Is X-box 32 bit?

Wetflame · 07-30-2004, 08:34 PM

And do bits really matter? I have some friends who I fell out with because tehy called me a fucking moron for insisting the Xbox was 32 bit. Unless i can somehow convince them by showing them these posts that I'm right, it's going to continue to be assheaded over fucking console stats.

So is it 32 bit?

The Mirror Emperor · 07-30-2004, 08:39 PM

Bits are the graphic quality, I think.
And for your question, no. I think it's 128 bits.

Wetflame · 07-30-2004, 08:41 PM

Are you a programmer and/or console expert =P No offense.

Bits are cetainly NOT the graphic quality, unless you're talkin' bits per pixel.

The Mirror Emperor · 07-30-2004, 08:53 PM

No and I don't plan to be.

I don't know bits nor do I care about them. Maybe you can find answers here:

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/xbox.htm

Stabbitty Death · 07-30-2004, 09:54 PM

I think the Mirror King is right, the Xbox is 128 bits. All the major consoles are. 2d playstation games were 32 bits. Don't worry, you're only off by a generation or so. But anyway, bits don't matter anymore, it's more about processer speed and stuff like that. Oh, and this was a really silly thing to drop your friends for. But you could have figured it out easily if you thought about it for a while. The N64 was 64 bits, and the consoles now look a hell of a lot better than that. So it's only common sence that the Xbox (the most powerfull of the three systems) would have to be waaaaay more than 32 bits.

Deathosaurus Wrecks · 07-30-2004, 09:59 PM

yeah, the 'bit speed' is how many chunks of data (binary) that the processors can...process at a time. if a processor can handle 128 bits of information per cycle instead of 32, then it can render more and finer polygons, thus producing more impressive graphics as well as faster runtimes altogether.

KefkaTaran · 07-30-2004, 11:22 PM

Indeed. Xbox is a FAR cry from 32 bit.

Wetflame · 07-31-2004, 05:31 AM

Or maybe bits are just a fancy thing to make it sound bigger?

The X-box is 32 bit. IT'S A PENTIUM 3. THE PENTIUM 3 IS 32-BIT.

Unless someone has conclusive evidence that the Xbox is 128 bit...

Jagos · 07-31-2004, 06:12 AM

Quote:

64 MB of unified memory, which game developers can allocate to the central processing unit and graphics processing unit as needed (This arguably makes the Xbox more flexible for game designers.)

Processor: Modified Intel Pentium III
733 MHz
Maximum bus transfer rate of 6.4 GB per second

To be honest though, what difference does it make? Just because Athlon makes a 64-bit process which may or may not be in the next Xbox, doesn't mean you're going to need or see all that power...

A 32 bit processor is fine.

Wetflame · 07-31-2004, 07:31 AM

Yes! Excactly. 32 bits are fine. Bits != raw power.

07-30-2004, 08:34 PM	#1
Wetflame Boo Buddy Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 651	Is X-box 32 bit? And do bits really matter? I have some friends who I fell out with because tehy called me a fucking moron for insisting the Xbox was 32 bit. Unless i can somehow convince them by showing them these posts that I'm right, it's going to continue to be assheaded over fucking console stats. So is it 32 bit?

07-30-2004, 08:39 PM	#2
The Mirror Emperor Enigma Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the depths of your mind Posts: 706	Bits are the graphic quality, I think. And for your question, no. I think it's 128 bits. __________________ The Mirror Empire has a population of zero. Even I grow tired of myself.

07-30-2004, 08:53 PM	#4
The Mirror Emperor Enigma Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the depths of your mind Posts: 706	No and I don't plan to be. I don't know bits nor do I care about them. Maybe you can find answers here: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/xbox.htm __________________ The Mirror Empire has a population of zero. Even I grow tired of myself.

07-30-2004, 09:54 PM	#5
Stabbitty Death Oh Yeah!!!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Mommy says I can stay in the basement for as long as I want Posts: 572	I think the Mirror King is right, the Xbox is 128 bits. All the major consoles are. 2d playstation games were 32 bits. Don't worry, you're only off by a generation or so. But anyway, bits don't matter anymore, it's more about processer speed and stuff like that. Oh, and this was a really silly thing to drop your friends for. But you could have figured it out easily if you thought about it for a while. The N64 was 64 bits, and the consoles now look a hell of a lot better than that. So it's only common sence that the Xbox (the most powerfull of the three systems) would have to be waaaaay more than 32 bits. __________________ Prepare to be dragonballed!! "Sorry, but FF1 roxorz my boxorz... FF8 SUXORZ my ClUCKSORZ". -Courtesy of Highschool Starship, by our very own Nique and Frozen Crono! The answer to any question: "Because the Wal-Mart tells us so!!"

07-30-2004, 09:59 PM	#6
Deathosaurus Wrecks Underachiever Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,996	yeah, the 'bit speed' is how many chunks of data (binary) that the processors can...process at a time. if a processor can handle 128 bits of information per cycle instead of 32, then it can render more and finer polygons, thus producing more impressive graphics as well as faster runtimes altogether. __________________ "There was another, who came before you he was a hero and your brother and my son he fought the darkenss, the darkness won" -The Protomen "Unrest in the House of Light"

07-30-2004, 08:41 PM	#3
Wetflame Boo Buddy Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 651	Are you a programmer and/or console expert =P No offense. Bits are cetainly NOT the graphic quality, unless you're talkin' bits per pixel.

07-30-2004, 11:22 PM	#7
KefkaTaran Magikoopa Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,545	Indeed. Xbox is a FAR cry from 32 bit. __________________ So break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue.

07-31-2004, 05:31 AM	#8
Wetflame Boo Buddy Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 651	Or maybe bits are just a fancy thing to make it sound bigger? The X-box is 32 bit. IT'S A PENTIUM 3. THE PENTIUM 3 IS 32-BIT. Unless someone has conclusive evidence that the Xbox is 128 bit...

07-31-2004, 07:31 AM	#10
Wetflame Boo Buddy Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 651	Yes! Excactly. 32 bits are fine. Bits != raw power.