When is the Xbox Series X released and at what price?
During its presentation last December, Microsoft simply clarified that the Series X would be marketed during the holiday season 2020. The Redmond company has however not indicated its price. It only said that its price would remain "reasonable". If we allow the comparison with the previous generation, the Xbox One X - more powerful version of the conventional Xbox One - was marketed at around 499 dollars (449 euros) while the Xbox One S - the lighter version of the console - has it launched to less than 300. Given its promise of technical power, the Xbox (Series X) may well be slightly more expensive than its predecessor.What are its technical characteristics of the latest Xbox? And its performance?
First, the manufacturer said that its Zen 2 architecture microprocessor specially designed by AMD is based on eight 3.8 GHz cores. Its RDNA 2 GPU, also supplied by AMD, with 12 teraflops of power already confirmed previously, works, thanks to 52 computing units of 1.825 GHz each. This is all linked to a 16 Gb RAM - including 10 for graphics memory, 3.5 for standard memory and 2.5 for the operating system - and a 1 TB NVMe SSD.This disproportionate power will then accelerate the DirectX Ray-tracing to take advantage of more realistic virtual environments. In addition to the raw power, the new console from Microsoft will offer various refinements to enjoy a better gaming experience. Thus, we will find support for HDMI 2.1, which should allow us to transform a native 4K Blu-Ray resolution, at 60 fps but would be able to go up to display frequencies up to 120 fps and even the 8K. We will also find an “Auto Low Latency” mode to reduce latency, as well as the “Variable Refresh Rate”, already present on the Xbox One X.
Because of these impressive features, the Series X takes 40 seconds less than the Xbox One X to launch the same game (in this case, State of Decay 2) from its home menu. The loading screen is not, however, destined to disappear. The Series X takes ten seconds to load the game. According to Microsoft, this considerable reduction in time is allowed thanks to its new “architecture speed” technology, which would more easily coordinate hardware capacities and constraints. software.
List of confirmed games:
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- The Ascent
- The Medium
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Bright Memory Infinite
- Call of the Sea
- Chorus
- DiRT 5
- Madden NFL 21
- Scarlet Nexus
- Scorn
- Second Extinction
The redesign of the menu of the future Xbox Store, which will soon appear on Xbox One and later on Xbox (Series X), has “leaked”. The Windows Central site took the opportunity to reveal its design and how it works. As on Steam or Netflix, the menu includes automatic mini-trailers for each item - video game or film, in particular - and allows you to add a title to a wish list. It also gives access to the online store of non-dematerialized products, such as joysticks or game accessories.