Next Xbox Rumored to get Two GPUs, Hexacore CPU

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[citation][nom]trumpeter1994[/nom]So they're putting current hardware in now and then expecting PC gamers to deal with those limits for the next 5-10 years...... Thats awesome, especially because it will already be getting outdated by the time it hits the shelves in 2013.[/citation]

Trumpeter1994 makes a good point.

PCs should be influencing consoles, not the other way around....
Anyone else fine it funny how consoles are basically SFF PCs?

 
[citation][nom]Hydroc10[/nom]So in about 2 years pc gamers will start getting some decent ports?[/citation]

And in 3 years, we'll have the same distaste for a lack of decent ports.
 
By the time its released PC will have passed it up by a long shot just like now and we will still be getting garbage PC ports.
 
[citation][nom]rmpumper[/nom]X720 - always-on Internet connectionPS4 - no used game supportMy guess is that a lot of people will migrate to PC's in coming years.[/citation]

??? The PC doesn't allow you to use used games.
 
Lol online always? Gee I hope those kiddies get mad if one day they lose internet and they wanna solo a game... ERRRRORRR NO INTERNET! dumbest idea ever.
 
http://zoknowsgaming.com/2012/04/02/xbox-720-feature-drm-bluray-2-gpus/
2 gpus but not crossfire or sli?
 
I'm predicting an APU and a GPU where the game developers can do physics calculations on the APU. I see no reason why they would include dual GPUs in a crossfire setup so this is the only thing that makes sense.

I could care less about an always on internet connection.
 
I play on PS3.... and most likely PS4 at some point.
But this DOES sounds like good news for Xbox users.... except for the "always on connection".

I know that a lot of player do NOT play online, I for one play most of the time offline, and rarely play online. Pretty sure that I'm not the only one.

Still if the final specs are in line with what we are seen so far, it will be a very good and balanced console era. Even the Wii is getting a decent upgrade for Nintendo users.

It will be interesting to see if game developers catch on with the consoles and start using each console's strength to their advantage.
 
[citation][nom]killerb255[/nom]People keep forgetting that not everyone's computer-savvy. The casual gamer (or even diehard console gamers) want it to "just work" without having to update drivers or do some of the other things that we computer geeks are used to. Oh well...99% of the noise is created by 1% of the people.[/citation]

Because if you program the game to take advantage of 2 GPU's you will essentially get double the power. You can decide to use one to process physics and use one for rendering...or whatever you like
 
I all but dismissed the next-gen console, but this article got me interested again with the consoles powerful GPUs to make some eye drooling graphics.
 
[citation][nom]SDNotSoExpensive[/nom]@Bloobbut your willing to pay $60 odd for a disc that probably cost no more than $2 to make.... cost of a class 6 16GB micro SD card is around $10[/citation]
Blu-ray discs can store up to 100GB. Single-layered ones 25GB.
 
[citation][nom]obsama1[/nom]I seriously doubt it. A hexacore CPU and 2 GPUs for under $400? I'm thinking maybe quad-core with a single GPU. Rumors point to a single 6670.[/citation]

Not a chance of a 6670 going in because it would be about as graphically strong as the Xbox 360 is now if that happened.

[citation][nom]supall[/nom]And in 3 years, we'll have the same distaste for a lack of decent ports.[/citation]

It will take longer than that for new console ports to become crap, so more like 3-4 years after the consoles come out. Then we might see bad console ports again. Besides that, some of the current ports aren't so bad (such as Crysis 2 with the DX 11 patch, although it is bad that it took it so long to get a patch with functionality that it should have had from the start).

[citation][nom]bestlink101[/nom]what if you are not using kinnect? will the game utilize the 5th core?[/citation]

If the fifth core is associated with Kinect, then it probably idles (saving power) when Kinect isn't in use.
 
[citation][nom]beardguy[/nom]I was liking everything I was reading until this:"an always-on Internet connection will be a requirement for the Xbox for piracy protection purposes" When will they learn that hardcore DRM like this cripples the user experience? I can just imagine my internet connection going out and not be able to play games even in campaign mode.[/citation]

It's a console, there's always DRM in some form or shape. You can't upgrade parts on a console, it's a static piece of hardware besides a couple of proprietary add-ons. This hasn't changed since consoles came out.
 
