AMD is making a GAME SYSTEM

[fatso784]

I dunno if this has been discussed before, but AMD recently revealed that they are entering the video game race. Sonic posted this at Halomaps, I thought it was pretty interesting.


So i dont know if any of you have heard the news but within 2008-2012 AMD (the guys who make processors) will come out with a new gaming system. Microsoft and sonys game systems are more like computers than gaming systems, with windows capable video cards, processors, hard drives and sound cards. We all know that xbox 360 can barely handle next-gen games without overheating (this might vary between gamers). Realizing this, AMD has announced they will create a gaming system with parts designed fora gaming system. They have kept this project secret as hard as they can, but someone in europe leaked the information 2 days ago. This new system will completely revolutionize the way we play video games. Theres rumors it might have the capacity to play PC games too...with what would seem like unrealisticly realistic graphics.

Good job AMD, we wave our paper bags to you!

[Neuro Guro]

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[ExAm]

Wow. I'd gladly give my money to them for that.

[Archon23]

O__________o

Holy shit this is going to be AWESOME!

[Con]

:o

[Skyline]

Uhh... if it is a gaming system rather then a computer, then why would it be able to play computer games? Wouldn't that make it more a PC then a gaming system.

[TeeKup]

Lets just hope they can pull it off. It would be nice to see something new in the console race.

[Phopojijo]

Yea thats bunk, at least that part about the PC games.

Windows and DirectX API are proprietary. I doubt Microsoft will let anyone use it to make a console that would directly compete with Xbox360.

[Rob Oplawar]

I predict a major flop.

[jahrain]

I predict a move to technical discussion :3

[fatso784]

Please do. Aftwer I posted I notced I didnt post in the right subforum...sry! :embarrassed:

[Kybo_Ren]

Yea thats bunk, at least that part about the PC games.

Windows and DirectX API are proprietary. I doubt Microsoft will let anyone use it to make a console that would directly compete with Xbox360.

Whoa whoa whoa, hold on here. Business sense and logic have no place in this thread

[Neuro Guro]

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[Kybo_Ren]

Yeah and there wouldn't be any lawsuits about copying Windows DLLs anyway. Plus, it totally makes sense to essentially emulate the entire Windows OS just to play a game that the user could play on their PC anyway.

[Emmzee]

This new system will completely revolutionize the way we play video games.
http://reviews.cnet.com/i/blog2/20060914/Wii_main_0909-1158254665367-440_330.jpg

Sup.

[X3RO SHIF7]

http://reviews.cnet.com/i/blog2/20060914/Wii_main_0909-1158254665367-440_330.jpg

Sup.
^ stick waggling lol
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/1383-Zero-Punctuation-Console-Rundown

[Emmzee]

^ stick waggling lol
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/1383-Zero-Punctuation-Console-Rundown
The penis jokes stopped being funny 10 months ago.

[X3RO SHIF7]

The penis jokes stopped being funny 10 months ago.and what penis joke are you referring to?

[DaneO'Roo]

The joke about his own penis. You know that one, the one about how his penis is a joke. It's quite funny. I lol'd.

[X3RO SHIF7]

The joke about his own penis. You know that one, the one about how his penis is a joke. It's quite funny. I lol'd.
Pwnt lol

But on a serious note I made a Diagram So you dont get confused :3
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/MoTi0n/nintendo.jpg

[Abdurahman]

I got an email from AMD saying that they are gonna announce something very special special on the 25th. I wonder what that is?

http://amd-member.com/campaigns/black/

[Boba]

Who's AMD

[Emmzee]

and what penis joke are you referring to?
See, I don't watch shitty game reviews, so I assumed it was a penis joke.

Since penis jokes are so in these days. http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-jerkbag.gif

[DaneO'Roo]

Who's AMD

/thread

oh Boba <33

:embarrassed:

[Mr Buckshot]

Who's AMD

Who's Intel.

AMD = Advanced Micro Devices. They produce CPUs that directly compete with Intel. Their Athlon 64/X2s own all Pentium 4s and Ds, but they fail in comparison to Intel Core 2 Duo except for the super high end models like the 5000+ and above.

I checked on google, haven't found anything about AMD making a games console, so this is probably fake. But it is very possible that a console can run both PC games and its own games, but only if it uses the best in off-the-shelf PC components, in which case the cost would shoot up a lot (yes, you can build a PC that's more powerful than the PS3 or X360 but that would cost more than $500, the price of the 60 GB PS3 or the X360 Elite.). And if you buy a console that plays PC games, well, that defeats the point of a console altogether.

If anyone remembers Infinium Lab's Phantom console...that was some ownage vaporware. The Phantom's concept is just like this supposed AMD console - it's a crippled PC. But if you're going to pay a lot for a console that is compatible with PC games, you might as well buy a gaming PC.

I think this is all bullshit.

[ExAm]

AMD is scheduled to announce their "Phenom" (lol, phenom) processor line in Q4, 2007, AKA, October-December. September 25th is close enough. I doubt they're announcing a game console.

[Tweek]

is this is tr00, this shud be fun.

[Snowy]

I have a feeling their going to announce the HD 2900Pro, or if we're lucky, we'll see the new R790 chipset. I would highly doubt that AMD would announce its new Phenom processor, it's just too early.

[Pooky]

See, I don't watch shitty game reviews

:fail:

[Con]

does anyone have a credible source for this?

[Random]

If this thing doesn't use a mouse and keyboard I am going to kill amd.

