[Rumor] The Future Xbox sending heavy?

Post by **TGbot** » Wed 25 Jan 2012 09:18

Here's a rumor relayed by the XboxYgen.com site concerning the future XBOX

A new rumor that could make more than one person drool is circulating right now on the web concerning Microsoft's next console.

It all started yesterday with the publication of a statement on the Fudzilla and SemiAccurate blogs reporting on the progress of the future Xbox, its content as well as its possible release period.

According to the report, the console's CPU, codenamed Oban, will be modeled on "ATI Southern Island GPUs or on the modified 7000 series". Still according to the report, "production of it reportedly began last December".

Following this report, IGN apparently obtained some clarifications from "a source close to the project". According to this source and the site, "the console's CPU would not be based on the GPUs indicated by the report, but would be a derivative of the 6000 series and more specifically the Radeon HD 6670. In other words, the power of Microsoft's next machine would be six times more powerful than its predecessor and twenty percent more powerful than the Wii U."

Another confirmation regarding the production period, which would indeed be late 2012. According to IGN, developers, for their part, should probably receive the first development kits in August of this year.

So there you have plenty to fuel the rumors going around the web and the most fervent speculators. That said, there's plenty to dream about!

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Post by **Oops** » Wed 25 Jan 2012 17:37

a 6670

that's low-end right now... I can't even imagine in a year, or 2. PCs will always perform better

Post by **Oops** » Wed 25 Jan 2012 21:21

quite a beast... hdmi or not doesn't change anything

and for consoles the resolution of hdtvs, 1080i, remains the limit. whereas on pcs, some 27" screens have bigger resolutions. not to mention multi screens

Post by **TGbot** » Wed 25 Jan 2012 21:34

PC will be the first to reach ultra realism, but hey, that's not everything!

For info the xbox 720 will be 20% more powerful than the wii u, hard to widen the gap now in terms of power, it's the games and gameplay that always win in the end.

Post by **Oops** » Wed 25 Jan 2012 21:53

it's just that I would have liked, finally, a console with proper hardware anti aliasing worthy of the name ^^'

Post by **atupac** » Sat 2 Jun 2012 09:36

That's exactly what I was saying in another post (about the Wii U's power...), these rumors confirm my reasoning ^^

No but honestly, we can't blame Nintendo because they're only just arriving in HD, we'll see what risks they take

On the other hand, MS is seriously starting to annoy me with its "crappy" hardware management policy: Kinect, touch pad now, a 720 that risks being equal to the wii u... Anyway, they're just afraid of being left out, so they keep releasing barely reworked consoles (just change the case and there you go...) with cheap gadgets!!!!

They're completely into the strategy of COPYING Wii/ps3 instead of offering something new! My word, luckily they survive thanks to exclusives+xblive....

There you go

[Rumor] The Future Xbox sending heavy?