Xbox 360 specs and Xbox Live details

[StealthWarriorX]

http://media.gamebattles.com/sandbox/0/xbox360.jpg


These could be completely fake, but some semi-plausible specs for the new Xbox 360 (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000760030410/), as well as some details about Xbox Live, were posted and then quickly pulled from the TeamXbox forums. The part about it having a 20GB detachable hard drive seems a little sketch, since we’d heard something about it being a 40GB drive, but the rest of it seems to make sense. You have exactly 77 hours to argue (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000307039691/) over whether or not these are for real.


2 types of Xbox Live:
Xbox Live Silver (no subscription required)
Xbox Live Gold (subscription benefits)

Features for Gold service
* Also for Silver
# Also for Offline

- Seamless transition to Xbox Live account from Xbox to Xbox 360
- Access to MMOs (additional fees may apply) *
- Free Xbox Live weekends *
- Multiplayer online gameplay
- Avatar for gamer profile * #
- Motto for gamer profile * #
- Personalized look for Xbox System Guide * #
- Offline achievments * #
- Online achievements *
- Access to other players’ Gamer cards via Live *
- Cumulative gamer score * #
- Location/language profile * #
- Reputation *
- Enahnced matchmaking using above
- Skill level matchmaking
- Gameplay style profile (casual, competitive, etc.)
- Recent players list *
- Free and premium download game content *
- Free and premium downloadable movies, music, tv *
- Downloadable demos/trailers *
- Microtransactions *
- Custom playlist in every game * #
- Play music from portable devices * #
- View images from digital camera * #
- Strem media from Windows XP * #
- Interactive screen savers * #
- Track info for CDs * #
- Communication with voice, video or text *

360 HW:
1. Support for DVD-video, DVD-Rom, DVD-R/RW, CD-DA, CD-Rom, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 cd, JPEG photo CD
2. All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
3. Customizable face plates to change appearance
4. 3 USB 2.0 ports
5. Support for 4 wireless controllers
6. Detachable 20GB drive
7. Wi-Fi ready

Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
- 3 symmetrical cores at 3.2 GHz each
- 2 hardware threads per core
- 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core
- 1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance
- 9 billion dots per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor
- 500 MNz
- 10 MB embedded DRAM
- 48-way parallel floating-point shader pipelines
- unified shader architecture

Memory
-512 MB GDDR3 RAM
- 700 MNz DDR

Memory Bandwidth
- 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
- 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
- 21.6 GB/s frontside bus

Audio
- Mulitchannel surround sond output
- Supports 48khz 16-bit audio
- 320 independent decompression channels
- 32 bit processing
- 256+ audio channels

[reaver]

Welcome to 2 days ago. :)

Amazing specs anyway.

[HondaCBRRida]

Wish I understood half of the words in there and what they mean, but it seems good.

[SPACEWOLF]

Wish I understood half of the words in there and what they mean, but it seems good.

Let's just say they mean finger lickin good :biggrin:

[Juggernaut101]

Is there any idea on how much this "Xbox 360" will cost.

[<ZeroPoint>]

Well there is going to be 3 diffrent types you can buy.

prices range from 299 to 399

[Clinton514]

still no official word on backwards compatibilty. :| we waits.


"No word yet on whether the Xbox 360 will play current Xbox games. If not, that would disappoint many of the devoted 20 million Xbox owners who will want to play their old games on the new system. And retailers may not be thrilled about devoting space to a fourth console game system (including the current Xbox, PS2 and GameCube), along with the growing lineup of portables (Nintendo's DS and Game Boy SP, plus Sony's PSP), says Richard Doherty of The Envisioneering Group. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20050513/tc_usatoday/gaminghitsnextlevelwithxbox360

[Weapon]

I can't wait to play this on my projector its going to be so tight. Plus I am getting 2 one to play online and one to be modded. Can’t wait to see what mod’s can be pulled off with the 360 and halo 2 and other games.

[powrman]

I can't wait to play this on my projector its going to be so tight. Plus I am getting 2 one to play online and one to be modded. Can’t wait to see what mod’s can be pulled off with the 360 and halo 2 and other games.
I'd wait and buy one later when they do a price drop for a modded 360. Plus, that gives the modders plenty of time to figure out what's possible.

Anyone know if you can buy the front covers seperately so you can design your own?

[Weapon]

I made a few halo 2 mods but with the power of xbox 360 alot more can be pulled off now, But designing my own front cover that would be awsome. How about lets pay West Coast Custom and have them design a face plate that would be awsome if they would do that.

[copper4]

I can't wait to play this on my projector its going to be so tight. Plus I am getting 2 one to play online and one to be modded. Can’t wait to see what mod’s can be pulled off with the 360 and halo 2 and other games.
you have too much time on your hands and too much money nothing negetive so don't get all pissed off

[Weapon]

No prob copper is just video games is like a Cigarette because once you start you can't stop and its so addicting. I think they need to make the anti-gaming gum and the gaming patch if you know what I mean :)

[POP]

2 xbox lives i wonder how much itll cost

[[PurpleHaze]]

The second I figure out the price i'm going to preorder it so I can start saving so I can get a few launch titles

[Weapon]

Has preordering started yet?

