Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by cmn32480 on Monday June 12 2017, @01:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the ps2-is-still-the-best-console-ever dept.

Microsoft's mid-cycle refresh for the Xbox One, the Xbox One X, has been announced. Graphics performance is quadrupled (and then some) to allow for 2160p gaming:

As far as the hardware itself goes, thanks to Microsoft's ongoing campaign, we already know the bulk of the details of the console. The 16nm SoC at the heart of the new Xbox One design is meant to be significantly more powerful than the original and S versions of the Xbox One, vaulting MS from having the least powerful console to the most powerful console. All told, the Xbox One X will offer almost 4.3x the GPU compute throughput of the Xbox One S, while the CPU cores have received a healthy 31% clockspeed boost (Interesting aside: Microsoft is still not calling it Jaguar, unlike the XB1/XB1S). The memory feeding the beast has also gotten a great deal faster as well, with Microsoft switching out their 8GB of DDR3 for a large and very fast 12GB of GDDR5, which has a combined memory bandwidth of 326GB/sec.

AKA the X-OX. Can it run NetHack in 4K?

Previously: PlayStation Neo and Xbox "Project Scorpio" to Bring 4K Resolution and VR to Console Gaming
The Race for 4K: How Project Scorpio Targets Ultra HD Gaming
More Details About the "Project Scorpio" Xbox One Successor


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Monday June 12 2017, @04:24PM

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Monday June 12 2017, @04:24PM (#524473) Journal

    The only bait I will respond to is "it runs Mechassault."

    I spent a lot more on games than I ever did on a console. Buying a console that won't run those games? No. Not happening.

    Either they embrace a means of 100% compatibility, or they don't get my money. I'll give it to EBayers reselling older consoles instead. Because they can play my game library. Going to be quite a while before that supply dries up, too.

    It's not helping Microsoft / Sony and the like that they keep trying to foist off "the cloud" on me, either. I'm looking for "put the media in, it runs, right now, no downloads." Turn it on, have to update it? Turning it off. Right now. Online, in my view, has its optimum use in multiplayer gaming. Not in constantly interfering with actual, you know, gameplay.

    Another thing: Eventually, these systems will be emulated. At that point, the window for trying to triple-, quadruple- and more-dip their consumers will be closed. There's no market as likely as the market you already have. Why the heck would you want to abuse them by obsoleting their purchases for them? We know it can be done. The fact that it's not being done is a slap right in the face.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2