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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


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @04:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @04:42PM (#524482)

    Unfortunately there are still some games that I have that are on Windows only, or are just noticeably better on Windows than on console. Personally I want to stay as far away from Microsoft as possible. More and more games are coming out for Linux, and any console exclusives that I want are on Playstation.