xbox with 1.4ghz

["aashram" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

24-9-2003, 15:41 (Post by Gamester17)
Xbox with 1.4Ghz CPU

Quote from polygonmag.com: "Japanese retailer OverTop, known for their
wide selection of import games and unique gaming peripherals, has
announced plans to offer an upgraded version of Microsoft's Xbox
console. Modified by FriendTech, the upgraded Xbox will boast a 1.4 ghz
processor and 80GB harddisk. Although scheduled for release in November,
pricing for the new model remains undisclosed. The finished version of
the upgraded Xbox will reportedly include a "turbo switch" which
will
allow players to run the console using default settings. When operated
in turbo mode the prototype loaded data at nearly twice the speed of a
retail Xbox" A few pictures are available at polygonmag.com ...and
this
>from
the xbox (renamed XBX2) is modified with lots of known modifications
(new HDD, s-video output, flashable bioschip and with lots of homebrew
apps) ... but the special thing here is they managed to change the CPU
to a Intel "Tualatin" Celeron 1.4Ghz instead of the standard
Intel
Pentium III 733mhz. They also included a switch so you can change
between 1.48GHz and 740MHz. I don't really know how they did this, as we
all known the XBOX cpu is not in a socket like on a PC motherboard (it's
soldered directly on the board). I'm also not sure if normal xbox
executables can actually really use the extra cpu speed". There is no
mention if it also has 128MB of RAM or not.