Console queries...

[Rhyth]

What's the spec on the graphics cards in an Xbox and ps2?
Anyone pulled one apart yet?
Whats going on with the interfaces and stuff inside?
Where they made by nvidia n' ati?
Drivers? on the softw? how come they don't need updating or do they?
What are the rumors if any on the next gen consoles?
I thought Sony (pretty much owning most everything any way) might have started manufacturing there own graphics cards?
I suppose they must have their fingers in some research pie somewhere.

[Kezzer]

Google?

EDIT: Sony are spending billions on their cell chip

[Spunkey]

IIRC the XBox is a P3 700, with a modified version of an nVidia GeForce3. Although obviously, they're not going to be socket 370 and AGP

The drivers dont need updating simply because its a proprietry system, in which nothing will change (except possibly the HDD, but thats not going to cause any hardware issues)

[johnnr892]

It has something like only 64mb ram as well and yet it can still produce pretty amazing graphics, i don't know how.

[Rhyth]

Ah thnx guys. It is pretty amazing whats being sqeezed out of the ps2 these days I am intreaged. thnx

[Clstrphbc_donut]

Xbox

CPU 600 MHz Intel
GPU Custom-designed X-Chip, developed by Microsoft and nVidia
Total Memory 64 MB
Memory Bandwidth 6.4 GB/sec
Polygon Performance 300 M/sec
Storage Medium 4x DVD, 8 GB hard disk, 8 MB memory card
Broadband Enabled Yes
DVD Movie Playback Built in

PS2

CPU 300 MHz
GPU 150 MHz Sony GS
Total Memory38 MB
Memory Bandwidth 3.2 GB/sec
Polygon performance 66 M/sec
Storage Medium 4x DVD, 8 MB memory card
Broadband Enabled Future upgrade
DVD Movie Playback Utility required to be on memory card

[directhex]

733mhz on the xbox, it's intel p3 coppermine based. the ps2 runs a custom chip named the 'emotion engine'