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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-SpiritPosted:

3OH3
coolbunny1234 Wonder who made ttg aware of this:p
the source at the bottom of the page...
he meant he posted it first in the news section

3OH3Posted:

coolbunny1234 Wonder who made ttg aware of this:p
the source at the bottom of the page...

Skrillex-Posted:

I have heard a couple of rumors that the 720 is going to cost about the same as the current gen consoles.

LBJPosted:

The price will be jacked up so much!

havoxxxPosted:

This new console rig will be about 600 dollars

theartofkcPosted:

aha wii u is gonna own this shit guaranteed

coolbunny1234Posted:

Wonder who made ttg aware of this:p

FixPosted:

i couldnt care less about graphics i think they just want jack up the price with quality...

CafuRPosted:

i wonder how much this is going to effect the price of the 720

VEVOPosted:

A 6670? That 6x as powerful as a current 360? Damn. A 360s graphics are crap then. O_O But then again I am comparing that to a PC. :P Either way it will be damn expensive. Like $600+? Have they announced a price yet?