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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XxcptdunersxxPosted:

iijesuschrist
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
you have a awesome profile pic.bro hahaha

NasirPosted:

Zerkos my gtx 560 shits on this

LOL, The GTX 560 is shitty. Any ATI card above 6800+ shits on the 560.

ZerkosPosted:

my gtx 560 shits on this

AiMxBoTPosted:

iijesuschrist
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


Yes you are correct that note, but you also have to download the graphics pack which is around 2gb, you don't see call of duty doing that do you. No

XxGummibearxXPosted:

hey thats the same graphics card i have :)

xbox360_2010Posted:

well they can put what they want it the new xbox, but it wont even come close to what the games designers r wanting 2 do

the games designers r wanting it 2 run a 1,000,000 polygon rpg with no lag or detail loss.

aimiami12Posted:

intresting. Halo 4 is coming out and its only sticking around for a year? doesnt seem right

DeadlyDasherPosted:

Lol a 6670, they should of just said an AMD GPU or something. A 6670 is a low end card for gaming computers. But I guess it's pretty damn good for an Xbox 360.

PC's had better graphics card then the 6670 like 8 years ago though lol.

xbox360_2010Posted:

my tablet pc has more grapics power then this Radeon HD 6670. it would laugh at it

HogPosted:

I hope they don't make this like, XBOX 1 when XBOX 360 came out, you lose all of your stuff, I hope they don't make it like that. :O