Marxist ßastard Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 The Xenon CPU is a custom processor based on PowerPC technology... at 3.5+ GHz. The Xenon CPU can issue two instructions per clock cycle... Not much information here. Comparisons by clock speed don't work too well even within architectures, let alone between a PowerPC chip and an X86 chip. All I can say is not to let the clock speed startle you just yet, seeing as how the IPC is somewhat low. The CPU includes three independent processors (cores) on a single die. So you might -- just might -- see optimizations in the code for SMP systems. The Xenon GPU is a custom 500+ MHz graphics processor from ATi. The graphics card will be pretty much circuit-for-circuit an ATi R520, the exception being a noted lack of memory (see below). Xenon has 256+ MB of unified memory... After the video card has taken its piece, the thing has a sum total of 8k system memory. Get ready for Pong: 360. A look at what's being emanated from the horse's mouth largely confirms these specifications, with the exception of doubling the memory capacity, and adds a benchmark: Overall System Floating-Point Performance: 1 TFLOP This would seem to indicate to you that the system is processor-heavy, in comparison to PCs that get a couple dozen GFLOPS. You have been deceived. Console benchmarks of this nature include all system components -- not just the processor, as in PCs -- and thus effectively simulate what would happen if code used the graphics card to calculate the sum of 2.5 and 1.5. Also, this benchmark is on par with BogoMIPS in usefulness, seeing as how it only measures pure floating-point performance. I would ask you to compare that figure with the Playstation 3's declared 2 TFLOP rating, but I digress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilvish Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Microsoft's goal is probably to beat the gaming performance of even very high-end PCs with the new Xbox. The new consoles will lead the pack for a while. PCs won't be left behind for long though.The minimum system requirements for Oblivion are what's most important to many of us PC gamers now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissimurra Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 Well, thansk for the info Marxist ßastard. :) Enough said for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akrid Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Oh NOes!!!! I got; Card name: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce FX Go5600 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: ALIENWARE System Model: Area-51 BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 1024MB RAM Page File: 283MB used, 2642MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c I only got a 5600! :( and I still overheat at a temp of 60-70 on adverage. Im gunna need a new PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 You definitely need a new graphics card. The FX5600, if it's anything like the 5200, sucks quite badly. The rest looks okay though. Just depends if you can fit a graphics card, or whether you can find someone to. If you get the new card it'll have a new fan on it anyway. Or do you mean your CPU is overheating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissimurra Posted September 13, 2005 Author Share Posted September 13, 2005 Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs) You processor is a dual core processor, that doesnt mean that your PC has 2 CPUs :P But Its a good computer exept for the gfx card. I think that Oblivion will take advantage of Dual Core/Multi Thread processors because Xbox 360's processor is a tripple core CPU wich is multi threaded :D With a new graphics card you will defineetly be able to run Oblivion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akrid Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 You definitely need a new graphics card. The FX5600, if it's anything like the 5200, sucks quite badly. The rest looks okay though. Just depends if you can fit a graphics card, or whether you can find someone to. If you get the new card it'll have a new fan on it anyway. Or do you mean your CPU is overheating? NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant update my card, My computer is a laptop!!! I need to sell it and buy a desktop. I have a laptop becausewhen I was in the navy I needed a small storable computer. Now im screwed!!! ill be lucky to get half its value on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marxist ßastard Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 You processor is a dual core processor, that doesnt mean that your PC has 2 CPUs :P<{POST_SNAPBACK}> His chip is an HT number; that doesn't mean he has a dual core processor. I was in the navy<{POST_SNAPBACK}> This explains... So much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilvish Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Akrid, That sounds like a really good laptop. The way this thread is going, we'll all soon be convinced that Oblivion won't run on any of our machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akrid Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Well battle field 2 wont run on my alien cause it says incompatable graphix card. So if that wont even start to try to run, Oblivion most likely wont. I may end up sellign this computer to my brother, and ill buy a desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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