The Official Rant Thread

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:00 pm

Is Falcon the board in the console code named Zephyr, with the 65nm?

latinomodder · Post by **latinomodder** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:17 pm

Tural wrote:Is Falcon the board in the console code named Zephyr, with the 65nm?

Actually Zephyr are the mobos that have HDMI but don't have 65nm cpu, and falcon have HDMI and 65nm cpu

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:27 pm

Ah. I get confused with all of the different names.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:32 pm

Are there any plans for a 45nm CPU?

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:35 pm

Rumored. So far the only thing announced is Jasper, which will have 65nm, as Falcon does, and will come out later this year. I think the rumored 45nm is Valhalla, I can't recall though.
Edit: "TSMC got orders to produce the chip for code-named Valhalla Xbox 360 design, which is rumoured to combine microprocessor and graphics chip in a single piece of silicon."

So I guess there isn't anything solid about a 45nm.

latinomodder · Post by **latinomodder** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:42 pm

Tural wrote:Rumored. So far the only thing announced is Jasper, which will have 65nm, as Falcon does, and will come out later this year. I think the rumored 45nm is Valhalla, I can't recall though.
Edit: "TSMC got orders to produce the chip for code-named Valhalla Xbox 360 design, which is rumoured to combine microprocessor and graphics chip in a single piece of silicon."

So I guess there isn't anything solid about a 45nm.

Yeah, I think jasper was a 65nm cpu motherboard that doesn't have HDMI so that it would fit on old cases and would be used for repairs..

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:45 pm

Jasper is the board that will be going into retail consoles this Fall, for retail sale, fairly sure.

I think the complete lineup so far has been:
Xenon (90nm CPU, 90nm GPU, Original)
Zephyr (90nm CPU, 90nm GPU, HDMI)
Falcon (65nm CPU, 90nm GPU, HDMI)
Jasper (65nm CPU, 65nm GPU, HDMI)
Opus (65nm CPU, 90nm GPU, no HDMI)
Valhalla (65nm CPU, 65nm GPU, HDMI, combined CPU/GPU)

Opus is the 65nm with no HDMI, and won't be for retail sale.

Too many boards and chip sets. >_<

latinomodder · Post by **latinomodder** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:43 pm

Nice list.

Also A fucking long research paper I have 2.5 out of 5 pages I can't concentrate for shit and I'm too tired

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:59 pm

Learning to drive a stick shift is embarassing. Stalling out on a green light and having people behind you is like, bad.

Senor_Grunt · Post by **Senor_Grunt** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:06 pm

Kirk wrote:Learning to drive a stick shift is embarassing. Stalling out on a green light and having people behind you is like, bad.

I learned in a parking lot. Try it, a lot easier.

It's HOT!!!!!! I'm gonna kick mother nature in the gut. :[

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:18 am

The sun is backwards.
It should get bright early in the winter, because everyone has school and gets up early.

It should start getting dark early in the winter, because everyone stays inside.

Only problem, is it's the opposite. It gets dark early in the summer. wtf.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:04 am

Kirk wrote:Learning to drive a stick shift is embarassing. Stalling out on a green light and having people behind you is like, bad.

Yeah, that's a bummer. Try it in a parking lot, and in reverse gear. You might be able to feel the friction point a lot better.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:49 am

Estimated 70k dead and rising from the earthquake. Horrible and massive.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:52 am

DrXThirst wrote:The sun is backwards.
It should get bright early in the winter, because everyone has school and gets up early.

It should start getting dark early in the winter, because everyone stays inside.

Only problem, is it's the opposite. It gets dark early in the summer. wtf.

What.
Do you not have daylight saving time.

With the normal time period, between Fall and Spring, the sun sets "earlier." Say it sets at 8PM, for demonstration purposes. Say the sun rises at 7AM.
Between Spring and Fall, you set clocks forward one hour. Hence, the time the sun would set would now be 9PM. The sun sets "later" in the Summer than it does in the Winter. In addition, the sun rises one hour later as well.

Sunrise is "earlier" in Winter, as is sunset. It is "later" in the Summer. That is the exact opposite of what you are talking about.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:26 am

Nah, I did away with Daylight Savings Time.

It gets dark at my house around 6:00 in the summer. I gets dark at my house around 9:00 in the winter. >_<

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:26 am

Sexual fantasies involving a triplet, butter and chocolate spread.

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:57 am

Philly wrote:Sexual fantasies involving a triplet, butter and chocolate spread.

You ate her?

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:03 am

Whoever said her, and no.

I am very dirty minded. Avoid me at all costs.

Senor_Grunt · Post by **Senor_Grunt** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:06 am

No you're not. If you were, you would've included a frying pan and some cool wHip in there.

Dissolution241 · Post by **Dissolution241** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:44 am

I like to include squirrels and lots and lots of catsup.