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Probing the Guts Of the Consoles

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the probe-me-more-baby dept.

Max Entropy writes "Finally, an in-depth article of the technologies within the GameCube, PS2, and Xbox. The article covers architectures, processor/memory silicon, I/O, expandability, and storage among a host of other topics." If you are wondering what makes each system distinctive (Besides the fact that one has about a hundred times as many games, one overheats, and another has Luigi) this might be worth a read.

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  1. Re:The Xbox does not overheat by byran+lei · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >I have had the xbox since it was released, and it has not 'overheated'
    >once. The only time it did anything out of the ordinary was with the
    >Obi-wan game, and I've heard reports from a couple other people of
    >seeing the occasional fluke with the game. So please don't make
    >generalized statements claiming the xbox overheats all the time, when
    >in fact, I think you'll notice that the production xbox is very, very
    >stable.

    HAHAHAHA! Microsoft employees commenting about stability! What a laugh! You guys must not visit the local Kmart's,Wal-mart's and Target department stores. If you did, you idoits would see all the stock *DEAD* XBOXES stitting next to the *STILL RUNNING* stock PS2's and GameCubes. Which says the XBOX doesn't have much of an uptime. Sure if you turn it off every 30 minutes or so, the XBOX wouldn't have a overheating problem since it won't get the chance to hot enough to crash and burn......