Yes folks, we all heard it before. Reports of xbox 360s RRoD. Oh goodie, whats on the menu now?
Well apparently, Microsoft has been a bit short-handed on the RRoD and has taken little action, to fight back. Reports of the first model have overheat issues in its first launch, which led to microsoft's new additional Heatsink add-on in newer models, but this wasn't enough.
Microsoft took evasive action and reduced the CPU chips from 90nm to 65nm in the Falcon motherboards found in the Elites. They enhanced the power supply from 205watts down to a decent amount of 175 watts. This reduced production costs and led to that $100 decrease in the United States and other countries. Believe it or not, though newer models are somewhat immune to the RRoD, the fight rages on. In early September 08, Microsoft launched the new jasper model. Featuring enhanced GPU and CPU which both were sized down to 65nm. Surprisingly, these models are only found in Arcade and Pro consoles; not in your usual perfected Black Elite.
Ahh here we go folks, hang on!
Microsoft pulls our legs yet again. Disappointingly Microsoft launched the limited edition Resident Evil 5 Elite Bundle pack on March 13, 2009. With a new red matte cover and accessories useful to match your red carpet Mr. superstar, but whats the catch? Xbox fan boys run straight to the stores whereas Modding Investigators doubted the red elite. Whats so good about it? Many things, but its nothing but a big rip-off. The Red Elite is ensured a far lower possibility of getting the RROD. There is one benefit with the Red Elite. Its a Jasper Elite. Since black elites are not supplied with the Jasper, Microsoft went ahead and took the jasper, which is supplied in the your average Pro, and equiped it with the Elite model. Rather than buying a Pro with a Jasper for only $250, you just bought yourself a Red Elite for an extra $100 dollars for red matte plastic. Now that you have bought yourself the latest model, the new Valhalla 360 model features in mid-2009 for a fraction of the cost.
Well done Microsoft, got me there for a second..
Monday, March 30, 2009
Microsoft's Red Scandal
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4 comments:
haha well.
i bought that one srry :d
they are available until they are sold out lol
Wow. People should really take this into consideration, its just a piece of plastic painted red! Go get a pro. Since you got your Resident Evil Elite, i suggest you hold onto it. Its a collectible so you can gamble with the market prices a coulpe years after. I think they made 5000 copies.
Dont buy the Red Elites >:]
Go get PS3! Its waaay betterr
This made me thinking. :D
When will those Valhallas come out?
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