Rumor: Xbox "Lockhart" specs leaked, is $300

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sales2099 said:

think-man said:
Maybe i missed something but what is the point of this console? Is it going to be current gen or next gen?

It’s next gen, but would be the baseline console. Lower end that sacrifices resolution for lower price. Not everybody has a 4K setup or a big tv screen to care enough for series X.

If true MS can boast they have power and price at the same time which helps in the PR department. 

There are benefits to rendering games at 4k even if you only have a 1080P display, the Xbox One X has been a showcase for that benefit this generation.

JRPGfan said:

think-man said:
Maybe i missed something but what is the point of this console? Is it going to be current gen or next gen?

Its CPU + Ram will be the same as that inside the "bigger brother" series X, which will be for 4k.

The point of lockhart, is to make a smaller chip, by cutting down the GPU part.
This means the chip will be cheaper to make (possibly saveing ~100$ or so, in production costs that can then be passed on to consumers).

So its a cheaper console that ll play next gen games, in 1080p.

The memory bus will likely receive a hit either in frequency or width or both, possible a DRAM reduction too.

Azzanation said:

Colteastwood is actually correct on this one. To buy a capable PC running 12TF fully optimised for games with a State of the art SSD drive and motherboard would cost an arm and a leg.

False narrative to assume PC gamers care about matching the consoles... Or that you even need 12 Teraflops or an SSD.

Mr Puggsly said:

It also depends on how the GPU is designed/balanced, the base X1 for example gets great results for only 1.2 TF. Again, I'm no expert but it certainly looks like a 4TF Lockhart could have GPU power at par with X1X.

A 4 Teraflop RDNA 2 GPU will beat the Polaris derived 6 Teraflop based Graphics core next GPU. No contest.
I would expect a sizable advantage in favor of the RDNA 2 chip, especially in Ray Tracing applications by several orders of magnitude.

We also need to keep in mind that a theoretical Lockhart isn't going to be dumping all it's resources into chasing the 4k dream... Those are resources that will thus be geared towards increasing visual fidelity.