Is/Would it be possible to put an Xbox 360 Graphics Card into a PC? - Hardware & Software

Just something I thought up of, so instead of fiddling around with updates, or such, you just use an Xbox 360 graphics card. Is it possible?

If you had a lot of time on your hands to modify drivers and solder it correctly to a standard AGP port, then it's certainly possible. Worth it? Hell no. There's a reason this shit is proprietary.

You would be able to play any game with all details on (Very) High.

Yes, in fact, they started selling them for PC's long before the Xbox 360 came out. Check out the Nvidia Geforce 7900 GTX, and good luck going any higher than medium with it.

[quote] The Xenos is a custom graphics processing unit (GPU) designed by ATI, used in the Xbox 360 video game console. Developed under the codename "C1," it is in many ways related to the R500 desktop PC graphics card series and therefore very similar to an ATI [B]Radeon X1900 as far as features and performance are concerned.[/B] [/quote] Bahahahahaha.

Yeah the gpu in xboxes are abysmal

The only reason the Xbox is able to run things well is because the developers can have everything in their engine tailor-made to suit one set of hardware.

You would most definitely not be able to play all games on high with a X-box 360 GPU.

[QUOTE=Aedan1;21949553]You would be able to play any game with all details on (Very) High.[/QUOTE] :doh:

Most games made for Xbox 360 are CPU intensive.

This troll Also, 7900GTX was a great card... for it's time

Ha ha, no.

[QUOTE=FHamster;21953637]This troll Also, 7900GTX was a great card... for it's time[/QUOTE] 7900GTX is pretty much what the PS3 packs, not the 360.

XBox specifications: Хboх 360 System Performance - Draft Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU •3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each •2 hardware threads per core; 6 hardware threads total •1 VMX-128 vector unit per core; 3 total •128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread •1 MB L2 cache CPU Game Math Performance •9 billion dot product operations per second Custom ATI Graphics Processor •500 MHz •10 MB embedded DRAM •48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled shader pipelines •Unified shader architecture Polygon Performance •500 million triangles per second Pixel Fill Rate •16 gigasamples per second fillrate using 4X MSAA Shader Performance •48 billion shader operations per second Memory •512 MB GDDR3 RAM •700 MHz DDR •Unified memory architecture Memory Bandwidth •22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth •256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM •21.6 GB/s front-side bus Overall System Floating-Point Performance •1 TFLOP Storage •Detachable and upgradeable 20 GB hard drive •12X dual-layer DVD-ROM •Memory unit support starting at 64 MB I/O •Support for up to 4 wireless game controllers •3 USB 2.0 ports •2 memory unit slots Optimized for Online •Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, Gamer Profile for digital identity and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music •Built in Ethernet Port •Wi-Fi Ready: 802.11 A, B and G •Video Camera Ready Digital Media Support •Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD •Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PCs •Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive •Custom playlists in every game •Windows Media Center Extender built in •Interactive, full screen 3D visualizers HD Game Support •All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing •Standard definition and high definition video output supported Audio •Multichannel surround sound output •Supports 48 KHz 16-bit audio •320 independent decompression channels •32-bit audio processing •Over 256 audio channels System Orientation •Stands vertically or horizontally Customizable Face Plates •Interchangeable to personalize the console

What happens if you upgraded the GPU in an XBOX or PS3? Would it play bettter or not?

[QUOTE=derlicious;21959321]What happens if you upgraded the GPU in an XBOX or PS3? Would it play bettter or not?[/QUOTE] Impossible. There are no PCI, AGP, or PCI-E slots on a Xbox 360 motherboard. [editline]12:18PM[/editline] Or PS3.

[QUOTE=ghostofme;21959512]Impossible. There are no PCI, AGP, or PCI-E slots on a Xbox 360 motherboard. [editline]12:18PM[/editline] Or PS3.[/QUOTE] i'm sure with the resources and time you could get a 5870m in one, but highly unlikely

[QUOTE=rampageturke;21959624]i'm sure with the resources and time you could get a 5870m in one, but highly unlikely[/QUOTE] You'd have to be amazing at soldering. Be aware that not even people solder whats in there now. It's all done by machines which can do it with exact precision with 100% consistency. And then theres the human hand...enough said. [editline]12:42PM[/editline] Doing that would also require a softmod, because then you'll need drivers which can't just be randomly tossed on. You'd have to load Windows on it or find a bios that supports applications like drivers and such.

[QUOTE=Aedan1;21949553]You would be able to play any game with all details on (Very) High.[/QUOTE] I read this and I lost it.

[QUOTE=Captain Lawlrus;21951767]:doh:[/QUOTE] It seems that your troll-o-meter is broken sir.

Lol, it's on board video unless your Jesus Christ, your not changing or moving the graphics card, the only thing you could do is break it. :P

[QUOTE=ghostofme;21959727]You'd have to be amazing at soldering. Be aware that not even people solder whats in there now. It's all done by machines which can do it with exact precision with 100% consistency. And then theres the human hand...enough said. [editline]12:42PM[/editline] Doing that would also require a softmod, because then you'll need drivers which can't just be randomly tossed on. You'd have to load Windows on it or find a bios that supports applications like drivers and such.[/QUOTE] Not to mention the pin-outs would be different as well more likely than not.

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;21967086]Not to mention the pin-outs would be different as well more likely than not.[/QUOTE] And probably nano-meters away from each other. In one of my classes last year I had to make a circuit board that generated random number. I started with a blank copper board and etched (or cooked I should say) the circuits in and everything. I could hardly solder that thing with my own hands. In the end I got it working for ten seconds in front of the class... ...then the damn thing shorted out. My point is that soldering is difficult.

why would you want to, its craaaap

[QUOTE=Aedan1;21949553]You would be able to play any game with all details on (Very) High.[/QUOTE] Ahahahahahaha, No. As previously said, it's not the hardware in a console that's particularly good, it's the developers being able to optimize the shit out of the games for the particular hardware. So, if you were able to successfully install a 360 GPU on a PC motherboard, and create working drivers and yadda yadda, you'd barely be able to run Half-Life 2 on medium settings. PC's are superior. Get over it. That being said, I don't exactly hate consoles. As you can see on the left, I've got a 360 myself. (I got it for 20 bucks after giving my old PS2 to GameStop). And, well, I fucking [U][B]love[/B][/U] Forza 3.

Then how come on the xbox you play with best possible graphics, and on the PC you need to pay (possibly} twice as much for an xbox for a graphics card?

Because games are optimized for that graphics card and hardware on xbox

[QUOTE=Aedan1;22001307]Then how come on the xbox you play with best possible graphics, and on the PC you need to pay (possibly} twice as much for an xbox for a graphics card?[/QUOTE] Obvious troll is still obvious.

[QUOTE=Aedan1;22001307]Then how come on the xbox you play with best possible graphics, and on the PC you need to pay (possibly} twice as much for an xbox for a graphics card?[/QUOTE] On Xbox you play with the best possible graphics the Xbox can provide. And when you look at it, you're playing at really shitty resolutions. So the Xbox's "best" is crap.

Wait what do you mean playing at a shitty res? TVs have bigger res than monitors