I think that will be where Scorpio will shine. Plus Scorpio might force better texture filtering (16x AF, but I will need clarification from Microsoft on that.) in those games... And it should have a better upscaler.

Looking at it from a perspective other than just the specs themselves, like marketing and messaging, XB has most certainly learned some lessons and is moving ahead smoothly because of it.

Project Scorpio
CPU - Eight custom x86 cores clocked at 2.3GHz
GPU - 40 customized compute units at 1172MHz
Mem - 12GB GDDR5
Mem Band - 326GB/s

PS4 Pro
CPU - Eight Jaguar x86 cores clocked at 2.1GHz
GPU - 36 improved GCN compute units at 911MHz
Mem - 8GB GDDR5
Mem Band - 218GB/s

For starters, having Eurogamer break down and detail the specs, and accept them based on what XB said and showed what it could do, was very smart.

If you look at how the specs of the Scorpio are written out, its done very smart from a marketing perspective (I doubt Eurogamer had complete freedom to write/compare the Scorpio specs in anyway they pleased)
There is no mention of Jaguar or Puma in the CPU spec, even though Eurogamer said it is based on Jaguar. There is no mention of Polaris or GCN in the GPU spec, even though Eurogamer said it is based on Polaris. Its written down in such a way, that what stands out, is the difference in numbers between the two, and Scorpio easily wins that comparison.

The CPU is most certainly not a standard Jag, and the GPU not a standard Polaris either, but XB has made sure that the messaging isn't going to be spun against them and will work in their favor. Even the Scorpio website gives out very general information like 6Tflop GPU, making it clear from a non technical standpoint, "ours is better".

I can only assume, whatever happens at E3, better or worse than expected, XB is going to come out of it with a VERY clear message and direction for Scorpio and XB as a whole, which is just another step in the right direction.

There is a reason for that. Because that is just an educated opinion. We won't know 100% untill later.

Then why say Scorpio uses an evolved version of the Jaguar core in the video? They even compare it to its similarity with XB1. If its Puma then why not just say its a semi custom Puma? They obviously don't know 100% yet what it all entails, but if it wasn't Jaguar at its core, they wouldn't bother mentioning Jaguar at all. Same with Polaris. They mention that too.

I'm not bashing the hardware at all, its clearly strong for what it is and highly engineered, but the fact that the direct comparison to Pro leaves out Jaguar and Polaris just seems quite convenient.

Its just a smart thing all around. So many people were starting to think mobile Ryzen and downclocked Vega, me included, and putting that rumor to rest was important well before the full unveiling and E3. By not actually putting Jaguar, Puma or Polaris in the specs description, it not only stops people who think they know tech, from thinking its just the same old slow tech of the past, but also leaves the door open to tech illiterate people who heard it was some new high end Ryzen and Vega parts, potentially leaving them all dissapointed otherwise.

My main point was XB is at least getting back on the right path and seems to have a plan now, based on the road ahead itself, and not just what they want to turn that road into. This should hopefully stop the bleeding at the very least and allow them to finally make some headway. They can't win the gen, but making a strong effort to attempt a comeback in the 7th round should at least gain them some of that lost respect back.

Here's my 5cents. Some years back, folks were saying there would not be new consoles afte PS3/XB360. Not lang ago, there were rumours that PS4 and XB1 are the last of the console gaming. Seeing now that we have both Sony and MS setiously competing with mid gen refresh, it is only good for the industry and gam ers in general.

Because it's been customized. I will take Eurogamers word for it though, it's Eurogamer afterall.

Nothing wrong with providing constructive criticism of the hardware.

Before Eurogamer made it's position known on what CPU uArch it was going to use, I was firm on my belief that it was Jaguar/Puma/Puma+ powered. Having unrealistic hardware expectations in a cost-sensitive device is silly. - I ended up right on that front.

We knew it was either going to have high-clocked GDDR5X memory on a 192-bit memory bus. Or GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus and 12GB of memory from the original teaser. So it was good that we had realistic expectations on that front from the start.

Vega is what I wanted (Still do). No doubt about it. It's a massive improvement over Graphics Core Next in allot of aspects.

"The CPU has been customized lightly." - Maybe so, but what exactly were those modifications.

"The 40 GCN "cores" are more powerful per core than the PS4 Pro's." - I dissagree. Scorpio has 11% more GCN cores, clocked 28.5% higher. That's 1.11x1.285x4.2tflop(PS4pro)=5.99tflop(Scorpio). This gives exactly the same performance per core per Mhz in both cosoles.

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