Specs of Microsofts next XBox

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Slimebeast said:

As I said, those specs are laughable and it's obviously fake, but let's imagine for a second that they were true.

People would laugh Microsoft in their face.

MS would be a pathetic 4 years behind in trying to "do a Nintendo" (Wii launched late 2006 - this 'only-twice-the-power-of-X360' console would launch in late 2010). MS would be run over by Sony's hardware powerhouse PS4 within a couple of years and lose all of their hardcore audience.

I disagree ... a twice powerful CPU and a new GPU seems like a great improvement. 200% performance boost is great considering how powerful original xbox360 processor and GPU are.

Remember, Gamecube's processor and GPU were less powerful than an XBOX (Single core Celeron 700 MHz and directx7 graphoics card). A GC1.5 was laughably underpowered compared to xBOX360 as it was compareable to an XBOX.

XBOX720 IF it is 200% more than XBOX360 will be REALLY poowerfull. Considering the fact that mid-range directx 10 graphics cards are more powerfull than high end directx 8 and 9 graphics card thsi would be awesome.

 

The only porblem I have with these specs is the fact that they are using SSD and DVD still. MS did not opt for HD-DVD as it would have increased costs and incurred delays. They like to go with tried and true technologies. A console has much less need of an SSD than a portable device. I doubt they would include SSD at an increased cost unless installation is MANDATORY as an SSD would provide much faster throughput/access-times than DVDs.

Edit: spelling errors