about xbox hardware

Turkey_Boy · June 25th, 2003

to the emulator author and other xbox dev's ..

i am just interested to know just to what extent the xbox hardware has been revealed through writing this emulator and through other projects (OpenXDK etc) ..
I am an xbox developer .. and i would be very interested in finding out as much information about the xbox at its very lowest level for performance optimisation ..

what is known about the DMA controller at its lowest level and the GPU? ..
issueing instructions to the DMA controller directly would be a very useful tool .. and as far as i know microsoft havent released the information themselves ..

developers should have the ability to bypass directx if desired ..

Kazaki · July 1st, 2003

I believe Tecmo and other developers have used ways to avoid the use of DirectX libraries. In one article, for example, it is stated that Tecmo decided to do away with DirectX in Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.

I'm not all to sure, though.

And what do you develop on the Xbox? What organization are you in?

Turkey_Boy · July 2nd, 2003

hmm interesting .. i might have to check that game out ..
i would like to talk with the cxbx dudes about it ..

and yeah .. i probably shouldnt talk about that .. most likely wouldnt have heard of us anyway .. we're in australia .. and we do PS2, gamecube and PC aswell ..

June 25th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Turkey_Boy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 7	about xbox hardware to the emulator author and other xbox dev's .. i am just interested to know just to what extent the xbox hardware has been revealed through writing this emulator and through other projects (OpenXDK etc) .. I am an xbox developer .. and i would be very interested in finding out as much information about the xbox at its very lowest level for performance optimisation .. what is known about the DMA controller at its lowest level and the GPU? .. issueing instructions to the DMA controller directly would be a very useful tool .. and as far as i know microsoft havent released the information themselves .. developers should have the ability to bypass directx if desired ..

July 2nd, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Turkey_Boy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 7	Re: about xbox hardware hmm interesting .. i might have to check that game out .. i would like to talk with the cxbx dudes about it .. and yeah .. i probably shouldnt talk about that .. most likely wouldnt have heard of us anyway .. we're in australia .. and we do PS2, gamecube and PC aswell ..

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July 1st, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Kazaki Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 32	I believe Tecmo and other developers have used ways to avoid the use of DirectX libraries. In one article, for example, it is stated that Tecmo decided to do away with DirectX in Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. I'm not all to sure, though. And what do you develop on the Xbox? What organization are you in?