heys guys, just saw this..brand new review of our favorite gadget..

LINK

DSR

At least it doesn't claim mp4 playback. I saw a review in games tm 46 that claimed the 2x played mpeg4 and wmv

Good review

probably one of the better I've read

the gp2x does play mpeg4 just in an avi container

That's the most accurate review I've read. They did their homework.

nice review. The unit looks smaller in hand than I thought it to be. More pics would be nice though.

heh, I noticed that too. I was thinking "What the hell kind of monster hands does that guy HAVE?!"
Then I realised it's that dude from Big Fish! Has to be, hasn't it?

motherfucking big hands!

Nice concise review.
But those hands/thumbs... <shudder>

I thought I should mention that there is also new article about gp2x in megagames:
http://www.megagames.com/news/html/hardwar...dspromise.shtml

It starts with words: "Forget the PSP, disregard the DS"

Pity they seem to think it's a dual-core machine. . .

It is.


Isn't it?

Nope - any more than a PC with a graphics card is dual-core: Dual-core doesn't mean "it has two processors in it".

The GP2X's second processor is more of a co-processor. It doesn't have an MMU.

its a good review, at least they didnt just claim things like mp4/wmv and they actually used it and did their homework.

I liked it, and also "the GP2X is perfect as it is a lot more than a gaming platform - it’s a multifunctional entertainment device with more flexibility than a Russian gymnast."

yes, good review (and giant hands!!! i thought for a sec that it was the xgp mini!)

An excellent review there, and by jove does that guy have huge hands.

If I were to be fussy, I'd point out that I've never seen diagonal lines on my MK2. But I'm not fussy, else I'd hate the GP2X an awful lot, so yay.

Isn't it one CPU with 920 and 940 cores? That isn't dual-core? Or do you mean the way they're connected isn't dual core?

I'm confused now.

Ignore that dope, read the page in my sig, it has a nice big picture of the MMSP2 layout. (the very first link that says MagicEyes)

Technically Linux doesn't see dual-cores, but they are there and a 3D engine on the second core has been demonstrated, also sound has been done on the second core (?) I think.

Alright, glad I've got my definition of dual core straight now! Pretty much what I thought it was. Thanks for pointing out those links.

yeah that site definitely seems to be called trusted reviews for a reason.

one error though is they say it plays wma files. thats the only thing wrong i found and a farily minor thing.

they got most everything right and were nice and fair. mentioned how versatile the machine is yet that the more work you are willing to put into it the more fun you will have with the machine so people know its not a system where you just throw a cartridge or cd in and play.

a lot of reviews seem to get a lot of things wrong. future reviews should use that review as base to get their facts straight.

really the best and most truthful review I have seen yet. I wish all the coverage the gp2x got was more like this review.

The way they function, under Linux at least, isn't truly dual-core: It doesn't use SMP, it treats the GP2X as a single-core machine

AIUI, if there were two 920Ts it would be dual-core. But because it's a 920 and a 940, despite having two processors, it is NOT a true dual-core machine: Advertising it as such implies functionality it hasn't got.

If you've looked at the MagicEyes diagram, you'll see that even that specifically represents the two ARM processors within a single box that is labelled as being *the* CPU.

It's SegaSaturn-Core

There are 2 ARM9 processing units, IE "dual" ARM9's. I say Dual Core.

You are now just playing at semantics, and I did mention that Linux doesn't run as a dual-core machine.

http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,6,1267

It does.

Kinda... you can pick between a buggy fixed point decoder or a floating point one that doesn't reach full-speed, but now that it's there, I bet a good coder could improve it.

Actually, it's been there for ages

oh guess i forgot about that app. but wma support isn't a big deal either way. also from reading the article it sounds like wma support is standard. if they wanted to include all audio file types playable they would have to include a bunch of other formats especially mod files and game music file types that are playable with players like oldplay.

anyway since saying the gp2x has wma support isn't technically wrong they pretty much wrote a more accurate review than anyone else has and now i can't even find any errors in it.

Cheers for the comments guys! (randomly found this post while hunting around on Google..).

In my defense, those aren't my hands! That's our photographers. I hate it when he uses his hands in the photos, makes people assume I'm old! I'm only 22...

My Editor didn't quite see the point of the device, but I *hope* I managed to catch it in the right light. I just wish I had something like this to fiddle with like this when I was 12 and has more time on my hands!