| J_Allard said: The major drop didn't come with the move to the S console, it came before that with the newer chipsets. Falcon made a small difference, Jasper made a huge difference. |
Initially, yes, falcon looked to have made a difference, but the hana/ana were just as ropey as they always were, same for the jasper, a lot of rrod's on jasper machiens arent actually gpu/cpu related but video encoder related, the shift to S changed the board layout entirely, the valhalla boards used a different layout for the video encoders and a different mechanism for attachment which is more reliable - additionally the process for BGA attachment was adjusted to minimise the effects of deterioration in the lead free connections.
Cooling, despite popular opinion isn't really the issue but the lead free solder used, which is why devices with BGA mounted components have a much higher failure rate than older products since RoHS certification was brought in.
However you want to word it though, 360 has, despite multiple itterations, the highest failure rate in the history of console gaming.
