New Xbox 360 S Uses Less Power, Makes Less Noise

Vigile writes "Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox 360 S console at E3 this month, and without delay the new machine has been dissected and tested. The most dramatic change is the move to a single-chip CPU/GPU hybrid processor that is apparently being built on the 45nm process technology from GlobalFoundries, AMD's spun-off production facilities. With the inclusion of the new processor, the Xbox 360 S uses much less power (about 30-40%) compared to previous generation machines, and also turns out to be much quieter as a result of a single, larger fan. This article has photographic evidence of the teardown, with comparisons between this Valhalla platform and the older Falcon system, along with videos of the reconstruction process and noise comparisons." The new console also takes measures to protect itself from overheating, so RRoDs shouldn't be a problem with this revision.

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[fyngyrz]

It doesn't matter how much power it uses if it won't play Mechassault.

If I had the xbox folks to talk to, my line would be "It's the GAMES, stupid!"

When they forewent XBox compatibility, they lost me, really. That whole emulation thing... they didn't follow through. So they can keep their low power box. I'll just keep on keeping on with my old XBox (and the several spares I now have.) I did buy a 360 (because they were promising it would run the old games), but since it in FACT won't play my favorite game, the urge to upgrade it... zero.

When I pay $50 for a game, I expect that to count for something. I'm as annoyed about this as I would be if my bluray player wouldn't play DVDs.

When Sony put the PS2 compatibility in the PS3, they had me, and I bit. When they took it out later, I started collecting a few extras of the older machine cheaply. Same deal. Either respect my investment in software, or piss the hell up a rope. When I spend my money in the used machine market, it does Sony, Microsoft, etc., no good at all. If they want me to purchase a new machine... low power isn't going to do it.

Software, software, software, software. Compatibility. Software! COMPATIBILITY!