Microsoft Xbox 360 Gaming Console

Review

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is a part of seventh generation gaming console. Distinct features include Xbox live service allowing the players to go online and compete. One can download various things like songs, games, TV shows from the Internet. The hardware and software offer extensive media features leading to an ultimate gaming experience in high definition.

 

 

Microsoft Xbox 360 Prices

Microsoft X-Box 360 4 GB
Ex-Showroom	14,990
Microsoft X-Box 360 4 GB Kinect Bundle
Ex-Showroom	22,990
Microsoft X-Box 360 250 GB Elite
Ex-Showroom	21,990
Microsoft X-Box 360 250GB Kinect Holiday Bundle
Ex-Showroom	29,990
Microsoft X-Box 360 Kinect Sensor
Ex-Showroom	9,900

 

 

 

Graphic Comparison

[source: Internet]

 

 

 

 

Comparison Chart

	Microsoft X-Box 360	Sony Playstation 3	Nintendo Wii
CPU	3.2 Ghz 3 Core Xenon	3.2 Ghz Cell Processor	729 Mhz Broadway
GPU	500Mhz Xenos Ati	550Mhz RSX Nvdia	243Mhz Hollywood
RAM	512MB GDDR3	512MB GDDR3	88MB 1T-SRAM
Playable Discs	DVD, HD-DVD	DVD, Blu-Ray, CD	DVD
Video Resolution	1080 Full HD	1080 Full HD	480p
Audio Output	Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic 2
Storage	20GB HDD Basic	60GB HDD Basic	512MB Flash
Wi-Fi	Optional	Yes	Yes
USB	3 Ports	4 Ports	2 Ports
Controller	4 Wired, Infrared	7 Wireless Bluetooth	4 Wireless
Gamepad Motion	No	6 Axis	Full Motion
Ethernet	100MB/s	1000MB/s	Optional
HDMI	Yes	Yes	No
Blu-Ray	No	Yes	No
Online Multiplayer	Paid	Free + Paid	Free + Paid
Cables	CVBS	RJ45, CVBS, Usb	CVBS
MMC Support	Yes	No	Yes

 

 

 

Technical Details

 

BUNDLES

Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect

Xbox 360 250GB Kinect Holiday Bundle

Xbox 360 4GB Console

Xbox 360 250GB Console

 

CPU

Custom IBM Power-PC Based CPU

(Velje, Jasper Cronos, Jasper, Opus, Falcon, Zephyr, Xenon)

1 teraflop Processing Power

Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each

Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total

Total Three VMX-128 vector unit per core

128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread

1 MB L2 cache

9 billion dot product operations per second

 

GPU

Custom ATI Graphics Processor

500MHz processor

10 MB of embedded DRAM

48-way parallel floating-point dynamically

scheduled shader pipelines

Unified shader architecture

500 million Polygon triangles per second

16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA

48 billion shader operations per second

 

AUDIO OUTPUT

Multi-channel surround sound output

Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio

320 independent decompression channels

32-bit audio processing

Over 256 audio channels

Analog stereo

Stereo LPCM (TOSLINK and HDMI)

Dolby Digital 5.1 (TOSLINK and HDMI)

Dolby Digital with WMA pro (TOSLINK and HDMI)

 

RAM / MEMORY

512 MB of GDDR3 RAM

700 MHz of DDR

Unified memory architecture

22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth

256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM

21.6 GB/s front-side bus

 

STORAGE DRIVE

20 GB or 60 GB, 120 GB, 250 GB removable

4 GB onboard

2x dual-layer DVD-ROM

Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB

 

INPUT / OUTPUT

Support for up to four wireless game controllers

Three USB 2.0 ports

Two memory unit slots

 

NETWORK TYPE

Wi-Fi-ready IEEE 802.11 a/b/g (Optional)

 

INTERFACE

2.4 GHz wireless

5 × USB 2.0

IR receiver

100 Mbit[Citation needed] Ethernet

Wifi 802.11b/g/n

AUX port

 

OPTICAL DRIVE

Hitachi ( GDR-3120L )

Toshiba/Samsung ( TS-H943A )

BENQ ( VAD6038 )

 

DIGITAL MEDIA SUPPORT

Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PCs

Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive

Custom playlists in every game

Windows Media Center Extender built in

Interactive, full screen 3D visualizers

All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing,Standard definition and high definition video output supported

 

PLAYABLE DISCS

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

 

DIMENSIONS (W x H x D)

309 x 83 x 258 mm

 

WIEGHT

7.7 pounds (3.5 kg)

 

OPERATING TEMPERATURE

Initial temperature of the console (not powered on) – 27 degrees Celsius

Temperature of the console after 30 minutes – 48 degrees Celsius

Temperature of the console after 1 hour – 52 degrees Celsius

 

CONTROLLER

Supports 4x Xbox 360 Controllers (USB wired, 2.4 GHz Wireless)

Kinect

 

POWER

Idle – 70.6 W

System off – 0.6 W

 

OPERATION SOUND

Idle – 45 dB ( A )

Load ( Spinning Disk ) – 51 dB ( A )

 

ACCESSORIES

1 wireless controller

1 wired controller

1 Xbox Live headset

1 Component HD AV Cable

1 Ethernet cable

Kinect

 

OTHER ACCESSORIES

Xbox 360 Big Button Pad

Xbox 360 Chatpad

Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit

Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote

Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kit

Xbox 360 Wireless Headset

Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack

Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adaptor Stand

Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adaptor

Xbox LIVE Vision

Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel with Force Feedback

Xbox 360 HDMI AV Cable

Xbox 360 VGA HD AV Cable

Xbox 360 S-Video AV Cable

Xbox 360 120GB Hard Drive

Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Kit

Xbox 360 Hard Drive

Xbox 360 HD DVD Player

Xbox 360 Memory Unit