more about what the xbox360 can do & xbox360 specifications
- play progressive scan movies out of the box
- connect to a portable media player such as an standard mp3 player or an ipod, connect to a portable movie player
xbox360 specifications
Xbox 360 System Performance SpecificationsCustom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
1 MB L2 cacheCPU Game Math Performance
9 billion dot product operations per secondCustom ATI Graphics Processor
10 MB of embedded DRAM
48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
Unified shader architecturePolygon Performance
500 million triangles per secondPixel Fill Rate
16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAAShader Performance
48 billion shader operations per secondMemory
512 MB of 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM
Unified memory architectureMemory Bandwidth
22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
21.6 GB/s front-side busOverall System Floating-Point Performance
1 teraflopStorage
Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive
12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
Memory Unit support starting at 64 MBI/O
Support for up to four wireless game controllers
Three USB 2.0 ports
Two memory unit slotsOptimized for Online
Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies, or listening to music
Built-in Ethernet port
Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g
Video camera readyDigital Media Support
Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP-based PCs
Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive
Custom playlists in every game
Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizersHigh-Definition Game Support
All games supported at 16:9, 720p, and 1080i, anti-aliasing
Standard-definition and high-definition video output supportedAudio
Multi-channel surround sound output
Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
320 independent decompression channels
32-bit audio processing
Over 256 audio channelsSystem Orientation
Stands vertically or horizontallyCustomizable Face Plates
Interchangeable to personalize the console
