AVL schrijft: "The Register bericht dat in de MS X-box (Microsoft's mysterieuze console) een AMD Athlon zal gaan zitten. Moet een mooi financieel steuntje zijn voor AMD. Verder wordt gezegd dat het grafische gedeelte door Gigapixel wordt afgehandeld":
An AMD Athlon CPU, a hard drive, DVD ROM and a modified version of Windows will form the other major components of the X-Box, according to sources cited by the IT Network.
The Gigapixel graphics chipset in combination with the Athlon CPU will, apparently, provide the X-Box with enough power to exceed the performance of the Sony PlayStation 2 by six to eight times. Moreover, the Microsoft console will be less expensive and likely to be compatible with existing Windows applications.
Bill Gates is scheduled to introduce X-Box at the upcoming Games Developer Conference in the US next month. The X-Box is meant to be a direct competitor to Sony's PlayStation 2 which is scheduled to be launched in Japan on 4 March.
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