What happened to bits..

[ShadowDancer]

Probably a naive question, but i really don't know. I know they're may of been others but i think everyone knows it went 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit 128 bit. May i ask what has changed..

Sorry if i look a bit stupid asking this.

[Skull Commander]

Not stupid at all. I'm not too sure either. It seems bits have become unimportant in favour of actual processor speeds and the suchlike now.

[noobish hat]

i thought you meant the tv show. but yeah, skull commander is correct, after 32bits, it is not the most important factor in the power of a console, so it became less emphasised in marketing etc after that point.

[dvdmike]

technically is not the 360 32bit due to the processor being a 32bit cpu

[hudson]

Surely we're in the 256bit phase of gaming now? How many channel sound now, though?

[Kongster]

For a second, I thought you meant the late night Channel 4 Video games show form back in the day featuring Emily Bouff and co...

[noobish hat]

i already said that...

[Kongster]

oops....

[Concrete donkey]

Not to derail the thread, but what did happen to that show?

[Simmy]

Surely we're in the 256bit phase of gaming now? How many channel sound now, though?

I always liked max number of colours on screen myself

[hudson]

yeah, 4096 was one of them numbers for a pallette.

[Malc]

Surely we're in the 256bit phase of gaming now?

We are in the 256 bit, indeed. But I think it would get silly if we kept going with bits, like in the future we'd have to say 1024bit or whatever.

I am curious how they're going to classify each generation in the future when they reach retro status..?

[Largo]

Thought this thread might be about emily booth...ill get my coat

[kernow]

We are in the 256 bit, indeed.

eh?

The bittage is usually decided by the CPU's address bus width. Some people mistakenly use the GPU for some reason.

edit: bits was a great show \\o

[dannywhac]

Seconded on Bits - Mmmmm The Bouff.....