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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iBuypowerPosted:

This is funny.. by the time the Xbox 720 comes out, PC users will already have a better GPU. In all honesty PC will always rain supreme in graphics compared to anything else.

fifaaAddictPosted:

WOW, that is a Crap GPU. Lol, There ripping us off hardcore.

CastleCrashersPosted:

XxsovietninjaxX
AiMxBoT
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
yeah because mw3 graphics suck and are VERY basic...... ****
Its 1.3gb btw and yes CoD has decent graphics but compared to BF they're shit

XxsovietninjaxXPosted:

AiMxBoT
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
yeah because mw3 graphics suck and are VERY basic...... retard

KiiLERPosted:

AlfarNick This is why pc gaming > Console Gaming


why you like spending $300 every time a new graphics card comes out ? Wanna know how many times ive had to buy a new graphics for my xbox? NONE .

IDIOT

343iPosted:

aimiami12 intresting. Halo 4 is coming out and its only sticking around for a year? doesnt seem right

Yeah exactly but they have to make a 720 version

AlfarNickPosted:

This is why pc gaming > Console Gaming

OdinPosted:

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

every single console from the xbox 360 up have been over $250, you must be retarded if you think that xbox 720 is going to be less than 250$

OdinPosted:

ThEDyNaStY
Adapt0rDi3
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.
yes agreed, pc's are quite good for gaming

pc's are meant for gaming among other things...

TwanTheCreatorPosted:

Adapt0rDi3
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.
yes agreed, pc's are quite good for gaming


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