Xbox 360 has been a great success for Microsoft, but the video game console has perhaps also been the most criticized of the current generation consoles. Not the least for its power consumption and high temperatures. One of the ways to fix this is to turn to more power efficient components and the perhaps most demanding components is the graphics processor. The made-by-AMD Xenos GPU found in Xbox 360 is powerful, but also a real power hog and emits more than plenty of heat. Many have been waiting for Microsoft to shrink the manufacturing process to enable a cooler and more power efficient chip.
The updated console called Jasper has been buzzing around the web for quite some time and is said to house a 65nm Xenos GPU, considerably more efficient than the 90nm GPU found in the Falcon model.
Hexus seems to have found the first proof of “Jasper” finding its way into stores. The console it has investigated was made on October 23rd and has a power adapter specified to only150W, 25W less than the previous model. This should point to a considerably lower power consumption with the new model, which in turn should result in lower temperatures and hopefully less hardware-related problems.
Alas there is no way to be certain which version of the console you get when you buy one, but if it is made after October 23rd it should sport the more power efficient GPU and save you some money on the power bill in the long run.
