Has the Falcon landed in Charlotte?

A Man, Just Like Other Me · Guest

Has anyone out there by chance found Falcon hardware in the Charlotte, NC.
area, or anywhere in NC?

I checked the Best Buy -- 30 or so new units had just come in all
manufactured in mid-July.
Wal-Mart -- no go.
Gamestop, ditto.

Please tell me where I can get one by Christmas! Thanks.

By the way, for those who don't want to read thru dozens of posts in the
forums, seems the latest/greatest way to tell if it's a Falcon or not is to
look on the white sticker on the box for the power supply wattage; 175
watts means a Falcon, 203 watts means it could or could not be. In the case
of 203 watts you have to go to alternate methods of checking.

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beeboy · Guest

Forget Falcon, wait until the GPU has had a shrink before you actually go
ahead and purchase one. Falcon only features a shrink to 65nm of the actual
CPU(s) not the graphics chipset, which is where a lot of the heat is
generated during gameplay.

The same goes for the current 40GB PS3, it only features a shrink of the
Cell processor and not the RSX (still 90nm).

Before purchasing either of these consoles, wait until all the innards have
had the shrink to the 65nm process. Chips produced at this level generate
much less heat (thus increasing the lifespan of your console!) and less
power (good for mother earth and your electricity bill). That said, both
consoles are rumoured to be getting another shrink to 45nm by 2009 (catching
up to Intel) but who wants to wait that long =).

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Holy@Moses.com · Guest

Yeah, BB's right. Falcon only has the 65nm CPU and the GPU's still
the same 90nm GPU which has been causing all those RROD because it
runs so hot, and yet MS didn't bother to design a proper and adequate
cooling system for the console.

The new mobo, Jasper, due to come out latter part of next year will
have both the CPU and the GPU in the 65nm fab form. I think then you
can sort of ease your anxiety about your 360 overheating and getting
the RROD problem.

I think it's pretty pathetic and sad that we, as Xbox 360 customers,
have to worry whether our 360 will have its GPU melt the solder or not
from inadequate cooling and whether it'll happen before the extended
RROD warranty expires.

Basically, what M$ is saying is, we know we made a shitty and
defective product, so we'll extend the warranty on the shittiness of
the defects of our product, but not extend it to a length which seems
fair, but only extend it just enough to get away with it, and also to
avoid any massive class action lawsuits that can arise from us having
put out a shitty and defective product.

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A Man, Just Like Other Me · Guest

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Kyle Haight · Guest

In article <47583e40$0$2376$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
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Glenn Shaw · Guest

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Kyle Haight · Guest

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Olaf · Guest

I recently got a Falcon in San Antonio from Target. It was lot 0743
manufacture date 10-24-07. Team Fsomething, as opposed to the Csomething
one.

It also had a Benq drive.

I definitely would not go out and buy another Xbox 360 if I already had one
just to get the shrunken CPU die. However, if I wanted a 360, and didnt
have one, I would not wait until the summer for the 65nm GPU.

Less heat inside the box means less chance of failure and so the CPU shrink
helps, even if the initial problems was with the GPUs. Also. I imagine
they have addressed the GPU cooling in some way with Zephyr and Falcon, even
if its something as simple as using a different material/vendor/whatever on
the thermal paste/pad between the GPU and the heat sink.

Olaf · Guest

If you have a 203W sticker on the outside you might have a Falcon or you
might have a Zephyr. If you have 175W, you definitely have a Falcon.

If you have a 175W brick, you have a Falcon.

Glenn Shaw · Guest

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