Jaspers in the wild

RichieM · 28 Nov 2008 at 13:15

source http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/28/jasper_xbox_pictures/
original source http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EkkZlFAyyZZXEKjatA.php

So I guess when buying look for a 150w PSU

a larger-capacity on-board Flash chip – up from 16MB to 256MB.

curious as to why the massive increase

simo182 · 28 Nov 2008 at 13:17

Could it be so that the NXE is all stored on there rather than a storage device? It would mean people with arcades won't have half of their memory card used up on purchase.

RichieM · 28 Nov 2008 at 13:19

yeah spot on

so the Arcade SKU now ships without (external) Memory Unit and the new NXE dash will install fully on the flashchip (rather than requiring a HDD or external MU). But the internal memory can also be used to store gamesave data, XBLA games, videos or whatever ... u can use it asif it was an external MU. (as the flash chip is also used for the kernel/keyvault/dash etc there seems to be about 214MB left according to scoldingice on our forums to store your own stuff)

eyetrip · 28 Nov 2008 at 13:34

I thought the extra memory was needed just for the download... does NXE actually run from the hard drive or memory unit itself, rather than internal flash?

ic1male · 28 Nov 2008 at 13:37

The NXE core runs from Flash, the Avatar Editor is an app on storage.

Sheff · 28 Nov 2008 at 14:11

Regarding the increased flash chip, do you think we should expect the new batch to be predominantly arcade consoles?

2Thumbs · 28 Nov 2008 at 15:22

I thought Falcons used a 65nm architecture, which is why it uses a lower powered PSU compared to the original SKU.

Tetsu · 28 Nov 2008 at 15:28

2Thumbs said:
I thought Falcons used a 65nm architecture, which is why it uses a lower powered PSU compared to the original SKU.

falcons use a 65nm cpu but a 90nm gpu ( i think its 90nm?)

these use both a 65nm cpu and gpu

I'm just about to grab a 360 but I wont go out of my way for one of these

RichieM · 29 Nov 2008 at 14:36

Sheff said:
Regarding the increased flash chip, do you think we should expect the new batch to be predominantly arcade consoles?

it seems people have only seen Arcade versions atm, but this will transfer over to the other SKU's as its cheaper for MS to give the others the extra flash than make a different mobo without it.