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by Tom M.
Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:05 pm
Forum: XBOX Modding
Topic: Xbox with CF Mod - Compact Flash to IDE adapter
Replies: 37
Views: 16894

Re: Xbox with CF Mod - Compact Flash to IDE adapter

If you look at the prices of CF cards and compare them to SATA SSDs there is no argument really. CF cards are several times more expensive. Full stop. Also people claiming that there is no speed advatage over regular magnetic hard drives. Well, yes and no IMO. Of course in sequential streaming hardl...
by Tom M.
Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:54 pm
Forum: XBOX Modding
Topic: OgXHD - A tool for patching XBEs to run in 720p
Replies: 6
Views: 8325

Re: OgXHD - A tool for patching XBEs to run in 720p

How many games render internally at 720p? I guess none of them. There is no point to have such application. I'd rather like to see a 240p hack . FOr years and years noone has been able to do such thing, though you have dozns of people building retro-gaming Xboxes full of NES and Amiga games but runn...
by Tom M.
Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:49 pm
Forum: XBOX Modding
Topic: SATA Adaptor Compatibility thread
Replies: 208
Views: 327005

Re: SATA Adaptor Compatibility thread

Hello everybody,

I am now waiting for PATA to SATA adapters. And I am a bit worried by some of the comments here about the need for 80 pin cables. I hope this is all nothing but bullshitting. If the Xbox is using only PIO mode 4, 40 pin is more than enough.