"Also keep in mind that the Xbox has a 233mhz GeForce graphics chip.. while the GameCube has a 162mhz ATI "Flipper" chip (which is similar to the ATI Radeon). Benchmarks and software have proven that the GeForce is superior is most every way to the Radeon."
The flipper chip is not based on the Radeon. I do not know how close the architectures are, but it is my understanding that they are quite different. The flipper chip was designed by ArtX specifically for the GameCube. ArtX was later acquired by ATI, but the engineers behind the Radeon had nothing to do with the flipper chip.
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And you're reading a /. thread about primes. Is that any more useful than the people working on primes?
"Also keep in mind that the Xbox has a 233mhz GeForce graphics chip.. while the GameCube has a 162mhz ATI "Flipper" chip (which is similar to the ATI Radeon). Benchmarks and software have proven that the GeForce is superior is most every way to the Radeon." The flipper chip is not based on the Radeon. I do not know how close the architectures are, but it is my understanding that they are quite different. The flipper chip was designed by ArtX specifically for the GameCube. ArtX was later acquired by ATI, but the engineers behind the Radeon had nothing to do with the flipper chip.
Starting pissing matches with people who just wanted to read about a book seems a bit silly, and inconsistent with your professed solemnity.