For all you XBox haters: Voodoo Extreme's First XBox impressions.

[bluerpk]

Had a question about the XBox.

I read that the graphics card in it is an advanced graphics card which surpasses the Geforce 3.
Can the same card be fixed to the AGP slot of your PC?

Now you have a 1 GHz xbox??

I guess if this is possible it would be a hot deal considering that the Geforce 3 is going for around the same price and this would be equivalent to a geforce 4 or something..??

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

<< Muhahahahahaha! Halo is going to kick ass. >>

ill wait for the pc version i like the guys over at ign who say halo isnt going to the pc, it's xbox only you pc l00zr. well on bungies official forum there is a BIG ASS banner at the top that says it's going to pc/mac no matter what any fanboy says. not saying the xbox is crappy, just filling in the xbox only myth

they've taken a couple of hits to the balls the past couple of days
Amped has been delayed
0 RPGs since Morrowind has been delayed (this game, imo, wont make it to release i was really looking forward to it)
Cel Damage is no longer Xbox exclusive, it's going to the Gamecube
nothing too bad, though. OXM (the official xbox magazine) gave halo a 9.5, doa 3 a 9.5, and pgr a 9.0. maxim gave halo a 4/5, game insider (?, something like that) gave halo a 9 something. it has gotten pretty decent reviews so far. im just pissed that they completely butchered the game.

 

[mflacy]

<< Had a question about the XBox.

I read that the graphics card in it is an advanced graphics card which surpasses the Geforce 3.
Can the same card be fixed to the AGP slot of your PC?

Now you have a 1 GHz xbox??

I guess if this is possible it would be a hot deal considering that the Geforce 3 is going for around the same price and this would be equivalent to a geforce 4 or something..?? >>



No. The Graphics card is part of the motherboard instead of a seperate plug in card.

About your last question, there is a Mario and Zelda game scheduled for the GameCube but not until next year sometime. TBA 2002 which probably means November to take advantage of the Christmas Rush.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

yeah as mflacy said, all the stuff is directly soldered to the board. upgrading the system would really make no sense from a developer standpoint. everyone has the same hardware now, why allow it to change? but no you cant take the graphics chip and put it on a pcb in your computer or anything like that (unless you are uber 1337 and understand all that stuff i guess).