In a surprise to nearly everyone, Microsoft has unveiled detailed specifications of its upcoming next generation console, the Xbox Series X ahead of launch later this year. Powered by an AMD Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2-class GPU, the console will have many new exciting features that were exclusively supported on PC's till now like 4K 60fps, hardware accelerated ray tracings and more. The Xbox Series X has some really powerful internals, marking a huge leap from the previous generation. For the CPU, the Series X has an 8-core AMD processor that is custom designed based on Zen 2 architecture that can clock up to 3.8GHz. And for the GPU, it will have an AMD RDNA 2 GPU that has 52 compute units running at a frequency of 1.825GHz. Complementing these are 16GB GDDR6 memory and 1TB Custom NVME SSD (finally). With a crazy amount of horsepower, the Series X will come with a ton of features that console gamers simply did not have before. From hardware accelerated DirectX Raytraced visuals, better backwards compatibility, 4K 60fps gaming or 1080p 120fps, Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), which are enabled by HDMI 2.1. One of the highlight technologies for ...
Tuesday 17 March 2020
Microsoft Xbox Series X specs revealed — 3.8GHz AMD Zen 2 CPU, 16GB GDDR6, 52CU Navi GPU, 1TB NVME SSD
In a surprise to nearly everyone, Microsoft has unveiled detailed specifications of its upcoming next generation console, the Xbox Series X ahead of launch later this year. Powered by an AMD Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2-class GPU, the console will have many new exciting features that were exclusively supported on PC's till now like 4K 60fps, hardware accelerated ray tracings and more. The Xbox Series X has some really powerful internals, marking a huge leap from the previous generation. For the CPU, the Series X has an 8-core AMD processor that is custom designed based on Zen 2 architecture that can clock up to 3.8GHz. And for the GPU, it will have an AMD RDNA 2 GPU that has 52 compute units running at a frequency of 1.825GHz. Complementing these are 16GB GDDR6 memory and 1TB Custom NVME SSD (finally). With a crazy amount of horsepower, the Series X will come with a ton of features that console gamers simply did not have before. From hardware accelerated DirectX Raytraced visuals, better backwards compatibility, 4K 60fps gaming or 1080p 120fps, Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), which are enabled by HDMI 2.1. One of the highlight technologies for ...
