Xbox 720 hardware detailed - Report

Microsoft's latest console is rumoured to include 8-core CPU, Blu-Ray, a DirectX 11.1-capable GPU and 8GB of DDR3 RAM.

The rumours surrounding Microsoft's successor to the Xbox continue to mount, with one website claiming to have had access to the machine's specifications in full. According to technical documents acquired by VGLeaks, the console will feature an 8-core CPU, Blu-Ray, a DirectX 11.1-capable GPU and 8GB of DDR3 RAM.

The site also claims that the next Xbox's processor will feature an x64 8-core CPU with a clock of 1.6Ghz. Each "CPU thread has its own 32KB L1 instruction cache and 32KB L1 data cache", while both modules "of four CPU cores has a 2MB L2 cache resulting in a total of 4MB of L2 cache."

On top of that, "each core has one fully independent hardware thread with no shared execution resources" and "each hardware thread can issue two instructions per clock," according to the site.

Elsewhere in the document, the Xbox 720 - codenamed Durango - will allegedly feature 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 6x Blu-Ray drive and 32MB of embedded SRAM.

The GPU will support DirectX 11.1, run at a core of 800mhz and feature 12 shader cores which provide "a total of 768 threads." The document reports that at peak performance "the GPU can effectively issue 1.2 trillion floating-point operations per second."

The document also claims that Microsoft's latest version of Kinect is always present, presumably indicating that the motion-sensor will be build into the machine itself.

Another point mentioned is that a SATA 2.0 "hard drive is always present", suggesting that Microsoft's next machine won't allow for optional hard drives in the way the Xbox 360 did.

Rounding off the rumoured specifications is support for HDMI 1.4a, 802.11n Wi-Fi and USB 3.0 alongside a bevy of codecs, multi-channel echo cancellation for Kinect and "cryptography engines for encryption and decryption, and hashing".

Microsoft is expected to formally announce its next Xbox within the next few months.

Elsewhere in next-gen rumours, last week it was reported that Sony's controller for the PlayStation 4 would include an LCD touch-screen and biometric sensors.

Martin Gaston
By Martin Gaston, News Editor

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GamerMani
GamerMani

the specs r really cool so Xbox720 willbe the nextgen winner..

crescentlegion
crescentlegion

OH God all this shitty argument for no apparent reason I think I just lost 20pts of IQ

surprizemothafu
surprizemothafu like.author.displayName 1 Like

guys guys relax if current machines can run games as sexy as god of war 3 and Max Payne 3 I am pretty sure the next machines are gonna run fantastic stuff plus why are PC dudes angry this is good for you you get better looking games when new gen comes 

on an irrelevant subject gyro > bacon

craigprime
craigprime

Now, I'm no expert in the technology field, but"the GPU can effectively issue 1.2 trillion floating-point operations per second."...that sounds like a lot.

xanal_juicex
xanal_juicex

Open Up Your Video Card Take it Apart Remove The Fan And Look At The Cheap Scrap That The Suppliers Put For Cooling Compound! It is an Insult to BUY a 500.00 Video Card With Crappy As Compound I always take mine Apart And Add My Own Colling Solution I just bought this one ARCTIC MX4 Thermal Paste - 4gram

and it drops Temps very good so I can Over Clock my GPU

xanal_juicex
xanal_juicex

In  The end Its All About The Games!!

GTA 5

Skyrim

BF3

Call Of Duty

Civ 5

Empire total war

shogun total war


xanal_juicex
xanal_juicex

Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition Sandy Bridge-E 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 150W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73970X 

at 5.0 I can get it to 6.5GHZ just need more volts and fast DDR3 

I Overclock my Toaster And Everything i can!

zpluffy
zpluffy

@xanal_juicex 

How much did all that COST you? I have a nice GPU but end up bottlenecking my old a$$ cpu. But upgrading would cost over 150

xanal_juicex
xanal_juicex

@zpluffy@xanal_juicex 

What Kind Of GPU

ATI

Or Nvidia?

MotherBoard is Also One Of The More Important Components Of You Build Make Sure It Supports The lates PCI Expresss Bus Fast lanes Less Bottle Necks For CPU to GPU

zpluffy
zpluffy

@xanal_juicex HD 6770, but I have to buy new motherboard because I'm planning to get i3 2100

psx_warrior
psx_warrior

Kinect 2.0 built into macine+licensing patent=more ways to screw gamers over

This comment has been deleted

zpluffy
zpluffy

@psx_warrior 

Maybe a decade year old computer could run 360 games in medium because it has the same spec as 360. Wrong!

psx_warrior
psx_warrior

@zpluffy @psx_warrior I deleted that comment because it wasn't meant for this story. I'm posing from my android phone so not sure how that comment got on this page.

Zloth2
Zloth2

Strange how they keep putting so many CPU cores into XBox.  The 360 got 3 cores when 2 was pretty common.  Now 4 is common with a few desktops running with 6 and the XBox gets 8.

Still, the big news for me is DirectX 11.1.  Tesselation is on the way!  No more perfectly flat polygons with a "rough stone" paint job on them!

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar like.author.displayName 1 Like

@Zloth2 w8 what? eeeer man i think that you out of date, about CPU, Intel has a  12 core CPU for desktops from 2011 and AMD just released a CPU with 16 cores and about Intel believe me 8 cores are common same for AMD

zpluffy
zpluffy

@Auronvolgar 

And how much those cost? Xbox 720 would cost less and outpower those expensive gazillion core cpu's. On top of that, it would last for a decade and have a decent graphics without ever upgrading your sh!t

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar i saw your point of you and be blind for 2mins with that logic of yours, i dont want to look at it again no offence...

