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Friday, July 3, 2009

What Makes the Xbox 360 Run?

By Larry Moon

Video gaming is more popular than ever with kids, teenagers, and also adults getting into the gaming world. This has convinced top video game console manufacturers - Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo to improve their consoles in power and affordability to satisfy the gamers' demands. Microsoft came out swinging early by releasing the Xbox 360 - the first of the seventh generation consoles and successor to the Xbox which sold over 20 million units.

All Xbox 360 editions come with a composite cable so you can plug it in to your regular standard definition television which serves as the minimal requirement. But it is better to have an HDTV with 1080p resolution to play the best games that the Xbox 360 offers in great quality.

Setting up your console the way you want it, is key to its performance. If you are looking to set it up on a HDTV, you will need to get a hybrid component/composite cable which is only provided in the pro and elite versions. But setting it up on your T.V. isn't the only thing that makes the Xbox 360 the most advanced gaming console out there.

Once you are done setting it up, this is where you will find some of the most advanced equipment going to work. Before you do anything you need to start your console either on the tower itself or the button provided on the controller. This will bring up the user interface, that you will be able to browse things like pictures, music, video, and other games that you may have downloaded or installed. This will make it so that you are able to do these things without a built in DVD inside the optical drive, or a built in flash memory.

You can also use the interface to check out things are in any USB storage drives attached or Windows computers connected. Once you place a game disc in, you can immediately play it from there.

During gameplay, this is where the Xbox 360 really starts to go to work. The Xbox 360 uses a processor named Xenon which contains three symmetrical cores having a 3.2 GHz clock speed. This ensures that loading times are as quick as possible and frame rates are smooth. These speeds can vary depending on how well the game takes advantage of the processor.

Combined with the graphics processor named Xenos, the Xbox 360 is capable of displaying really high-end graphics providing that the game uses it to its fullest. Some of the graphics capabilities include z-buffering, alpha blending, and 4x GSAA. Unlike older consoles, these capabilities can be executed without any drag in performance.

Heat problems have been something that Microsoft has had to deal with in the fullest extent. However the new generation console has had a Jasper motherboard installed which drastically has reduced the overheating problem which lead to the red ring error. Just keep your console in good shape, and be careful shifting it around so that you don't damage it and reduce your gaming experience. - 18762

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