All Xbox Games will run better on Scorpio & Phil is flying to japan

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shikamaru317 said:

thismeintiel said:

Missed this. Current rumors are its doing what the Pro did. Same Jaguar cores, just overclocked. They may go for a slight upgrade in the cores, forgot what that was called. Still, would only make a small difference.

They are not going to use Ryzen. It has an 8 core CPU you in it. The cheapest 8 core Ryzen is $319 at launch, so MAYBE $250 for MS. Unless you want this sucker to cost $599+, which we know how that works, it ain't getting Ryzen. That'll most likely be saved for the PS5, which after nearly 2 years on the market, should be cheap enough by then for a $399 console.

They don't need to use a desktop Ryzen, some CPU cores from the upcoming line of Ryzen APU's (which launch this summer) would be more than enough for a console. APU cores are cheaper and they use less power (therefore creating less heat, which is ideal for a console). AMD actually had a Scorpio display at their Ryzen booth at CES this year, and when asked about why it was there they said that there was a reason for it but that they couldn't comment on it yet (likely due to an NDA with MS). 

Though the Ryzen APUs you've mentioned are stock APUs, right? If the Scorpio is to use Ryzen, then it has to be on a semi-custom APU, but the semi-custom APUs won't come out until 2018, at least according to this article.