By now you've already heard how Xbox 360 puts you at the center of the most powerful games on the planet, hence the "360," as in 360 degrees (geometry students will recognize that as the number of degrees in a circle). To accomplish this feat, Microsoft has brought together a full circle of powerful factors with new Xbox 360 Pro System
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Processor & Chipset
Processor: IBM Tri-core 3.2GHz
Cache: 1MB L2 Cache
Memory
Standard Memory: 512MB
Memory Technology: DDR3 SDRAM
Memory Bandwidth: 22.4GBps
Display & Graphics
Graphics Controller: ATi 500MHz with 10MB DRAM Memory
Fill Rate: 500 Million Polygons/s
Audio
Audio Processor: 256 Channel
Network & Communication
Network: Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3u 10/100Mbps Integrated
Storage
Storage Capacity: 60GB Hard Drive
Optical Drive: DVD-Reader - DVD-ROM
Media Support:
- DVD+R/RW
- DVD-R/RW
- CD-R/RW
- CD-ROM
- DVD-ROM
Formats Support:
- JPEG Photo CD
- DVD Video
- MP3
- WMA
Input Devices
Input Device Type: Game Pad
I/O Expansions
Expansion Slots: 2 x Flash Memory
Expansion Bays: 1 x Drive Bay Hot-swappable
Interfaces/Ports
Interfaces/Ports:
- 4 x Controller
- 3 x USB 2.0 - USB
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions: 3.15" Height x 130" Width x 260" Depth
Weight: 7.7 lb
Miscellaneous
Package Contents:
- Xbox 360 Pro Gaming Console
- Hard Drive
- Wireless Controller
- Xbox Live Headset
- Component HD AV Cable
- Ethernet Cable
- Media remote control
Additional Information:
Xbox Live:
- 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.
Tri Core Processor Features:
- Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
- VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
- 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
CPU Game Math Performance:
- 9.6 billion dot product operations per second
Custom ATI Graphics Processor Features:
- 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
- Unified shader architecture
- Unified memory architecture
Graphics Features:
- 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA
- 48 billion shader operations per second
- All games supported at 16:9, 720p, or 1080i, with anti-aliasing
- Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported
Memory Performance:
- 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
- 21.6 GB/s front-side bus
System Performance:
Menu Features:
- Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers
Audio Features:
- Multi-channel surround sound output
- 320 independent decompression channels
- 32-bit audio processing
Compatibility:
Add-on:
- Video camera ready (Optional)
- Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g ready (Optional)
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