- Developer:
- Microsoft
- Publisher:
- Microsoft
Xbox is Microsoft's future-generation Video Game System that delivers the most powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
The Xbox console and controller are designed to capture the power and performance that Xbox will deliver and are based on the input of more than 5,000 gamers and games creators from around the world. Sleek and powerful in its look, in a rich shade of black, the Xbox console is emblazoned with a large "X" and a signature green Xbox "jewel" positioned in its center.
Features
- Four game controller ports that allow easy multiplayer gaming and enable other peripherals, ranging from game pads to voice-activated headsets
- A front-loading DVD tray
- A multisignal audio-video connector that allows for easy hookup to televisions and home theater systems
- An Ethernet port for rich, fast-action online gaming via a broadband connection
- An NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU), delivering more than three times the graphics performance of other consoles
- An Intel 733MHz processor, the most powerful CPU of any console
- An internal hard drive, for massive storage of game information a first in the console gaming industry
Xbox Specifications
- CPU: Intel 733 MHz processor technology with Streaming SIMD Extensions.
- Graphics Chip: Custom 3D NVIDIA graphics processor (The chip will be Xbox only and not available for PC users)
- Sound Processor: Custom 3D audio processor, 64 Audio Channels, 3D Audio Support, Midi/DLS2 support, AC3 encoded game audio.
- Operating System: Windows 2000 Kernel, DirectX API
- Main Memory: 64MB of RAM (unified memory architecture)
- CD-ROM Drive: 4 x DVD drive with movie playback, 8GB Hard Drive
- On board network card 10/100 MBps
- Network: 100 MBps Ethernet
- Controllers: Four game controller ports