Xbox technical specifications

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The Xbox technical specifications describe the various components of the Xbox vi
deo game console.
The Xbox used standard computer DVD and hard drives.
Contents [hide]
1 Central processing unit
2 Memory
3 Graphics processing unit
4 Storage
5 Connectivity
6 Physical specifications
7 References
Central processing unit[edit]
CPU: 32-bit 733 MHz, custom Intel Pentium III Coppermine-based processor in a Mi
cro-PGA2 package (though soldered to the mainboard using BGA). 180 nm process.[1
]
SSE floating point SIMD. Four single-precision floating point numbers per clock
cycle.
MMX integer SIMD
133 MHz 64-bit GTL+ front-side bus to GPU
64KB L1 cache. 128 KB on-die L2 cache
Memory[edit]
Shared graphics memory sub-system
64 MB DDR SDRAM at 200 MHz; in dual-channel 128-bit configuration giving 6400 MB
/s
Supplied by Hynix or Samsung depending on manufacture date and location
Graphics processing unit[edit]
The Xbox motherboard.
GPU and system chipset: 233 MHz "NV2A" ASIC. Co-developed by Microsoft and Nvidi
a.
Geometry engine: 115 million vertices/second, 125 million particles/second (peak
)
4 pixel pipelines with 2 texture units each
932 megapixels/second (233 MHz 4 pipelines), 1,864 megatexels/second (932 MP 2 t
exture units) (peak)
Peak triangle performance (32pixel divided from fillrate): 29,125,000 32-pixel t
riangles/s raw or with 2 textures and lighting
485,416 triangles per frame at 60 frame/s
970,833 triangles per frame at 30 frame/s
8 textures per pass, texture compression, full scene anti-aliasing (NV Quincunx,
supersampling, multisampling)
Bilinear, trilinear, and anisotropic texture filtering
Similar in performance to the GeForce 4 Ti4200 PC GPU
Storage[edit]
Storage media
25 (2.6 MB/s6.6 MB/s) CAV DVD-ROM
8 or 10 GB, 3.5 in, 5,400 RPM hard disk formatted to 8 GB with FATX file system
Optional 32 MB memory card for saved game file transfer
Audio processor: NVIDIA "MCPX" (a.k.a. SoundStorm "NVAPU")
64 3D sound channels (up to 256 stereo voices)
HRTF Sensaura 3D enhancement
MIDI DLS2 Support
Monaural, Stereo, Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital Live 5.1, and DTS Surround (DVD
movies only) audio output options
Connectivity[edit]
The Xbox had a standard AC in, A/V connector and Ethernet port.
Integrated 10/100BASE-TX wired Ethernet
DVD movie playback (add-on required)
A/V outputs: composite video, S-Video, component video, SCART, Digital Optical T
OSLINK, and stereo RCA analog audio
Resolutions: 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i
Controller ports: 4 proprietary USB 1.1 ports
Physical specifications[edit]
Weight: 3.86 kg (8.5 lb)
Dimensions: 320 100 260 mm (12.5 4 10.5 in)[2]