Specs

Xbox

Playstation 2

Gamecube

Dreamcast

CPU

733 Mhz Intel Pentium III

300 Mhz Emotion Engine

485 Mhz IBM Power PC "Gekko"

200 Mhz Hitachi SH4

Graphics Processor

250 MHz nVidia custom chip

150 MHz Sony GS

200 MHz Artx "Flipper"

100 MHZ NEC PowerVR Series 2

Memory

64MB, unified

38 MB Total

system: 24Mb of 1T-SDRAM. Audio/animation: 16 Mb of 100Mhz DRAM additional: 2MB of frame buffer 1MB of Texture Cache

system: 16Mb SDRAM. Graphics: 8MB SDRAM. Sound: 2MB

Storage Medium

8GB hard disk, memory card

8MB memory card, HD upgrade

64MB Memory Card

128KB VMU Zip Add-On

Media

5x DVD

4X DVD

Mini DVD

GD-Rom

Broadband Enabled

Yes

Future upgrade

Future upgrade

Future upgrade

Joystick Ports

4

2

4

4

I/O Ports

Modified USB

IEEE1394, USB

Custom

Custom Joystick, Serial I/O

Analog Modem

Future upgrade

Future Upgrade

Future Upgrade

56K

DVD Movie Playback

Built In

Utility Required to be on memory card

Future Upgrade

No

HDTV Support

Yes

Limited

Yes

No

US launch date

Nov 15 2001

October 2000

Nov 18 2001

Fall 1999