Xbox will be faster 'cuz it doesn't use buses...

[Biggs]

As seen right here.

 

[ragiepew]

I thought I heard somewhere that Xbox will incorporate HyT (LDT) as a standard bus... correct me if I'm wrong. The place I heard that (dont remember where) said it was quoted from someone at nVidia...

 

[Finality]

I think it was mentioned with the AMD LDT press release article.

I wonder if its in NVidias motherboard chipset.

 

[Soccerman]

LDT is only AMD motherboard design if I remember correctly. in other words, with XBOX running a P3, I'd have to say that LDT is out of the question, PERIOD.

 

[Rand]

Actually both NVidia and MS have announced that the XBox will use AMD's LDT (Lighting Data Transport/Hypertransport).
As for that article, it seemed to be regurgitating much of what is already known. And the lack of an AGP bus doesnt inherently make a console faster than a PC. If that was true then an old Super Nintendo should be beating our PC's, while the PS2 and the like should be far better. I don't put much faith in how accurate the article is, especially since the XBox has yet to be released so no one knows how it will really perform.

 

[Yuckysgf]

Speed is name of game with Xbox?

Sounds like AYBABTU to me.

 

[Finality]

I thought AMD said they where willing to lisence there tech to everyone. Even chipzilla where it really counts.

No one is going to make LDT a standard for devices till the market leader adopts it.

 

[Soccerman]

:-O

my bad, I assumed too much!

If what you say is true, it's a VERY WISE move for AMD! Open Source is a good thing!

 

[Killbat]

Don't start your bloody open source debates here, friend.

Anywho, since when is it "news" that a game console will be more streamlined than PCs? As opposed to all the other game consoles that use an AGP bus.
You want to see speedy inter-chip architecture?
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