The hardware and specs of the new Xbox Scorpio were first introduced today, on April 6, at Digital Foundry. Read here what the new Microsoft console can do, what technical data it contains, and what it might cost.
Until today, April 6 at 15:00, the Xbox Scorpio was a big secret. Microsoft revealed almost no details about the new wonder console, and it wasn’t even clear, whether it might ultimately be called Xbox One X.
But now the specs of the Xbox Scorpio have been officially revealed!
Xbox Project Scorpio – These are the hardware specs – technical details
According to Digital Foundry, the Xbox Scorpio has impressive hardware. The following components are included:
- Processor: 8×86 cores at 2.3 GHz
- GPU: 40 units at 1172 MHz (Achieves 6 Teraflops)
- Modern heat sink for the graphics unit
- RAM: 12 Gigabytes DDR5
- Memory bandwidth: 326 GB/s
- Hard drive: 1 Terabyte 2.5 inches
- Drive: 4K UHD Blu-Ray
- Integrated power supply
- The same ports as the Xbox One S
With this thick hardware, the CPU of the Scorpio is 30 percent faster than the old Xbox One. The graphics card is even 4.6 times faster than its predecessor. The big hit with the Scorpio is the fast RAM. Since four of them are reserved for the system, there are still a hefty 8 GB left, compared to the meager and slower 5 Gigabytes of the Xbox One. This is particularly beneficial for streaming and the targeted 4K standard.
Xbox Scorpio – Compatibility, release, and price
All this powerful hardware ensures that the Scorpio becomes the new top console in terms of pure performance. Therefore, it will also cost a pretty penny. Although an official price has not been communicated, Digital Foundry speculates around 500 US dollars, which would correspond to the launch price of the Xbox One back then.
Those who are worried about their old Xbox games can rest assured: The Scorpio will support all previous Xbox One games, and these will also look great without a 4K TV and at a lower resolution due to the powerful performance. In addition to the already known games optimized for native 4K, the Scorpio can also upscale non-optimized games to 4K via supersampling. This is also supposed to apply to games from the Xbox 360.
The Xbox Scorpio is expected to be released only in the fourth quarter of 2017. An exact release date is not yet known. What is also still unclear: What is the final name of the console! The official name of the new console is still not clear. It is called “Project Scorpio”. So it could really be called “Xbox One X”!
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