MSXBox.com heeft een interview gepost met nVidia's Derek Perez, over de NV25 graphics chipset die nVidia momenteel voor de Microsoft X-Box in ontwikkeling heeft. Echt interessante zaken komen we in het interview helaas niet te weten...
MSXbox: At the incredible rate processors are increasing, doesn't it seem the X-Box's 600 mhz system released at the end of 2001 will be considered on the low-end?DP: I believe that with 600Mhz of CPU power and our X-GPU, this will STILL be the fast gaming console on the market.
MSXbox: Along the same lines, will that cpu have enough power to keep up the graphics processor of the console? I believe you said the GeForce is about 10 to 25% of what the final X-Box GPU will be. If that's the case, it seems to me the CPU will be a bottleneck, becoming a barrier for the system to reach it's full potential.
DP: There are many bottlenecks in our industry, but if game developers use the hardware T&L engine correctly - the CPU will be more than enough horsepower to push the XBOX
Uit de benchmarks in de GeForce2 review van Dokter Tom blijkt dat de snelheid van de CPU in games met T&L acceleratie nog steeds grote invloed heeft op de framerate.
