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.
6 times more powerful than the 360! seems good , but i hope they take their time for this thing to come out so there aren't any problems within the 1st months
Remember that if they used anything higher other than a 6670 the Xbox 360 would be more expensive and eliminates cheaper options such as an arcade bundle.
consoles on release have been around the same price since consoles existed.
just like with any computer hardware, a 8800 Ultra gpu in 2006 when it first came out was like 600 bucks, now the new gtx 590 is the $600 dollar card even though its like 3-4 times better.
the xbox 720 will be like 400 bucks, just like the 20gb pro was in 2005. and people will buy it. and i will laugh.
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