Re: XBox - was Windows XP Media Center Edition Review

[roaming@xxxxxxx]

Quoting Bruno Prior <bruno@xxxxxxx>:

> I am confused. I am not a gamer, so I don't know much about this, but
I
> had always been led to believe that you need a high-spec PC to run
the
> latest games. But the X-Box is supposed to be the mutt's nuts
gaming
> box, and the above spec. is _very_ basic compared to modern PCs. If
the
> X-Box is basically a PC, how come it performs so much better on
games
> than an equivalent or superior PC?

Quite simple really - the xbox is a closed architecture platform.
Developers kniow _exactly_ what the target kit is and can write a game to
take 
full advantage of all the hardware features on offer.
The "base target spec" for most games companies (ID Software
aside!) is 
something like a Pentium II-350!!!

There are so many combinations of cpus/mobos/graphics cards etc etc out
there 
that it is impossible to write something to take full advantage of every
combo.
By using the latest hardware, you are basically compensating for the fac
that 
the developers cannot optimise their code for any particular machine.

HTH,


Tony

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