Xbox Series X [XBSX] [Release November 10 2020]

Actually, Phil was pretty careful to say it was running in engine but not actually on Series X hardware.

Valid point.

From the official Xbox YouTube video text:

Senua's Saga:Hellblade II - the next entry in the Hellblade franchise from developer Ninja Theory.
Footage for this trailer was captured entirely in engine.
Built for the new Xbox Series X* - the fastest, most powerful Xbox ever.
Power Your Dreams.
*The availability and sale of Xbox Series X is subject to required regulatory approval(s) in your jurisdiction.
From the official Xbox News article:

The footage shared tonight was captured in-engine and reflects the power of Xbox Series X available to developers to deliver new universes, experiences and games in ways you have never imagined.​
 
The width of the newly refined Xbox controller and about 3x as tall. Just as silent as the Xbox One X and can be places vertically or horizontally. Count me in!
 
Slightly different wording on the official Xbox news page: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/12/12/microsoft-unveils-xbox-series-x/

Its industrial design enables us to deliver four times the processing power of Xbox One X in the most quiet and efficient way, something that is critically important in delivering truly immersive gameplay. We also designed Xbox Series X to support both vertical and horizontal orientation.

Powered by our custom-designed processor leveraging the latest Zen 2 and next generation RDNA architecture from our partners at AMD, Xbox Series X will deliver hardware accelerated ray tracing and a new level of performance never before seen in a console. Additionally, our patented Variable Rate Shading (VRS) technology will allow developers to get even more out of the Xbox Series X GPU and our next-generation SSD will virtually eliminate load times and bring players into their gaming worlds faster than ever before.

We are minimizing latency by leveraging technology such as Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) and giving developers new functionality like Dynamic Latency Input (DLI) to make Xbox Series X the most responsive console ever.

One Console, Four Generations of Gaming

One of the things we’re most proud of with Xbox Series X is the promise we’re delivering to our fans who have and continue to invest with Xbox. Thanks to backward compatibility, you can expect your gaming legacy, thousands of your favorite games across four generations of gaming, all your Xbox One gaming accessories, and industry-leading services like Xbox Game Pass to be available when you power on your Xbox Series X in Holiday 2020.​
 
It seems as though they’ll have instant resume capabilities for multiple games:

As Ronald explained, "Today, we have the capability of instantly resuming the last game that you were playing. Why can't you do that for multiple games? Many players choose to play multiple games at the same time, being able to instantly jump right back where I was, those are things that we can do with the platform level to make the gaming experience better. It's really about ensuring there's less waiting and more time playing because that's ultimately what we all want to do with a with the consoles and with the services that we have."
 
Feels a bit like 360 moment again. Last gen was truly, truly underwhelming.

Mid range cards + mobile CPUs. This time, it seems they are going top end again.

I think they have too. With the slowdown of process tech, we might not be able to get another generational jump in the typical generation time frame. These new consoles might have to last longer than the current gen. So might as well go all out.
 
Would be sweet to have a 24tflop console lol.

Also wouldnt a 8 core 16 thread zen 2 processor be more than 4x the processing power of a 8 core jaguar?

Time to pull in Sebbbi's tweets into yet another thread ...


Sebbbi said:
8x Zen2 cores is roughly 4x faster than 8x Jaguar. Roughly 2x IPC and roughly 2x clocks (conservative 3.2 GHz estimate). Also 8x faster for AVX workloads (Jag was 0.5 rate AVX, Zen2 is 2.0 rate) such as ISPC and Unity Burst

Sebbbi said:
That might be true. But then again Zen 1 was already over 2x IPC of Jaguar, and Zen 2 got noticeable IPC uplift. So should be 4x+ in total with any reasonable clock rate in general purpose code. And of course higher in AVX/AVX2 code. So get that ISPC or Burst compiler ready.


 
Thanks for the information.

I wonder if we will see an sq1 in there to handle os and game streaming tasks. Also that creepy ai eye changing stuff
 
Haven't we gone through all this 4x power crap enough months ago?
 
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