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar +Zloth2 said that 8 cores are common so i told him that are not, because there are 16 cores CPU out there for a long time, noone talked about cost not me not Zloth2 so if someone talk about cost, rams, GTA4, author, king of england ITS OUT OF TOPIC

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar ahhahahahahahah apes every where , only because tom cruise say something or anyother guy did something that doesnt mean it ok, wtf, on india they have a lot of women for wifes, that doesnt mean it's ok......

zpluffy
zpluffy

@morelo1977 ooohh your off topic, you talked about your  info.. bad bad bad


I hope get this sarcasm

morelo1977
morelo1977

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy oh and btw zpluffy you must be honored, i am enter on gamespot since 2010 and never create an account but i create this account only to comment on you. imagine

zpluffy
zpluffy

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy I just brought that up! holy wow. analogy:

Pedro: "Hey you seen the new car, it has 8 cylinder. It uses Angrycow engine. It's fast"

Tom Cruise: "No, 8 cylinder is nothing new, infact 16 already exist, so your behind. And Angrycow is also outdated, angrybirds is the real deal"

New Guy: "Yeah but atleast the new car would cost less, and you don't need to upgrade anything."

The new guy talked about the cost, it's not off topic. I hope this elementary analogy goes to your brain. : )

morelo1977
morelo1977

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy why you still answear to him auron? he is not going to get it.... :S to many email on my box plz stop this zpluffy, you are wrong he is right....

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar

@zpluffy yup exactly what you just said, on the same topic, not speaking about something else, like cost, when we are talking about if the 8 cores are new or not on the market.

zpluffy
zpluffy

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy Comments are conversation. That is why there's reply. Sometimes comments will still stay on The same TOPIC but move to a different category. This is why they build the reply button. To you can reply to that category, or you might point out something new within the category. 

again, quit being paranoid

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar first of your comment

%s36 minutes ago

@Auronvolgar 

And how much those cost? Xbox 720 would cost less and outpower those expensive gazillion core cpu's. On top of that, it would last for a decade and have a decent graphics without ever upgrading your sh!t

zpluffy
zpluffy

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy If you check the comments once more all I did is say " hey 16 cores might exist now, but it still be money wise to for 720." It's on point, still about the cores. That's all I did, and you started being paranoid

zpluffy
zpluffy

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy Another example how wrong you are. Your analogy is way off. Your making an example of a topic MGS then to WOW.

If you realize the topic is about cores, then I brought the cost issue REGARDING to that. Kind of like how you brought the off topic issue. I hope your learning. 

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar look how the topic works, their is a topic here speaking about xbox 720, then all the users comment on this topic, and create new categories of this topic, when someone want to reply on an other person comment he must be on this kind of topic, not the general one that is xbox 720, if he wants to talk about something else, then he goes and make a new comment.

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar don't wprry m8, allrdy did long ago! next time be on the topic of the comment. and test this out, go to a comment that speaking about MGS and talk about world of warcraft or something, then lets see if ppl there will tell you about you out offtopic or not.

zpluffy
zpluffy

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy 

Your really need to learn how online conversation works. And what is off topic to the article. Feel free to report or flag me.

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar rly? then go to the flag and see for yourself there is a flag for offtopic, and then tell to yourself, what kind of sorcery is this?

zpluffy
zpluffy

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy Idk why your making this a big deal. It's free comment. You can reply. It's not a forum. Please learn

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar there are other post that talking about cost, go and reply on those, or create a new post to talk about that. you are out of topic end of story

zpluffy
zpluffy

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy

Here's a logical structure, you then respond,

"what? eeeer man i think that you out of date, about CPU, Intel has a  12 core CPU for desktops from 2011 and AMD just released a CPU with 16 cores and about Intel believe me 8 cores are common same for AMD"

So WITHIN that topic, I brought a new category to make a comparison that it's still more money wise for 720 because it would cost less even if you say 720's core will be outdated. 

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar like.author.displayName 1 Like

@zpluffy @AuronvolgarZloth2 comment

 1 hour ago

Strange how they keep putting so many CPU cores into XBox.  The 360 got 3 cores when 2 was pretty common.  Now 4 is common with a few desktops running with 6 and the XBox gets 8.

Still, the big news for me is DirectX 11.1.  Tesselation is on the way!  No more perfectly flat polygons with a "rough stone" paint job on them!


do you see on his comment speaking about cost? NO so if you reply on him about cost you are off topic

zpluffy
zpluffy

@Auronvolgar @zpluffy How is cost OFF TOPIC. I just brought the cost in response to that topic to make comparison issue regarding those cores and 720. Please use common knowledge on how online conversation works.

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar like.author.displayName 1 Like

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar run out of things to say? man the topic was '' The 360 got 3 cores when 2 was pretty common.  Now 4 is common with a few desktops running with 6 and the XBox gets 8.'' NOT THE COST, you reply on this comment speaking about cost so you are out of topic!!!!! common logic, if you want to talk about the cost go and reply on such a comment or make a new one. simple as that.

Auronvolgar
Auronvolgar like.author.displayName 1 Like

@zpluffy @Auronvolgar and my comment was that Zloth2 was not right about what he says NOT THE COST. you are out of topic on this comment


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