[[PurpleHaze]]

Has preordering started yet?


Not sure, I was wondering the same thing.

[HeavyComponent]

just cant wait...

[HeavyComponent]

Has preordering started yet?

yes about a month ago i was in EBgames store...they had notes all in the store saying "Pre-Order ur now."...and the Pre-Order price was $20...NO LIE

[Weapon]

Is their a link or anything offical yet? I searched Ebgames and found nothing under "Xbox 360"

[HaRD2KiLL]

amazing specs!

[misterfootball247]

Yeah specs look amazing. There is so much stuff it's all confusing me. The vids for Madden Nxt Gen look amazing, I just hope that it's close to an actual gameplay video. I am stoked. I just want everything to feel like your're acctually apart of the person your playing. Like in Madden that the announcers acctually realize that it's the Super Bowl your in and when you break records in season play that somthing happens. That is my 2 cents on the 360

[Xvip3rX]

Is there any idea on how much this "Xbox 360" will cost.
Your sig if f'n funny!

[Cutter]

Nice specs, but still nothing compared to PS3, xbox1 more powerfull then ps2 and ps2 just has better software(games) now ps3 has better games and hardware.

[MasterChiefSamF]

how the hell do u figure u ***git?

and xbox will still have better online play so stfu

[SPACEWOLF]

Nice specs, but still nothing compared to PS3, xbox1 more powerfull then ps2 and ps2 just has better software(games) now ps3 has better games and hardware.

PS3 does have better hardware...but not for gaming. The hardware that has been put into the PS3 is mainly for home entertainment functions. The xbox 360 has better hardware and software(actual software, not games) for gaming purposes. And as for who has better games, that still has yet to be seen. But everyone seems to think that Gears of War will be the Super Title for the new xbox.

[Skitzie]

waaaait a second. if u only have silver, you cant transfer your old account to the xbox 360? cause there is no way i'm gonna have patience for typing in all those gamertags.

[YourSnipa]

waaaait a second. if u only have silver, you cant transfer your old account to the xbox 360? cause there is no way i'm gonna have patience for typing in all those gamertags.
what they mean is if you continue your Live Subscription (which is gold) then as far as I am aware it transfer's everything. Silver is for those who don't have live.

[VTX1800]

what they mean is if you continue your Live Subscription (which is gold) then as far as I am aware it transfer's everything. Silver is for those who don't have live.


Well well well, my buddy has returned. Where ya been?

[StrawberryStreet]

the specs sound quite good any news on the date of release yet? thanks
^^

[steve7777]

- Free Xbox Live weekends *
as in weekends on normal cost money???

[YourSnipa]

Well well well, my buddy has returned. Where ya been?
sorta... on from time to time...

[InSaNeLeeZy]

some ***s are saying that the ps3 with be better then the xbox 360 but i dont think that will be true faster processor speed

[sevenball]

Has preordering started yet?
yes infact people can only get core systems here! and about this thread the specs are all real!

[MaGiC1218]

im still thinkin ps3 will be better,.

[XboxRaw360]

I'm still buying a the whole package Xbox 360

[SargeBenUSAF]

im still thinkin ps3 will be better,.

Please let me know how.......

Most of the titles they had to show at E3 were just films and not actual gameplay, and even those were horrible. Their specs still come nowhere close to the 360.

It's going to be the same thing between the 360 and PS3 as it was when the PS2 then Xbox came out. Sony will hyppe their system to death, not have any really solid titles except for maybe a new GTA or FF (which are both transitioning to XBox), and still get outdone and embarassed by Microsoft.

Playstation is the next Dreamcast lol

[Clinton514]

Please let me know how.......

Most of the titles they had to show at E3 were just films and not actual gameplay, and even those were horrible. Their specs still come nowhere close to the 360.

It's going to be the same thing between the 360 and PS3 as it was when the PS2 then Xbox came out. Sony will hyppe their system to death, not have any really solid titles except for maybe a new GTA or FF (which are both transitioning to XBox), and still get outdone and embarassed by Microsoft.

Playstation is the next Dreamcast lol
:lol: what was the point of that? That was just as bad as his post. Please explain how Sony was embarassed by the current Xbox?

[InSaNeLeeZy]

Hahaha the price ranges are 210£ or 279£ soo 399 is a loud of bob

[cryophantom]

[QUOTE=SargeBenUSAF
Most of the titles they had to show at E3 were just films and not actual gameplay, and even those were horrible.[/QUOTE]
The rest of this post is trash, but this is a valid point. No ACTUAL gameplay has been shown for the ps3 yet. Just pre-rendered videos that were made on pc's using the core processor that are "simulating" what ps3 games "might" look like.

[XIGAMEXI]

^^^^ Good point!

[Timz]

Stealth u so sexy,

[Timz]

Good idea too.

[Alex]

sick...............