Xbox 360 GPU to go to 65nm in fall

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The thing is that console manufacturers always change components in their consoles over the period of it's lifetime. For some reason, people seem to be paying special attention to it now.
 
Ck Nish said:
The thing is that console manufacturers always change components in their consoles over the period of it's lifetime. For some reason, people seem to be paying special attention to it now.
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The reason in the case of the Xbox 360 is the claims of the 65nm as the solution to the heat problems for the console as well as better longetivity in terms of life..

The older consoles didnt have such widespread problems of heat or conking themselves out..
 
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Talking of conking off... our office x360 just started exhibiting the red ring of death syndrome :(.
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Blehh!! U'll get that replaced in no time.. When was there a dearth of xbox in Microsoft??

On second thought, look at the bright side.. u may get the new Elite edition!!:P
 
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There is an old saying when you are in manufacturing business... The profit will go higher only and only if you can reduce your cost of production... M$ is doing just that and nothing else and so will Sony in coming days.

These kind of fab changes are always expected infact taken into consideration as soon as you think of manufacturing a product. And this only proves one thing that 360 is here to stay.

And i am sure that M$ will deal with ROD problem with this release as they have ample time to work on the project now as there are no deadlines for this one :)
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That's not an old saying - its a mgmt funda :bleh:
seriously someone above spoke about games being optimised for 65nm...wazzat??? :P

Purely cost cutting move. It'll help the console stay cooler, ours heats up quite a bit.
 
seriously someone above spoke about games being optimised for 65nm...wazzat???
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An overclocked card would have a higher graphical output and as such, games would be able to push the graphics bar a lot higher. What is there to understand in what I just said?
 
Consoles are never upgraded in terms of their GPU or processing power. You're just turning them into a PC if you're doing that.
 
Yeah, I know that. That is the main strength of the console. I was just addressing the idea that games can be optimized for overclocked cards.
 
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Today, Takahashi confirmed that Microsoft's upcoming 65nm die shrink for the Xbox 360's microprocessor and GPU is codenamed "Falcon." Takahashi reports that Microsoft is currently qualifying the new Falcon chips along with a redesigned motherboard. The 65nm-equipped Xbox 360s are due to hit store shelves this fall.

The new chips are not only smaller and roughly 50 percent cheaper to produce than their 90nm counterpart, but they are also cooler. Cooler-running chips coupled with a revised cooling solution would go a long way to eradicating the Xbox 360’s fatal flaw: the Red Ring of Death (RROD).

Heat has been a big problem with the Xbox 360 and has been the root cause of RROD cases around the globe. Microsoft has countered the RROD failures by increasing the warranty of the console, adding various "warranty enhancements" and beefed up cooling solutions on new production Xbox 360 units.

Microsoft ultimately caved in to mounting pressure from the Xbox 360 community on RROD failures and announced a $1 billion initiative to service Xbox 360s afflicted with the problem and extended warranty coverage for those machines to three years.
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DailyTech - Xbox 360 to Get 65nm "Falcon" Makeover This Fall
 
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