Xbox Series S [XBSS] (Lockhart) General Rumors and Speculation *spawn*

Proportion is not right! If it´s 4 Tflops it shoud have 1/3 of the series X box height

 

I was scaling volume. *

* this is a lie

 

Yes, What I meant was, What is the cheaper option to cost reduce the Series X in 3 years time?

If the cost is now about 500$ , give it or take. Can it be about 300$ in 2023/24?

That´s why i see a place for Lockhart.

 

A smaller node and 256bit@18Gbps and smaller power unit and smaller heatsink and single pcb.
The nand chips will help a lot in decreasing the bom.

 

It's kind of interesting looking at the modularity of the Series X with the dual motherboard/PCBs. The pieces that would be different include the cooler, the APU board, and the PSU.

hmm...

• Cut off the large fan section,
  
• Reduce the heatsink height (change it to a standard piece or whatever, but for illustrative purposes, it's simply smaller).
• Swap out the APU board for Lockhart. Reuse the 2nd PCB for manufacturing reasons.
  
• Swap out PSU for lower rated one - similar size so it just fits in the same relative spot next to the disc drive.
  
• Shove a radial fan in the bottom corner (blue box) - not sure where the power connectors are, but I assume they're actually on the 2nd PCB... *shrug*
  
• Then just create the smaller chassis.
• Probably not happening. -_-

 

I think the days of cost reducing the old tech is a thing of the past. It will most likely be smarter to take RDNA 3 or RDNA 4 in 3 years and build 2 brand new consoles. One targeting the lower price and one targeting the higher prfice

 

Yea I mean we have to look at it from the point of view that 2023 will bring a new node with new designs for both cpu and gpu.

We know DDR5 and a new socket for Zen hits in 2021 , So by 2023 we will either see the final version of that zen or even a newer socket version of zen. AMD will surely be moving on to the next thing after RDNA.

They could take the Series X and shrink it , or they can just take that 2023 cpu and gpu and ram and make a much better console.

Microsoft pushing into subscriptions and all cloud services could be better served that way anyway. If they implement a bundle at launch where you get a series x when you purchase x amount of years of game pass ultimate up front or a heavy discount on the x for doing that. By the time people are done paying that off oh look its time to do it again with the next high end console and rinse and repeat.

 

Can you make it purple?

 

I have literally no idea how to do that in paint. My solution would involve an old pair of 3d glasses and a cut up blackcurrant squash bottle.

 

Now shoot 4 holes in the front and add a handle.

 

Maybe... Modular and portable. A small, thin, flat-ish form factor console with optional add-ons like a screen and battery and so on to make it portable.

Xbox gets a portable device and a low cost device at the same time.

 

They just need a Surface Go 2 Game Edition.

Tommy McClain

 

what's the odds of a ryzen 4000 series being able to run xbox one games at 1080p in a handheld form factor. jut partner with dell to release that concept they have

 

No idea. You talking about this?

Not sure I like a total Switch knock-off. I like the idea of a tablet paired with a standard Xbox One controller though.

Tommy McClain

 

If that's the way MS are headed, they could just have an XBox certified third-party program. Their control system is already focussed on adaptability for streaming to touch screens, so I reckon they could support different control types quite comfortably leaving IHVs to experiment somewhat. That's actually a route a lot of us have been kinda expecting, but it is counter to XBox being separate from PC in terms of development. Why bother with a Ryzen running XBox games when it can run Windows games and all XB games come to Windows?