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zerolight · 12-11-2003, 07:46

It doesnt say they are manufacturing them. It says its using chips custom made for them from IBM and ATi, as opposed to the current box which uses an Intel CPU, and a variant of an nVidia PC card. Since IBM make risc chips, notably for the Apple Mac G5, then you can assume that the Xbox 2 will have a power risc CPU, and a graphics card specifically designed for console gaming.

12-11-2003, 07:46	#6
zerolight Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Glasgow Services: V+ and 50mb Broadband Posts: 169	Re: Microsoft to Produce thier own custom chips for xbox 2 It doesnt say they are manufacturing them. It says its using chips custom made for them from IBM and ATi, as opposed to the current box which uses an Intel CPU, and a variant of an nVidia PC card. Since IBM make risc chips, notably for the Apple Mac G5, then you can assume that the Xbox 2 will have a power risc CPU, and a graphics card specifically designed for console gaming.