zarx said:
as shown in these quotes of yours "SLI configurations are exactly, exactly, the latest and greatest in technology" "as SLI/Crossfire tech is a fundamental feature that we pay for and expect in high end PC GPUs" But SLI/Crossfire are not new technology and the technology has a problems such as microstuttering. Disolitude was arguing quite rightly that the 360 GPU was more advanced technologically than PC GPUs at the time, hence my examples of how the Xenos had advanced features that weren't seen in PC GPUs until much later. And hence the analogy of a next box using GPU technology a generation ahead of what PC GPUs have at launch or a as I said GTX700 architecture today in the next Xbox, because that is exactly what MS did with the 360 and the Xenos. Your arguement is basically that a V12 Ford GT90 is more advanced than a Tesla Roadster because it has more horsepower. But you probably don't realise that now I think about it you have been argueing with something Disolitude never said (that the Xenos was more powerful than the most powerful PC build possible at the time) instead of what he was actually argueing, that the 360 had a GPU that was at the pinnicle of GPU technology at the time (which it was). At the time MS could not have put a more advanced GPU in the 360, they could have had a more powerful one but not at the size and price they targeted, and even with the one they did use they had a lot of problems with overheating. |
Ok, I see what you're trying to say. Yes, the SLI technology was first implemented a long time ago. Does that mean the current SLi technology is not the latest technology?
No, of course not.
The internal combustion engine was first implemented in cars a long time ago, but constant improvements in engineering mean that the engines today are fare more efficient/powerful/reliable than they have ever been. These constant developments are researched and implemented, for a cost, every year, and you pay for that whne you buy a permium car.
So are you telling me that modern sports cars with modern petrol engines are outdated? Modern street-legal sports cars that are constantly setting new records are outdated tech and don't count as the latest and greatest? F1 engines are outdated tech? No, obviously not. Developments in the fundamental technology mean the tech improves all the time, and these advancements cost the company and the end user.
"you have been argueing with something Disolitude never said (that the Xenos was more powerful than the most powerful PC build possible at the time)"
Dissolitude said:
"While his post is pretty funny Xbox 1 and 2 were mid to high tier spec wise when they came out in terms of GPU"
I was arguing over this statement, the 'high tier' part of it. So yes, your analogy "Your arguement is basically that a V12 Ford GT90 is more advanced than a Tesla Roadster because it has more horsepower" is exactly right. And I am exactly right, GPU technology on PCs had already surpassed the 360's 'spec wise'. And if you're arguing that the 360 GPU used tech that wasn't seen in PC GPUs until later, which you're absolutely right about, then I may also argue that PC GPUs used sli and overclocking technology that were not available in the 360 GPU.
