Xbox 720: Blu-ray inside, always-on netcon required

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Xbox 720 has been fully detailed to some third-parties, TheTechGame has learned, and has been slotted in for a Christmas 2013 release. And yes: of course it’ll have a Blu-ray drive. TheTechGame has learned that Microsoft has now detailed Xbox 720 to certain partners and has internally confirmed the machine for a Christmas 2013 release. The next generation Xbox will have a Blu-ray drive, contrary to a recent report.Multiple sources have confirmed this morning that the machine will have two GPUs. One said: “It’s like two PCs taped together.”

We’re waiting for final confirmation of specs, but the graphics cards are thought to be equivalent to AMD’s 7000 series GPUs, but “not CrossFire or SLI”. The GPUs aren’t structured as they are in a normal dual PC set-up, in which the two chips take it in turns to draw lines of the same object: Xbox 720′s graphics units will be able to work independently, drawing separate items simultaneously.


It was reported last week that PlayStation 4, internally codenamed Orbis, will also be powered by AMD hardware.


There will be “four or six” cores to the Xbox 720 CPU, one of which will be reserved for Kinect and one for the OS.


Xbox 720 will require an always-on internet connection as an anti-piracy measure.


We’ve also been told that the next generation of Kinect will be built into the device as standard.


The details have emerged in the wake of a hastily removed tweet from Sean Tracy, a technical designer for Crytek, that said he was attending the “Durango summit” in London at the end of February. Durango is though to be the codename for the console.


Microsoft is not expected to announce anything pertaining to its next machine until next year.


Many developers have been posting job openings for “next-gen” and “future-gen” systems for months.


Lionhead and Bethesda are just two of the latest.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/02/xbox-720-detailed-blu-ray-inside-always-on-netcon-required/

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illiteratePosted:

Jamy
TCT_Productions
HKS The xbox 720 should have a
GPU: GIGABYTE AMD Radeon HD7970
CPU: 8 Core with 4.5GHz
RaM: 16 GB
HDD: 1TB SDD
^That xbox will be really cheap like $200

Are you on smack ****? The SSD alone, only a 250GB is 300$ for a fast one. 1TB SSDS arent even in DEVELOPMENT YET! The best we'll get is a 640GB HDD @ 7200rpm. Best. The GPU? Really, that card a-**** lone is 550$. Riiight, we'll get a 7750 equivalent. IF that. RAM? Really bro, 16GB? Dude the 360 has 512MB... wow. It will have 4-6GB. Maybe only 3GB... Lastly come on, 4.5GHz? IT WILL NOT HAVE A 8-core. **** no. Those are brand new and, just stop. We'll get a 4.0GHz @ best quad core. Face it. I'll stick with my 1600$ PC with my GTX 680... aaaah.

What he said ^^^
HKS is right they might drive up the price for all the kids that are going to want it but the value is around $200

illiteratePosted:

BadCompany So if its not using Sli or Crossfire and it has 2 Gpus then it must be using an Amd Apu which seems likely as the Amd A8 3870k is compatible with the Radeon 6670 which rumoured to be the Gpu in the Next Xbox . Well who knows ?
they are going to use the 6670 and anyone that has half a brain knows that it's a bad thing and its a joke to call it a "next-gen" console even if they use 2

TehDarknessPosted:

HKS The xbox 720 should have a
GPU: GIGABYTE AMD Radeon HD7970
CPU: 8 Core with 4.5GHz
RaM: 16 GB
HDD: 1TB SDD
^That xbox will be really cheap like $200


You're an idiot and you should feel like one.

JamyPosted:

TCT_Productions
HKS The xbox 720 should have a
GPU: GIGABYTE AMD Radeon HD7970
CPU: 8 Core with 4.5GHz
RaM: 16 GB
HDD: 1TB SDD
^That xbox will be really cheap like $200

Are you on smack ****? The SSD alone, only a 250GB is 300$ for a fast one. 1TB SSDS arent even in DEVELOPMENT YET! The best we'll get is a 640GB HDD @ 7200rpm. Best. The GPU? Really, that card a-**** lone is 550$. Riiight, we'll get a 7750 equivalent. IF that. RAM? Really bro, 16GB? Dude the 360 has 512MB... wow. It will have 4-6GB. Maybe only 3GB... Lastly come on, 4.5GHz? IT WILL NOT HAVE A 8-core. **** no. Those are brand new and, just stop. We'll get a 4.0GHz @ best quad core. Face it. I'll stick with my 1600$ PC with my GTX 680... aaaah.

What he said ^^^

MyDingDingDongsPosted:

So if its not using Sli or Crossfire and it has 2 Gpus then it must be using an Amd Apu which seems likely as the Amd A8 3870k is compatible with the Radeon 6670 which rumoured to be the Gpu in the Next Xbox . Well who knows ?

LaynerulezPosted:

It puzzles me how people actually believe this. Well that's TTG for you.

TCT_ProductionsPosted:

HKS The xbox 720 should have a
GPU: GIGABYTE AMD Radeon HD7970
CPU: 8 Core with 4.5GHz
RaM: 16 GB
HDD: 1TB SDD
^That xbox will be really cheap like $200

Are you on smack retard? The SSD alone, only a 250GB is 300$ for a fast one. 1TB SSDS arent even in DEVELOPMENT YET! The best we'll get is a 640GB HDD @ 7200rpm. Best. The GPU? Really, that card a-**** lone is 550$. Riiight, we'll get a 7750 equivalent. IF that. RAM? Really bro, 16GB? Dude the 360 has 512MB... wow. It will have 4-6GB. Maybe only 3GB... Lastly come on, 4.5GHz? IT WILL NOT HAVE A 8-core. **** no. Those are brand new and, just stop. We'll get a 4.0GHz @ best quad core. Face it. I'll stick with my 1600$ PC with my GTX 680... aaaah.

HerpPosted:

thePiManx
Xbox 720 will require an always-on internet connection as an anti-piracy measure.


that's not going to work.

this is not a car that "requires" me to have a license.

not going to happen. if it does, i smell a lawsuit coming!


^^^Agree

thePiManxPosted:

Xbox 720 will require an always-on internet connection as an anti-piracy measure.


that's not going to work.

this is not a car that "requires" me to have a license.

not going to happen. if it does, i smell a lawsuit coming!

sweqPosted:

The xbox 720 should have a
GPU: GIGABYTE AMD Radeon HD7970
CPU: 8 Core with 4.5GHz
RaM: 16 GB
HDD: 1TB SDD
^That xbox will be really cheap like $200


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