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BenVTrigger on 08 January 2013
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osed125 said:
BenVTrigger said:
If true the 720 is going to be a monster.

Thats some seriius horsepower considering consokes dont have near the background tasks running like a PC does. And are much easier to optomize game engines for. If the 720 carries this power we are going to see a huge leap next gen

I think one of the reasons for this is that MS wants the next xbox to be media powerhouse more than dedicated gaming console. MS is basically making a PC, which could be good or bad depending in your personal opinions.

I do wonder how much of those specs are actually going into games and how developers can use it.


Yeah I fully expect the next Xbox to be a complete media hub, possibly even providing its own form of cable television.

 

That being said no matter what media stuff they put into the box it wouldnt come close to tapping 8 cores on the CPU and wouldnt require the 8000 series GPU either.  The main thing from the

 specs that the media stuff will be pulling from is the 8 GB of RAM.  I wouldnt be surprised if 4 GB is reserved for the OS and media applications while the other 4 GB is for games.  And a 4GB RAM woukd be a huuuge difference for games considering the 360 doesnt even have 1 GB of of RAM useable between the OS and games