New graphics chip for XBox?
Posted on August 22, 2002 @ 11:10 in General
Dutch internet news site Webwereld reports that Microsoft will incorporate a new graphics solution for the XBox when they switch production over to a cheaper motherboard. The new graphics solution is from Focus Enhancements (never heard of them before) and as Webwereld notes, the new solution will save Microsoft a couple of dollars per unit, slightly reducing the loss of $150 at which they're selling them now.
[update 23-8-2002: Turns out, it's not going to be Nvidia's graphics chip that's going to be replaced, but the decoder chip that transforms the videosignal to a tv signal... not all that revolutionary after all.]
Hmm... another interesting side-effect of using mostly standard PC components shows itself: changing game console specs halfway through the console's expected lifespan. I recon that Microsoft will make sure that from an API point of view nothing changes, but I still think that programmers will not be too thrilled. I pretty sure Nvidia isn't going to be too thrilled either... (although they might be relieved to get rid of the commitment to an underselling console and the huge pile of dedicated chips they're apparently sitting on)
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