentium 4 Northwood in the XBox. It totally dominates the Athlon.
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by <Joshua>:
They should've stuck a Pentium 4 Northwood in the XBox. It totally dominates the Athlon.
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Looks like you are comparing apples to oranges here and to me the specs look better on the oranges (AMD). Looks like the lower Mhz AMD chips are outperforming the higher Mhz Intel chips. Why did you only compare with older slower Athalon chips? And I would like to see a pretty bar graph comparing prices as well. I'll save you the trouble. This article clearly shows that in Price/Performance comparisons you will pay twice as much for an Intel processor and keeping the cost of the box down was the subject you were responding too.
I would agree that the cooling factor would be more of the issue (more noise with the AMD) and the cost of the cooling system.
[ December 16, 2001: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
<Joeseph>:
Look at the top graph(the red and blue one) you (...). The CPUs in Orange and Green(Athlons, classic P4s and Athlon MPs) do not come close to touching the Northwood.
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[ September 09, 2002: Message edited by: Refalm ]
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