VIA's new Gaming Console (CES 2004)
Date: Monday, January 12 @ 13:44:44 UTC
Topic: Xbox General


Anandtech.com posted an introduction to the ApeXtreme with new info and picture of this new 'console'.

Here's a part of the conclusion:
So how does the ApeXtreme play? The two games we saw running were Rogue Squadron and Madden 2004. Rogue Squadron ran fine but Madden 2004 was far from smooth, while we couldn't get confirmation of the resolution it was running at we'd assume either 640 x 480 or 800x600 given the degree of aliasing as you can see in the image below.

The ApeXtreme won't replace your Xbox and it won't ruin PC gaming, but what it will allow is people without a PC to enjoy PC games. How big of a market we're talking about, only time will tell, but Apex clearly views it as something worth going after. The real story behind the ApeXtreme is VIA's platform, whether it is successful in Apex's case or not doesn't matter - if they fail, another manufacturer can just as easily give it a try.
News-Source: http://anandtech.com





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