Xbox One 12GB RAM upgrade debunked by Microsoft

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Xbox One isn’t getting a RAM upgrade form 8GB to 12GB, Microsoft’s product planning manager Albert Penello has confirmed.

The rumours started after Penello took to NeoGAF to discuss the Xbox One’s specs last month. He wrote, “I would like to pose this question to the audience. There are several months until the consoles launch, and [as] any student of the industry will remember, specs change.

“Given the rumored specs for both systems, can anyone conceive of a circumstance or decision one platform holder could make, where despite the theoretical performance benchmarks of the components, the box that appears “weaker” could actually be more powerful?

“I believe the debate on this could give some light to why we don’t want to engage in a specification debate until both boxes are final and shipping.”

The rumours started to fly, but Penello has now debunked the whole lot on Twitter.





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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/08/09/xbox-one-12gb-ram-upgrade-rumours-debunked-by-microsoft/

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PrecariousPosted:

ZENU96 I wonder how much faster the xbox would run with a 12 GB ram instead of a 8...


It's still the same speed just more RAM. It basically only helps with multi-tasking and any game that needs the more RAM which I doubt because 4GB is more than enough on a PC and this is a console should use less. It's still DDR3 but even if they put DDR5 like the pS4 there won't be a big speed boost.

SIKSPosted:

I wonder how much faster the xbox would run with a 12 GB ram instead of a 8...

SlyestcatPosted:

I would've liked an upgrade, but as long as the console still will compete with the PS4 I'm fine.

xxxvrEverPosted:

Mods4Dworld
Scared_of_Water
Antonio_Cesaro congrats 12gb and it still doesnt change my mind by not buying the xbox1


You didn't even read the article did you


i know what a Dumbo -__-


Lol smart.

OT: that would be so cool with 12gb (:

Jamiet51Posted:

Antonio_Cesaro congrats 12gb and it still doesnt change my mind by not buying the xbox1


Good, the xbox community could benefit from not having whiny idiots like you.

Mods4DworldPosted:

Scared_of_Water
Antonio_Cesaro congrats 12gb and it still doesnt change my mind by not buying the xbox1


You didn't even read the article did you


i know what a Dumbo -__-

Scared_of_WaterPosted:

Antonio_Cesaro congrats 12gb and it still doesnt change my mind by not buying the xbox1


You didn't even read the article did you

WestPosted:

Even if it did have 12GB of RAM, it wouldn't really be needed, well for this age in gaming, perhaps in the future it will change, but as for now, 8GB of RAM is more than enough for the common game. But then again, I'm just basing this off of what my computer has, and it runs fast enough for me.

-RetroPosted:

RemeAmaze
-Retro
liamcole123
-Retro 8 is perfect for gaming 12 is just overkill


No, it would be ready for the future! PCs commonly have 16GB of RAM available (Well gaming ones do!) It helps massively and can take stress off of the CPU and GPU, to an extent of course!


Sorry but your wrong, the average gaming PC has around 8gb of ram.. I would know myself from using a gaming PC with 8gb of ram.. You would more commonly see 16+gb of ram on a workstation PC.


Your current PC, these consoles are for the future and should implement the future hardware specs as best they can. RAM is extremely easy to upgrade and they could have installed more far later than the processor or graphics card.


Yeah I guess so, its kinda annoying when they are dubbing down games so they can run on console like what they have been doing for the 360 the last few years :P.

DMNDSPosted:

Ampz I see them upgrading in the future.


Me to but it would be nice for now


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