Xbox720 Durango Devkit Leaked

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Digital Foundry reports a dodgy-looking development kit detailed on a developer forum is the real deal – an authentic Durango, the code name for the next Xbox console.

The site spoke with the source of the leak, who said the dev kits were distributed in February. He detailed the system’s 64-bit architecture as having Intel CPUs and an nVidia graphics card, over 8GB of RAM (although Digital Foundry notes dev kits have more memory than retail consoles). The final hardware is expected to have eight cores, the source said.

It’s apparently a very different set-up to the current Xbox and also contradicts repeat rumours of a deal between Microsoft and AMD; Microsoft and nVidia don’t have a great history, either. That said, Digital Foundry claims development sources agreed Durango is a 64-bit system, and also confirmed the authenticity of the interface seen in the images.

The new Xbox is expected to be announced next year ahead of a holiday 2013 launch; a new PlayStation, codenamed Orbis, is believed to be aiming for a similar schedule.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/07/30/report-developers-believe-leaked-xbox-720-dev-kit-is-authentic/

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JTxSyChOPosted:

Windows 8
Xbox 8
8 gigabytes of ram

Sounds real.

rickshawPosted:

I'ts an alpha-tower. This in no way reflects what the final hardware will look like. they still got 2 years of development to go, guys. make it work, then polish it later.

-Chino-Posted:

Hopefully this will not get the red ring of death like the 360.

-Cali-Posted:

This better be better...

Android_Posted:

I wish they would have done better spec wise...

OdinPosted:

prumpa I really hope they don't rush it in hopes to get it out before the competitor. And I also hope they make it upgradable unlike the new mac.


Do you realize that xbox's aren't upgradable other than the hard drive space.. and Mac? they never released a console. Read next time.

john1234567891011Posted:

xLeanerYew The box looks ugly :P Pretty Cool though!


its not the case for the 720. A dev kit is just a PC that has the parts that the 720 will have they haven't made the console yet

prumpaPosted:

I really hope they don't rush it in hopes to get it out before the competitor. And I also hope they make it upgradable unlike the new mac.

TTG_TmanPosted:

I hope they dont try to rush it like the 360 and mess up again

Cian1Posted:

RevolutionUKMoDz 8gb of ram, which type ddr or GDDR3?


DDR3 obviously. DDR2 is over 4 years old now. They're hardly going to use that.