Xbox One

[ricky24]

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I would love to see some FH3 screen shots upscaled.

[ODogg]

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Not sure if you know or not. That's Forza 6 upscaled. At 60% of the power. Impressive stuff


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wow, ok, i misunderstood, i thought it was forza 7!

[Flawless]

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Downsampling is mandated:

With some PS4 Pro titles, we've been vocal in our criticisms of game modes locked to specific display types. If a title has a high resolution mode, 1080p display users should get super-sampling - something that doesn't always happen, even on Sony first party games. Part of Microsoft's commitment to the 1080p user is that super-sampling is mandated - if a Scorpio title runs at a higher resolution, it must downsample for full HD screens.

With Scorpio, all game modes - resolution, performance or otherwise - must be available to all users regardless of the display the console is attached to.

16x AF for Xbox One and 360 BC titles. This is nice, as texture filtering has always been poor on consoles.

Texture filtering is hugely important - and it's actually an element where both PS4 and Xbox One have let us down a little compared to the same titles running on PC, where the full force of 16x anisotropic filtering can make a big difference.

"We built into the hardware the capability of overwriting all bilinear and all trilinear fetches to be anisotropic," Andrew Goossen reveals. "And then we've dialled up the anisotropic all the way up to max. All of our titles by default when you're running on Scorpio, they'll be full anisotropic."

Good quality texture filtering will make a big difference to a large number of Xbox One titles, where typically 4x anisotropic tends to be the balancing point chosen by developers. The leap to 16x, enforced at a system level by the back-compat engine, is a huge boon, especially in concert with the complete lack of screen-tear and smoother overall performance. More good news: this new feature extends to Xbox 360 games too

The cooling solution is honestly the most impressive sounding thing with the hardware. This thing is going to be sleek looking.

Every single Scorpio Engine processor that comes off TSMC's production line will have its own specific power profile. Rather than adopt a sub-optimal one-size-fits-all strategy, Microsoft tailors the board to match the chip. Regardless, Scorpio is still a powerful piece of technology, so there is still the issue of dissipating its heat. Here again, the solution is revolutionary for a console.

It consists of a copper vessel that forms its basis, inside of which is ionised distilled water under vacuum. Heat is absorbed into the water, where it vapourises. The steam convects away from the hot spots and condenses on the heat sink fins.

[mgoblue]

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Sounds pretty cool. I think I'd be getting a Switch first, then a 4k tv, then a Scorpio, so it'd be a while before I could afford this lol

I'm interested in price as well, probably 500ish is a guess. Worth it cause I'm out of the PC game, any future PC i get will be a laptop.

[greenegt]

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I'm considering lining up in front of Best Buy for my preorder. LOL

[mestevo]

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It's interesting that they're not taking the 'more gooder' approach and just going w/ similar hardware as Xbox One ... but more gooder. It's custom components and then they took on backward compatibility as a separate thing.

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[ricky24]

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I'm considering lining up in front of Best Buy for my preorder. LOL

You think that's needed? I'm just gonna preorder order online like usual.

[areobee401]

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Definitely skipping a day one purchase. I am done buying consoles for a while. Going to come down to first party exclusives to make me buy one. Forza Horizon and Gears of War aren't enough this time around. So if the games are there I will pick one up eventually.

[greenegt]

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You think that's needed? I'm just gonna preorder order online like usual.

No. I'm going to do the same. I'm just really hyped!

[mgoblue]

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Definitely skipping a day one purchase. I am done buying consoles for a while. Going to come down to first party exclusives to make me buy one. Forza Horizon and Gears of War aren't enough this time around. So if the games are there I will pick one up eventually.

The games will make or break it...they need to up it big time on first party games.

I do like that MS is keeping backward compatibility in mind, and I bet they will next console as well. That mindset is great for keeping a library going...

I feel you on the console purchases though...i want a Switch, but it is tough to keep trying to budget to upgrade and all that...

maybe I'll be able to flip a regular Xbox One to a Scorpio with some deal, who knows.

[ODogg]

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The games will make or break it...they need to up it big time on first party games.

I do like that MS is keeping backward compatibility in mind, and I bet they will next console as well. That mindset is great for keeping a library going...

I feel you on the console purchases though...i want a Switch, but it is tough to keep trying to budget to upgrade and all that...

maybe I'll be able to flip a regular Xbox One to a Scorpio with some deal, who knows.

I think I'll sell my new Xbox One S and older PS4 to get this.

[ricky24]

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Will definitely trade in my oneS towards this. I think they said a while ago they will have some sort of trade in bonus.

[greenegt]

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I'll be trading my OG X1 for this. The hardware advances alone have sold me, but I do hope MS has some exclusive surprises lined up for E3.

[ricky24]

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I'll be trading my OG X1 for this. The hardware advances alone have sold me, but I do hope MS has some exclusive surprises lined up for E3.

I'm not sure they will. We already know what's coming for this I think. Unless they have something totally under wraps which seems impossible to do today.

[mestevo]

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The under wraps part is probably 1st party mixed reality plans. Won't be for everyone.