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Rumor: Next Xbox Not As Physically Gifted As You'd Hope

Posted on Wednesday, January 25 @ 07:45:00 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack


What if I told you that Microsoft's next console will be six times more powerful than the Xbox 360? Don't be, because six times the power of an Xbox 360 is nothing to brag about in 2012.

A report by IGN claims that several sources have confirmed the existence of a new Xbox console, and the hardware is said to be six times more powerful than the Xbox 360. Also, the report claims that the graphics processing unit (GPU) included will be similar to the 6670, a card that is usually sold to college students looking for something to play Farmville.

These figures probably made you start trembling in excitement at first -- and I apologize if I made you scream so loud you woke your neighbors up -- but if you directly measure an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3's power to modern hardware, you'd find that there's a signficant gap in the realm of 1000% to 1100%. That's not good news for people looking to play games as visually demanding as Metro 2033 at the equivalent of a PC's high settings, but parents everywhere will be happy to save a few bucks.

The next Xbox is certainly looming in the shadows, and we're expecting an announcement at E3 this year. Stay tuned to find out what Microsoft have up their sleeves.
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  • metalimi
    metalimi
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2012 at 8:21 am
    Sounds like this new xbox has been around for 2 years. I bet it has been in developers hands for quite some time.
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  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2012 at 9:47 am
    You're probably right. If it's using the graphics card mentioned, then it was definitely conceived early last year. I suspect that they might be aiming for decent performance and a better "out of the gate" price point and get units rolling ASAP.

    I'm willing to bet the PlayStation 4 will be $100 more expensive but will sport much beefier hardware.
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  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2012 at 11:49 am
    The next Xbox being 6 times more powerful is still something to be excited about because we Xbox players will use the 360 as our frame of reference obviously. Why would a console player get a new system and go compare it to a pc to see how it stacks up? Console players play consoles, if they have a pc also then they use that for pc games and I'm sure understand the 2 are separate and not meant to be compared as we all know pcs have better graphics
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  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
    But if this Xbox comes out in 2012 OR 2013 with a 6670 equivalent card, it will perform relatively poorly. The graphics cards included in the Xbox 360 and PS3 were roughly a 6850 of their time (more than five years ago). You probably wouldn't mind now, but in a few years you will.
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  • sandineyes
    sandineyes
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2012 at 3:05 pm
    It is rather unfair to compare a console GPU to one for use in a desktop card. Please consider that a console doesn't have nearly as much overhead from running the OS, and it would not be hard to imagine that the APIs available to developers would be much better optimized to run on custom hardware. Not to mention that there are likely inherent performance benefits to having some coordination in the design of every component in the console. Also, it probably won't have to support resolutions higher than 1920x1080. So yeah, I refute your idle speculation and insert my own.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2012 at 3:59 pm
    Each and every day I consider going the PC route. Stuff like this reinforces that. I might skip this generation launch and wait a year or two down the road to get one cheap on craigslist or something.

    Also, why did you say "don't be" in the second sentence?
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  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2012 at 6:03 pm
    Come drathbone, join me and Tiny in the realm of pc users. Consoles at this stage of the game are like the narrowly above average girlfriend you had years back that lied and cheated on you but you stayed with her for as long as you could stand because she was either double jointed or had no gag reflex. Then one day she gave you something you needed a prescription ointment to get rid of so you tossed all her **** on the lawn and changed your locks. You had your fun, but ultimately the money and frustration isnt worth it.
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  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
    No one is taking into account the fact that a console 6 times more powerful than the 360 is still going to be able to run games just as well as a high-end PC due to games being developed for that specific hardware. If you have an Xbox 360 and a PC with specs equivelant to one, Metro 2033 is going to look and run better on the 360 regardless, because that specific version of the game was designed for that specific hardware. Hell, I doubt Metro would run at all on a PC equivelant to an Xbox.
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