Last night, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer took to the stage at The Game Awards to officially revealXbox Series X, Microsoft’s next-generation console. In this reveal, fans got a look at Xbox Series X’s design as well as footage of the forthcomingSenua’s Saga: Hellblade 2running on the console in real time. This footage made it clear that Xbox Series X is going to be very powerful machine indeed, and more details on just how powerful have now been shared.
Specifically, Microsoft indicates thatXbox Series Xsupports “4K at 60FPS, with possibility of up to 120FPS, including support for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), and 8K capability.” This is achievable due to Xbox Series X ’s custom AMD Zen 2 chipset and custom GPU, which utilizes AMD RDNA architecture, and Spencer had more to say about the console’s graphics processing in a recent interview with GameSpot:
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We wanted to have a dramatic upgrade from the Xbox One base console. So when we do the math, we’re over eight times the GPU power of the Xbox One, and two times what an Xbox One X is.
While this is not an outright confirmation of Xbox Series X’s capabilities, the Xbox One X sits at 6 teraflops of computing power, which suggests that the forthcoming console will have capabilities at around 12 teraflops. Indeed, this figure is aligned with a recent rumor that has been circulating about thenext Xbox’s specs, which also accurately stated that Xbox Series X would be using an NVMe SSD to minimize loading times.
All of this said, details about what is inside Xbox Series X is not all that has come to light following last night’s reveal, as more information about the console’s design elements are also available. Namely, it has been confirmed that Xbox Series X is designed for use in both horizontal and vertical orientations, and GameSpot indicates that it is about as wide as anXbox One controllerand around three times as tall.
Xbox Series X’s presence atThe Game Awards 2019was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the show, and certainly many players are now excitedly awaiting further details on Microsft’s next-gen console, including how it will be priced. With respect to when those details will come, that is not currently known, but Xbox Series X’s holiday 2020 release date means that more information should be available in relatively short order.
