Xbox 720 Will Be Six Times as Powerful as Current Gen

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The next Xbox will ship to retailers in late October or early November of next year with six times the processing power of the Xbox 360, sources close to the project have told IGN. Following initial reports from tech blogs Fudzilla and SemiAccurate, our sources have confirmed that mass production of the system's GPU will indeed begin by the end of 2012 but will not, however, be based on AMD's 7000 series Southern Islands GPU. Instead, the processor will be derived from the 6000 series, which was introduced last year. More specifically, it will be akin to the Radeon HD 6670, which offers support for DirectX11, multidisplay output, 3D and 1080p HD output. The chip currently has a market price of upwards of $79.99.

In real terms, the Xbox 720's raw graphics processing power is expected to be six times that of the Xbox 360 and will yield 20-percent greater performance than Nintendo's forthcoming console, the Wii U.


Developers are likely to receive development kits based on the system's final configuration in August. Projected pricing for the console was not provided.


Thanks to IGN for the quick write up!

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Source: http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/01/24/xbox-720-will-be-six-times-as-powerful-as-current-gen

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G_UnitPosted:

-Kanye-West- Really? a 6670? My PC will still be better then.


They are trying to make the system somewhat affordable people arent going to be paying $900 for an Xbox where in a pc you choose all your spec's to your budget

AnkokuPosted:

They should make the new Xbox free to play online.

-Kanye-West-Posted:

Really? a 6670? My PC will still be better then.

MidtownPosted:

Smaller controllers? I hope not.

xbox360_2010Posted:

report from www.gt4.com

The internet rumor mill is cranking out "reliable sources" reporting on the next-generation of Xbox, a device that may or may not actually exist. Earlier today, we reported on rumors that the "Xbox 720" (a totally speculative name) will be out in Fall 2013. Since then, we've heard even more juicy rumors about the Xbox 360-2.

According to unnamed sources gathered by game blog Kotaku, the next-gen Xbox will support Blu-Ray discs as well as DVDs, will be up to eight times as powerful as the current Xbox 360, will feature smaller controllers, and will launch with a new version of the Kinect.

That's the good news. The bad news: The console will supposedly not allow gamers to play used games. At all.

Further details are sparse at this time. Should a no-used-games lock be put in place, we're not sure how it would work. And we don't, honestly, even know for sure that the device is being developed. But if I had to put money on the likelihood of these rumors being true, I'd say it's a pretty solid bet.

xbox360_2010Posted:

they r going 2 base it on the 50 AMD Radeon HD 6670, really? well i hope they know what they r getting themselves in for.

well game designers r hope 2 make the first 1,000,000 polygon pixel game 2 show off at E3.

ha ha ha... its not going 2 happen

GwsPosted:

xbox360_2010 well if stock reports r true and the cpu they r using is correct, the new xbox will have a price range of 500-600.

dont get me wrong i am all for nextgen, but my tablet pc has my grapics power. and its 2 yrs old.


I red some where on the Internet (Could be on TTG) that the 720 will be cheaper then the 260.

xbox360_2010Posted:

well if stock reports r true and the cpu they r using is correct, the new xbox will have a price range of 500-600.

dont get me wrong i am all for nextgen, but my tablet pc has my grapics power. and its 2 yrs old.

bigp5690Posted:

Wow!!! i cant wait :)

cuePosted:

Verb better not cost too much

There was said somewhere that the xbox was supposed to be a bit cheaper