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To: fyodor_ who wrote (42513)	6/4/2001 6:35:18 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Fyo, Exactly the point. Essentially, you could build an XBox clone using a P4 instead of a PIII. This would seriously boost performance. I am still missing the point. NVidia already has a chipset for Athlon (which performs better than P4), they don't need a license for Athlon current bus, they are part of the HT team for future Athlon processors, so where would be the motivation to create an Xbox killer based on P4, where they would be starting from scratch, and swimming upstream vs. Athlon platform, where they already have most of the pieces together. Joe

To: fyodor_ who wrote (42513)	6/4/2001 6:52:29 PM
From: ptanner	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

fyo, Re: "Exactly the point. Essentially, you could build an XBox clone using a P4 instead of a PIII. This would seriously boost performance." But wouldn't this cost a LOT more than a loss-leader XBox? I guess you might also have an XBox clone which could also serve as a general use computer. And would XBox games really benefit from a faster processor if they have been optimized for XBox? Basically, would you have the options to increase the game settings to a level far beyond the capabilities of the XBox? -PT