The next Xbox will ship to retailers in late October or early
November of next year with six times the processing power of the Xbox
360, sources close to the project have told IGN.
Following initial reports from
tech blogs Fudzilla and SemiAccurate, our sources have confirmed that
mass production of the system's GPU will indeed begin by the end of 2012
but will not, however, be based on AMD's 7000 series Southern Islands
GPU. Instead, the processor will be derived from the 6000 series, which
was introduced last year. More specifically, it will be akin to the
Radeon HD 6670, which offers support for DirectX11, multidisplay output,
3D and 1080p HD output. The chip currently has a market price of
upwards of $79.99.
In real terms, the Xbox 720's raw graphics processing power is
expected to be six times that of the Xbox 360 and will yield 20-percent
greater performance than Nintendo's forthcoming console, the Wii U.
Developers are likely to receive development kits based on the
system's final configuration in August. Projected pricing for the
console was not provided
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