Taito shows new arcade board in Tokyo

By Hirohiko Niizumi, GameSpot
Posted Sep 14, 2006 12:23 pm PT

Arcade show attendees see publisher's addition to its PC-based Type X arcade board series.

TOKYO--At the 44th Amusement machine show in Japan today, Taito announced details of its latest arcade board, dubbed Type X2.

Taito's Type X2 is based on PC architecture and runs on Windows OS, making game development for third-party publishers, according to Taito, easier than development for proprietary systems.

While Taito's previous Type X arcade board from 2004 was also based on PC hardware, the Type X2 features a number of changes. Most notable among the changes is the system's use of Intel's Q965 Express chipset and PCI express graphic card slot, which allows for higher quality graphics compared to the Type X, which ran with AGP.

Specific hardware details for Taito's Type X2 arcade board are as follows.

CPU: selectable from the following--LGA775 Intel Core2 Duo / Pentium 4 / Celeron D

Chipset: Intel Q965+ICH8 Chipset

Memory: DDR2-667MHz 512MB/1GB (Compatible up to DDR2-800MHz 4GB)

Graphic Board: PCI-Express x 16, selectable from the following: ATI Radeon X1950Pro/X1600Pro/X1300LE, Nvidia GeForce 7900GS/7600GS/7300GS

Sound: On-board AD1988A HD Audio 5.1ch

BIOS: SPI Flash BIOS

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rokkuman09
Posted Sep 17, 2006 10:03 am PT

Wow! Arcade games could be coming back if this can catch on! I mean those are almost as powerful as my PC!
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neoand12
Posted Sep 16, 2006 8:40 pm PT

Thats Alot of power for an Arcade.
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_Sam_
Posted Sep 16, 2006 12:51 pm PT

I didn't know about this
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FallenOneX
Posted Sep 15, 2006 10:38 pm PT

Actually, this setup could probably be emulated. Granted, you'd also probably have to use a dual processor motherboard running two dual core cpu's. To run it flawlessly at least. Then again, google this board and you'll be amazed...... Thunder K8QSD Pro (S4882-D)
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Charlie2688
Posted Sep 15, 2006 10:34 am PT

WOW!
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jonnyjd
Posted Sep 15, 2006 5:31 am PT

Uh...nice!
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anamnawshad
Posted Sep 15, 2006 1:03 am PT

Wow it's powerful
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ztype85
Posted Sep 14, 2006 2:44 pm PT

Emulate this setup? You're out of your mind
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madgamer2000
Posted Sep 14, 2006 2:22 pm PT

unless they put somesort of special chip on the motherboard or something, it seems like it would be quite easy, if you had the same hardware setup at least.
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d3c4y83
Posted Sep 14, 2006 1:20 pm PT

Hmmm... With this board being based on PC hardware I wonder how long it will take the emulation scene to get this running on actual windows based PC's...
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hemakm3
Posted Sep 14, 2006 12:28 pm PT

Awesome new.
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