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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ZirtexPosted:

My computer is going to be better then the new Xbox! CONSLOLOLOLOL!

iijesuschristPosted:

T0xic8ear wow 6 times better, mw2 and mw3 already have good graphics can't wait for the 720's graphics.
You have to be joking those graphics are bad I hope you meant BF3 graphics

Adapt0rDi3Posted:

Klutchizz
akma i better be able to tear that radeon hd 6670 straight out of my xbox and throw in my old gtx 560


The 6670 in the xbox will be stronger than your gtx 560 in a pc. The xbox is made for gaming, the pc is not.


you obviously have no idea about pc performance.

UNFORGOTNKILLRPosted:

hopefully there might be more RPG games with online capabilities:D

LaidPosted:

If it's above 250 dollars, I'm not buying it.

akmaPosted:

Klutchizz
Luna
Klutchizz
akma i better be able to tear that radeon hd 6670 straight out of my xbox and throw in my old gtx 560


The 6670 in the xbox will be stronger than your gtx 560 in a pc. The xbox is made for gaming, the pc is not.


You have to be joking?
Some pc's are made specifically for gaming, I would love to see an xbox try to compete with one.

Xboxs are so advanced that they lag when going on to your friends list, oh wait..


The only thing made for gaming on a pc is the video card (even though alot of video cards are for graphics design and all that)

Ram
CPU
Motherboard
Case
OS
PSU
SSD and hard drives are not built for gaming.

Plus, the xbox is optimized for 1 set of hardware, where the pc is barely optimized for dozens of kinds of different hardware.

im putting the gtx 560 in if i can because my gtx 590 came in the other day

-Joe-Posted:

Seriously a 6670? Anyone with a half decent gaming PC would just laugh at that.

--Eminem--Posted:

I can't wait to see new graphics :)

T0xic8earPosted:

wow 6 times better, mw2 and mw3 already have good graphics can't wait for the 720's graphics.

ORL_MAGICPosted:

M0d
beatudown My father is working with microsoft on the new xbox and they will be giving me an xbox 720 months before they come out


someone is lying just to seem cool

:facepalm:


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