[citation][nom]killerb255[/nom]People keep forgetting that not everyone's computer-savvy. The casual gamer (or even diehard console gamers) want it to "just work" without having to update drivers or do some of the other things that we computer geeks are used to. Oh well...99% of the noise is created by 1% of the people.[/citation]
So integrate driver management into Steam. A simple dialogue box "Hey we noticed there is a driver update for your graphics card that will make this game run better. Want us to install it for you?"

Similar to what they do with the multitude of Direct X versions already.

People who want it to "just work" shouldn't define a market as varied as this. They have had control for too long. I personally hope like hell that the always-on requirement and no used games idea takes hold. Many will switch to PCs and I'll finally get properly optimized games. My GTX460 should be plenty powerful enough for 100% of the games on the market for the next two years at 1080p full graphics if the Xbox 360 is able to play it at 1080p with low-med settings. Alas, this is not the case because no company cares about the PC market. They assume we all pirate their games (when in reality Gamestop is the biggest pirate of all).

You heard me, Gamestop is the pirate, not the guys on TPB. At least most of them don't condone keeping the game without buying it at some point. Gamestop just takes all the companies profits after the first sale of the game.

Wow what a tangent.
 
This sounds a lot better than the previously rumored specs for the next-gen Xbox console that had no optical drive, only 1x AMD 6000 series GPU.... although for me, like the Xbox-360, this will be a Halo box as I don't play anything else on consoles
 
[citation][nom]aaron88_7[/nom]The current 360 is such a marketing POS. It is nothing but a constant stream of advertisements, and not even one's I'm interested in.It can have all the processing power in the world, but if I have to create some childish avatar to create an account then I'll stick with PC gaming. Consoles these days are for kids.[/citation]

Quoted just to say: +10000
 
[citation][nom]DaddyW123[/nom]LOTS of people are still buying BD Movies and even DVD movies from the bargain bins. If any company wants to be the all inclusive media center of your home (games, movies, music, web...) they can't do away with the disc format.And while I agree, I wish that games would move to SD Cards, they are still more expensive than a disc, and harder to copyright preventing pirating.We'll get there some day, it is not that day.As for the always-on internet connection - yeah, that's crap. If I buy the game, I should be able to play it whenever, where ever I want.In my opinion, a little piracy is actually good for business. I don't do a lot of gaming, so occasionally I have downloaded a game rather than purchasing it. The idea here being, if I didn't download it, I simply wouldn't have played it at all.After having played the game and liked it, I have purchased the sequel to said game, which gave the developer money from me they normally wouldn't have gotten if I hadn't pirated the first one.Same goes for music. I now am being good and purchase all my music from Amazon MP3 (even still buy a CD from time to time) - but back in the day, I used to pirate a couple songs from an album, and if I liked them, I would go out and buy the CD. Had I never pirated those first couple songs, I would not have known I liked it and purchased the CD.Now pirating something that you KNOW you want, just because you are too cheap to pay for it - well that's wrong. But I use pirating like a testing bed, then I pay for what I like later, and delete what I didn't like.[/citation]

With that justification I can steal a car I wouldn't have purchased, but then buy one down the road when I have money. I think you're just trying to justify stealing. Here's a better idea, download the demo for the game - or rent the game. Or wait for the game to come down to a reasonable price. Or realize its a luxury item and do without it.
 
[citation][nom]Bloob[/nom]Blu-ray discs can store up to 100GB. Single-layered ones 25GB.[/citation]
[citation][nom]Swolern[/nom]I all but dismissed the next-gen console, but this article got me interested again with the consoles powerful GPUs to make some eye drooling graphics.[/citation]

Blu-Ray discs are likely under $1 to manufacture. If I recall a CD was about seven cents at one point.

I'll wait to see if there are a couple of XBox exclusive titles with GREAT GAMEPLAY worthy of buying the system before I blow hundreds of dollars on it. I could do a lot with hundreds of dollars. Like earn hundreds more by investing in Microsoft and letting people without investment knowledge waste money on it and make me wealthy enough to buy TWO new console systems.
 
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