Microsoft reveals full specs of the Xbox Series X

[HEXUS]

Cornerstones of the new console will be "performance, speed and compatibility".

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[QuorTek]

I dont think so, they will both have pretty much the same hardware.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The die size is tiny,considering its 8C and a 56CU RDNA2 GPU. The CPU probably has reduced L3 cache like Renoir has,but all of this is in an SOC which is only around 100MM2 bigger than a Navi 10 GPU. The CPU is also clocked at over 3.5GHZ,so its not that lowly clocked either!

[Strawb77]

I dont think so, they will both have pretty much the same hardware.

yeah, i was under the impression that amd was on board with sony also, isn`t it?
i`m curious- if that`s the case- how amd`s dog is going to please two masters.

[Xlucine]

Huh, they took a leaf from the 970 playbook. I'm surprised the CPU clocks so high, I was expecting more laptop clocks to save TDP for the GPU

yeah, i was under the impression that amd was on board with sony also, isn`t it?
i`m curious- if that`s the case- how amd`s dog is going to please two masters.

Same way they pleased them with the xbone/ps4, those both had very similar silicon

[QuorTek]

AMD wins either way, they again set the standard for gaming for yet the next many years with these consoles.

[pa1nkiller]

2TB wasn't enough for my relatively small collection of games on current consoles, 1TB is an instant shortcoming.

[LeetyMcLeet]

I wonder how much it'll cost.

I'm thinking an equivalent PC will be less, plus it can be upgraded as and when. No subscriptions required and the games will be cheaper.

Thank I'll pass, as always

[spacein_vader]

1TB is an instant shortcoming.

You misspelt "opportunity to sell upgrades."

[lumireleon]

so it runs on windows 10?

[spacein_vader]

so it runs on windows 10?

"The new console is designed to deliver "performance, speed and compatibility,"

Suggests not to me.

[3dcandy]

so it runs on windows 10?

Nothing else it can run on...

[kalniel]

Cornerstones of the new console will be "performance, speed and compatibility"

Isn't speed already covered by 'performance'?

[jimbouk]

Hopefully the backwards compatibility will force Sony to do the same rather than having to pay again for an 'enhanced edition'.

Maybe one or the other for Christmas next year

[dannyboy75]

Thank I'll pass, as always

Same here. Never been fussed with consoles, don't see the point.

[3dcandy]

Same here. Never been fussed with consoles, don't see the point.

Myself personally not been interested. However I got the wife who has mobility issues a limited edition r2d2 stylee xbox360. And it has been great for her to use with very few problems. We have a gaming pc and it has been nothing but a nightmare with driver issues drm issues etc. etc. so much so that I bit the bullet and got a raspberry pi 3 for retropie, which is much much better....

So - if these consoles have decent backwards compatibility and have few issues I'm tempted...