MS reveal of ballpark of Scarlett

[Mr Puggsly]

SvennoJ said:

EricHiggin said:

That jump is also majority GPU.

Yup, to go from 900p to 4K. 8K is just a supported resolution, as well as 120 fps. Not realistic.

And faster streaming from storage and much faster CPU is bad news for forwards compatibility. As Sony demonstrated with Spiderman, building games around much faster data loading means the games can't run on the older hardware. Which is fine, clean break for progress.

Lets say it has double the GPU power of X1X. The Scarlett could potentially hit 4K/120 fps in something like Forza 7. Maybe dynamic 8K (somewhere between 6K-8K) with 60 fps.

However, 8K and 120 fps at the same time. I imagine it would have to look like a 6th/7th gen game. Low poly assets, low overhead effects, but great textures.

I certainly think developers will put in options that let people play with 8K or 120 fps in a few titles. For titles where CPU bottleneck isn't an issue, I imagine virtually any 60 fps game could have a 120 FPS option at a lower resolution.

Forza has always been a popular series for pushing tech. The X1X already achieved 4K/60 fps in Forza 7. I imagine Forza 8 will again aim for 4K/60 fps with vastly improved visuals. But a ~1440p/120 fps option would be very interesting.

Lastly, I think there is a good chance backwards compatibility of OG Xbox, 360, and maybe even X1 could become 8K content or at least something well north of 4K.

Last edited by Mr Puggsly - on 13 June 2019