Microsoft Xbox 360
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This system is also known as: It had been known for some time that Microsoft were developing a follow-up to their Xbox console, believed to be called the "Xbox 2". On Thursday March 12th 2005, Microsoft officially unveiled this console, known as the "Xbox 360", on a half-hour TV special screened on MTV, however, some of the 200 people who attended the taping of the program, a week earlier, leaked images and specs of the console onto the web prior to the official unveiling. The Xbox 360 is said to have exceeded many people's expectations, with its extremely realistic, "movie-like" graphics. The console also features a 20GB hard drive and 3 processors enabling high definition graphics and surround sound. Microsoft intend to outdo Sony's PlayStation 3, which will be the main rival of this system, in order to gai
Specifications
- Cpu
- IBM Xenon (3-core PowerPC)
- Gpu
- ATI Xenos (custom R500)
- Ram
- 512 MB GDDR3 unified
- Audio
- Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS
- Games
- 2154
- Colors
- 16.7 million
- Rating
- 7.3/10
- Cpu Type
- Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU with 3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each, 2 hardware threads per core; 6 hardware threads total, VMX-128 vector unit per core; 3 total, 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread, 1 MB L2 cache
- Av Output
- Composite, Component, VGA, HDMI (later models)
- Cpu Speed
- 3.2 GHz
- Units Sold
- 84 million
- Generation
- 7th Generation
- Resolution
- 480i to 1080p
- Console Type
- Console
- Launch Price
- 99 USD (Core) / 99 USD (Premium)
- Media Format
- DVD-DL, CD-ROM
- Release Date
- 2005-Nov-22
- Media Capacity
- 8.5 GB (DVD-DL)
- Controller Ports
- 4 (wireless 2.4 GHz)