wraggster
June 27th, 2011, 20:57
30 years after its original release, the brand new Commodore 64 is now on sale - and it's powerful enough to handle top-end PC games.
Commodore USA's recreation of the 8-bit machine has seen its original 64 kilobytes of memory boosted to 2GB of DDR3 (expandable to 4GB), with a 1.8ghz dual-core Intel Atom D525 and the latest Nvidia Ion2 graphics chipset included.
A slot or tray load DVD R/W drive - with optional Blu-ray - is onboard, along with a multi format card reader/writer and five USB slots.
The new C64 can run original 8-bit games through an emulator (via a later update) and is said to be "as close to the original in design as humanly possible."
The firm's also unveiled more modern-looking versions, the Commodore VIC-Pro and VIC-Slim, with the former boasting a dual or quad core processor running as fast as 3.0Ghz.
Prices range from $250 to $1195, depending on spec. R
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/309196/news/reborn-commodore-64-now-on-sale/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS
Commodore USA's recreation of the 8-bit machine has seen its original 64 kilobytes of memory boosted to 2GB of DDR3 (expandable to 4GB), with a 1.8ghz dual-core Intel Atom D525 and the latest Nvidia Ion2 graphics chipset included.
A slot or tray load DVD R/W drive - with optional Blu-ray - is onboard, along with a multi format card reader/writer and five USB slots.
The new C64 can run original 8-bit games through an emulator (via a later update) and is said to be "as close to the original in design as humanly possible."
The firm's also unveiled more modern-looking versions, the Commodore VIC-Pro and VIC-Slim, with the former boasting a dual or quad core processor running as fast as 3.0Ghz.
Prices range from $250 to $1195, depending on spec. R
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/309196/news/reborn-commodore-64-now-on-sale/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS