Xbox 720 Will get GPU based on Radeon 6670

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The next-gen 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 the lads fromIGN:Following...

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oMVo · 01-25-2012, 15:32 | posts: 191 | Location: Ontario

wow, that's pretty weak tbh..

scatman839 · 01-25-2012, 15:36 | posts: 8,751 | Location: Dundee, Scotland

"yield 20-percent greater performance than Nintendo's forthcoming console, the Wii U."

very weak, was expecting much better, guess this is what happens when they have to rush something to compete with nintendo

and since sony are going to skip e3 this year, and are not really developing a console as fast as MS, I bet the next PS will be the most powerful this generation, but last out

shakuvendell · 05-23-2012, 22:43 | posts: 7

I honestly don't care how much graphics they can pump out. Gameplay is the only thing consoles have going for them anyways, since they are always several generations behind, despite being called "next gen". The PC is the only way to go if you want the best graphics. and with sony and microsoft mostly using the same idea of "Button controls" as the atari, perhaps straying with a stereoscopic camera peripheral, or a patent nightmare like PS Move, the Wii U is the only platform offering something we don't already have in the way of gameplay. There is really no such thing as "Next gen" consoles, and the damn things are bottle-necking the PC game industry with all this "Multi-platform" Bull-crap. Game developers are having to develop with the weakest platform in mind. And we get stuck with screw-ups like Skyrim, which, although a spectacular game, feels too much like a console game. Ahh, but the increasing price of console technology from generation to generation, compared to the steady (As well as often dropping) prices of PC hardware, is probably going to doom the console industry (Along with the system locking of games for xbox 720 and ps4, of course) so I guess I've griped more than I need to...

bobdude · 01-25-2012, 15:38 | posts: 1,713 | Location: AZ

not really weak at all look at what the 360 can do now with what it has in it

Corrupt^ · 01-25-2012, 18:07 | posts: 4,808 | Location: Belgium

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Originally Posted by bobdude

not really weak at all look at what the 360 can do now with what it has in it

Ass?

This one will be obsolete before launch even with such a card.

MrH · 05-24-2012, 04:39 | posts: 1,530 | Location: UK

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Originally Posted by bobdude

not really weak at all look at what the 360 can do now with what it has in it

Yeah, those sub HD, sub 30fps games are really impressive.

kapu · 05-24-2012, 07:25 | posts: 3,522 | Location: Poland

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Originally Posted by MrH

Yeah, those sub HD, sub 30fps games are really impressive.

+1 , but you forget to mention high res textures.

Chock · 05-24-2012, 18:38 | posts: 1,516 | Location: Berlin, Germany

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Originally Posted by bobdude

not really weak at all look at what the 360 can do now with what it has in it

what can it do? subpar 720p gfx?

PhazeDelta1 · 01-25-2012, 15:41 | posts: 9,349 | Location: 90° N

so future console ports will still look like ass.

Xzibit · 01-25-2012, 15:42 | posts: 4,383 | Location: Europe

Wow. True nextgen

zer0_c0ol · *Last edited by zer0_c0ol; 01-25-2012 at 15:52.*

if this turns out to be true (i hope not i want dx9 to die forever )how stupid can someone be to play and buy games on this **** hardware is beyond me truly

my old pc from 2005 was and is faster then this "NEXT GEN"

bobdude · 01-25-2012, 15:51 | posts: 1,713 | Location: AZ

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Originally Posted by zer0_c0ol

if this turns out to be true (i hope not i want dx9 to die forever )how stupid can someone be and play and buy games on this **** hardware is beyond me truly

my old pc from 2005 was and is faster then this "NEXT GEN"

yeah but can it play the latest games for the next 7 years

zer0_c0ol · *Last edited by zer0_c0ol; 01-25-2012 at 15:55.*

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Originally Posted by bobdude

yeah but can it play the latest games for the next 7 years

i v played witcher 2 on a 2003 comp on medium details on a 1280/1024 res

p4 2,6 ht
msi p865 mobo
4 gig ddr
80 gig maxtor hdd
x1600pro sapphire

and still it looked better then almost any game on so called superior console hardware

Exodite · 01-25-2012, 16:11 | posts: 1,628 | Location: Luleå, Sweden

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Originally Posted by bobdude

yeah but can it play the latest games for the next 7 years

Define 'latest games'.

I don't really care about consoles one way or another, I care about what their existence implies for gaming I do care about however.

We're still not going to see anything more than 720p/30 with this level of hardware.

FULMTL · 01-25-2012, 15:53 | posts: 6,152 | Location: Portland, Oregon

Well hopefully it has 1GB of VRAM and at least 2GB of system RAM so they won't have to scale it down draw distance or LOD so much.
Power consumption wise, it's a good choice. Hopefully they will finally use 4xAA and 4xAF in all games...

Xzibit · 01-25-2012, 16:08 | posts: 4,383 | Location: Europe

It's for 720p or sub-HD gaming. 512Mb Vram will be enough. And noAA.
Ofcourse they will use DX11.

scatman839 · 01-25-2012, 18:17 | posts: 8,751 | Location: Dundee, Scotland

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Originally Posted by Xzibit

It's for 720p or sub-HD gaming. 512Mb Vram will be enough. And noAA.
Ofcourse they will use DX11.

They will be aiming for 1080p this time around

H83 · 01-25-2012, 18:28 | posts: 1,029 | Location: Mars

Why are people surprised with this? We all know that the hardware inside the consoles can´t be too powerfull because of physical (heat) and financial (cost of the parts) constraints.

Also after the success of the Wii, MS and Sony aren´t going to produce expensive consoles when they know lower priced consoles will fare just as good and will provide bigger margins for them.

Still, I must say i was hoping they would put something like an 6850 on the next console...

Oh well, looks like PC gamers will have to get used to ****ty ports for the near future...

AbjectBlitz · 01-25-2012, 18:53 | posts: 3,273 | Location: United Kingdom

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Originally Posted by scatman839

They will be aiming for 1080p this time around

Upscaled from 720p to 1080p most probably

Instead of the 540p (or whatever) to 720p that they get now.

Sever · 01-25-2012, 21:41 | posts: 4,826 | Location: Land of the Great Downunder

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Originally Posted by Xzibit

It's for 720p or sub-HD gaming. 512Mb Vram will be enough. And noAA.
Ofcourse they will use DX11.

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Originally Posted by scatman839

They will be aiming for 1080p this time around

1080p will be the absolute minimum. and given the price of ram at the moment, theres no reason why they wouldnt bump up the amount of ram.

and if microsoft does not support 4k resolution, chances are sony will release their console with support for the 4k resolution standard of hdmi and microsoft will just release a 'revision' that supports it. they will probably only use 4k resolution for movies though, otherwise they'd need dual 7970s for a decent framerate.

avivoni · 01-25-2012, 16:16 | posts: 2,577 | Location: PR

wait what? lmao need sometime to recover from this . is this the time to say consoles are dying? lol

zer0_c0ol · 01-25-2012, 16:16 | posts: 1,843 | Location: mostar(BIH)

from a tech standpoint this gen x box if it goes like this is utter crap

as for mass brain dead automatons who will by this overpriced piece of crap well i am just sad for them

Elder III · 01-25-2012, 16:18 | posts: 1,949 | Location: Ohio

well, at least it's looking like I won't need any significant upgrade for a couple more years.... at least. :p Good for the pocket book though.

Agent-A01 · 01-25-2012, 16:27 | posts: 5,642 | Location: USA

i loled.