game console speak

madrab

remember in the days when it was simply

8bit -
nes
master system
gameboy

16bit -
megadrive
snes

32bit -
sega 32x
saturn
playstation
3do (?)
neo-geo (?)
gba (?)

64bit -
atari jaquar (yippee)
n64

128bit -
dreamcast
ps2
xbox (?)

whats to become of the old schoolyard taunts?
"ha my 16bit system kicks your 8bit systems ass!" (well a nerdy schoolyard)

steviec

Well the xbox is 32-bit because it's a Pentium 3 processor. No idea about most other recent consoles to be honest. I'm guessing that the 360 and PS3 are 64-bit if their based on G5 processors.

Its a fairly silly meaningless measurement really, it may have meant something when registers were so tiny that they really needed to be bigger to have more memory space, but there's little reason to go beyond 64-bit at the moment.

madrab

steviec wrote:

Well the xbox is 32-bit because it's a Pentium 3 processor. No idea about most other recent consoles to be honest. I'm guessing that the 360 and PS3 are 64-bit if their based on G5 processors.

Its a fairly silly meaningless measurement really, it may have meant something when registers were so tiny that they really needed to be bigger to have more memory space, but there's little reason to go beyond 64-bit at the moment.

silly and meaningless to you, but i still remember the glory days......


la la la la

feckidyparp

these days the kids are like " ah mine has more gigahappyflops than yours" nah nah na naaah naaah

madrab

feckidyparp wrote:

these days the kids are like " ah mine has more gigahappyflops than yours" nah nah na naaah naaah

and thats why they should be exterminated with extreme prejudice

iregk

steviec wrote:

Well the xbox is 32-bit because it's a Pentium 3 processor. No idea about most other recent consoles to be honest. I'm guessing that the 360 and PS3 are 64-bit if their based on G5 processors.

Its a fairly silly meaningless measurement really, it may have meant something when registers were so tiny that they really needed to be bigger to have more memory space, but there's little reason to go beyond 64-bit at the moment.

ps2 and xbox are 64bit graphics wise. however this was when the insides of these machines were simple. now it makes no difference if your graphics chip is capable of producing 256bit graphics if you only have 4 vertical and horizontal pipe lines. its all changed from when it used to be but even then it was mis leading.

the jaguar was not 64bit, it was 32 bit but had a co processor and they added them together to get the 64bit number. so in truth it has never really been as easy as we liked to believe

Placebo

TOO MANY GAMES OUT THERE.

snes days =
what you doing today ? playing supermario world, thats what ! cant beat wendy coppa.
16 bit please