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Shadow20002
09-25-2003, 04:49 PM
A FIRM on the show floor here in Taipei is offering the chance to buy an Xbox that uses a Celeron 1.4GHz/256K cache chip rather than the feeble 733MHz Pentium III that ships with the console.

Friendtech is also offering a mod for the Xbox which provides S-Video and A/V output, 5.1 surround sound and a hard disk upgrade.

The package it sells includes the console, a gamepad, an S-Video AV cable, a bag, a power cable and manuals. The chip inside this machine can be switched from a so called “standard speed” of 740MHz to a “turbo” speed of 1480MHz.

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El Latino Mafioso
09-25-2003, 05:36 PM
there was a post about this before, and it was locked so this is going down...hehehe ibtl l8er

xboxman_1
09-25-2003, 06:07 PM
Hm...interesting. Think it could get rid of slowdown in Halo when you have 4 'hogs in multi?

DocHoliday78
09-25-2003, 06:24 PM
I think it should be able to get rid of slowdown. This "Turbo" Xbox does castch my intrest. I wonder how big the hd upgrade is.

Variation-XBA
09-25-2003, 07:10 PM
Mine does what I want....who cares if it goes 0.7637463763743 faster? :P

speedbuggy76
09-25-2003, 07:51 PM
I guess this thread could get locked if it is not supported by Microsoft, which I doubt it is. But, before it is locked, I would like to say that games would have to be coded to use the extra speed. Like the new Mac G5, there are no OS's or programs that utilize the extra speed. Also, even if it was supported by games, I don't think it would be a good thing. It would increase the time it takes to develop a game, as the devs have to code for two types of XBOX. This just doesn't seem to help at all, as XBOX will turn even more into a PC, devs will have to make games work on 2 specs, causing a better version of the game and a worse version of the game, which I see as the exact opposite of what consoles are for.
:cheers:

Reclaimer
09-25-2003, 08:19 PM
Sorry guys... however interesting this may seem, it can not be allowed. You can surely bet that Microsoft would have a field day when they see what these people can do with a Xbox.