[legionaire45]

All I can say is:
http://images.digitalmedianet.com/2003/08_aug/features/dlilphantom82603/dlilphantom2.jpg
Although on a serious note, if AMD made something by tweaking it's Fusion design they could probably make a nice cheap console that would be powerful enough to be a nice gaming rig. They could use the extra revenue in a spot Intel hasn't really touched.

[Dr Nick]

Sounds fake. NEED MOAR SOURCES!

[Kybo_Ren]

They could use the extra revenue in a spot Intel hasn't really touched.
Intel is a major player in the console CPU market

[Mr Buckshot]

Yes, as a matter of fact, the original Xbox 1 is powered by a 733-Mhz Intel Pentium 3 CPU - very fast for a console in 2001 (you gotta remember, the console doesn't have a complex OS to run in the background, hence "small numbers.")

I still think AMD making a games console is BS, but AMD can still make CPUs for consoles.


All I can say is:
http://images.digitalmedianet.com/2003/08_aug/features/dlilphantom82603/dlilphantom2.jpg


Beat you to it in a previous post, but your pic stands out more :P. Anyway I heard it's being revived as a gaming delivery service or something.

[X3RO SHIF7]

Intel is a major player in the console CPU market
how so? PS3,xbox and wii are all IBM - but i suppose xbox was based off a pentium 3
*EDIT* buck beat me to it - but i agree i smell BS

[legionaire45]

how so? PS3,xbox and wii are all IBM - but i suppose xbox was based off a pentium 3
*EDIT* buck beat me to it - but i agree i smell BS
^^^.

Yes, as a matter of fact, the original Xbox 1 is powered by a 733-Mhz Intel Pentium 3 CPU - very fast for a console in 2001 (you gotta remember, the console doesn't have a complex OS to run in the background, hence "small numbers.")

I still think AMD making a games console is BS, but AMD can still make CPUs for consoles.



Beat you to it in a previous post, but your pic stands out more :P. Anyway I heard it's being revived as a gaming delivery service or something.
Some moar ^^^.

[Kybo_Ren]

how so? PS3,xbox and wii are all IBM - but i suppose xbox was based off a pentium 3
*EDIT* buck beat me to it - but i agree i smell BS
Just because they aren't currently in the three major systems doesn't mean they aren't a major contender :)

[Mr Buckshot]

Let's lock the topic now. Conclusion:

AMD making a full games console - Bullshit
AMD making the CPU in a games console - Very possible, and if so, we can expect something nice, maybe even better than the Cell processor.

[Snowy]

...And what do ya know, AMD Announces the ATI 2900Pro (http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Announces+ATI+Radeon+HD+2900+PRO+Graphics+Card s/article9050.htm).

[demonmaster3k]

and then comes the geek with no life to tear it apart and Frankenstein the parts with his computer like so many other countless projects.

(i've seen xboxes gutted and turned into superpowerful computers... why use the 360's tri-core, quads are better)

[edit] i would be very happy if AMD made a console (except the fact that it'll use radeons... i'm an nvidia person) i found amds able to outclock intels anyday.

[Warsaw]

The XBOX 360 uses Radeons...

[Kornman00]

The XBOX 360 uses Radeons...
which is y its so :awesome:

[Warsaw]

I concur.

[OmegaDragon]

*cough*2 MONTH BUMP*cough*

It has been confirmed. AMD is infact making the first desktop platform for gaming. Codename: Spider.

Video of the spider doing what it does best. (http://www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm/4083)

AMD Official site with reference to their gaming system (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543_15008~122041,00.html) (end of first paragraph)

[X3RO SHIF7]

hmmmm...looks like sex

[ExAm]

*nerdgasm*

[Archon23]

Looks better than Sex.

Also I think I litterally just had a nerdgasm.

[FRain]

hmmmm...looks like sex



Your mom is sex. :downs:


Looks cool, can't wait!

[ExAm]

When I heard the word "affordable", I nearly blacked out.

[alby]

It's about $880 for four 3870s so its not that bad.

[Archon23]

When I heard 20 times more powerful than a PS3 and then affordable I DID black out.

This is going to be awesome.

[SnaFuBAR]

simply amazing

[SnaFuBAR]

When I heard 20 times more powerful than a PS3 and then affordable I DID black out.

This is going to be awesome.
80x ps3, not 20x. also, 200x ibm deep blue.

[Kybo_Ren]

It's not teraflops performance for all operations... that's the "best case scenario". Really not that amazing.

[Phopojijo]

Yea -- if GeForce8 is QuadSLI'd it would perform better than the Spider.

Oh well.

[Boba]

I don't get it.

[Bodzilla]

to much advertising and marketing going on in that vid.

i started to get over it when i began to drown in "buzz words".

[Kornman00]

It's not teraflops performance for all operations... that's the "best case scenario". Really not that amazing.
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Its just another PC. Its not a game console and so you really can't compare it to the PS or Xbox systems. Those are DEDICATED machines. This is just a PC running windows (vista) with a bunch of up to date hardware. Just because you can design that hardware to do shit seen in that video, doesn't mean every single fucking game henceforth it's release will be like that or better. Its ALWAYS up to the developer to design "The Shit".

Not impressed at all. Also, I want all the actual final numbers on paper for reference, not some cheap talk that was wrote by a politician's speech writer.

I also want that Leslie girl. In my office. Now. We have some business to discuss. :hump:

[ExAm]

80x ps3, not 20x. also, 200x ibm deep blue.Careful or he'll go into a coma! :gonk:

[Atty]

*yawn*