Digital Foundry Video: Hands-On With Xbox Series X + Impressions + Xbox One X Size Comparisons + Official Specs + Ray Tracing

[DonFerrari]

Nu-13 said:

SvennoJ said:

How much is 4.5 + 1 ?

What does gddr6 is like 2x more efficient mean ? You can store twice as many bytes in 1 GB of gddr6 as opposed to 1 GB of gddr5?
Whatever you're trying to imply, every new gen had more efficient memory.

The 512mb was too little back then as well, remember skyrim on ps3...

16GB GDDR6 plus 8GB DDR4 would have been better and more future proof. Memory will be a bottleneck again, like always, but maybe even more now when the increase in resolution is the biggest between gens yet. 480p -> 720p -> 1080p -> 2160p At least the plans seem to be native 4K for next gen.

Not helping your case by mentioning a company known for poor early optimization due to using old engines. Devs need to work with what they have and they have more than they need. It's kinda surreal to look at how far we came and still hear complaints about hardware bottlenecks.

Not to forget that GTA V worked fine on PS360 so yes 512Mb was sufficient for capable devs. For me skyrim is a piece of bad SW in all systems.

EricHiggin said:
Wasn't it explained that next gen games have to be played off the SSD for XBSX? Then how can those same games be played on the XB1 HDD models? The games may have reduced quality due to the much slower HDD, but why force that on next gen? Why not allow people to play off an external HDD? Will the HDD to SSD transfer speeds be that quick that it'll make up for the quicker load times you will see from the SSD? What if you're strapped for time and only have half an hour?

Because on Xbox 1 they are different game. Are you going to ask why do we need better GPU and CPU to play those games on XSX since we can do with much worse on X1 base model?

LudicrousSpeed said:
The difference between this and the Vita situation is the Vita situation was born purely out of Sony greed. All tech talk about XSX makes it apparent that this needs a proprietary drive because it is vital to the performance of the system. I don’t mind paying more for expanding memory if it means better performance on either console.

It isn't even needed, you can either just use the 1TB internal or transfer from the external HDD to the internal and play. The external SSD is needed just if you want to play directly from it or pick the installed game there and play at a friends house on the go.

Since it is totally unnecessary I would consider that there isn't cause for concern, we pay 60USD for controllers that cost less than 15USD to make so paying 100 for a SDD drive shouldn't really be the issue.