Current Events > Eurogamer suggests the new Xbox One will be on par with a GTX 1070

(+) Yeah! (+)

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11250/microsofts-project-scorpio-more-hardware-details-revealed

Diving into the specs a bit deeper, we do have the clockspeeds and configurations for both the GPU and the memory. Scorpio’s GPU is a 40 CU (2,560 SP) wide design – a bit wider than the Radeon RX 480 – which is a rather extensive upgrade over the original Xbox One. Ignoring clockspeeds for the moment (more in a sec), just the CU count itself is 3.33 times the 12 CUs in the original XB1. Similarly, Microsoft has doubled the number of ROP backends from 16 to 32. The ROP change is badly needed in order for Microsoft to reach their 4K goal, and it has been a pretty universal suspicion that the original XB1’s 16 ROPs were a big part of the reason that major multiplatform games tend to go with 900p instead of a native 1080p.

Meanwhile on the clockspeed front, the new GPU is clocked at 1172MHz, giving Microsoft 6 TFLOPS right on the dot. This is a 37% clockspeed increase over the original XB1, and a 28% increase over the XB1S, which received a slight clockspeed bump of its own. These clockspeeds are well within the range of what the Polaris architecture can offer, and while not as conservative as Sony’s design choices, should still be reasonably power efficient, though I’m very much interested in seeing what total power consumption is like.

More importantly, combined with the much wider GPU, the impact to the various throughput metrics is staggering. Shader/texture throughput will be 4.58x the original XB1, and ROP throughput will be 2.75x. Microsoft had a very large gap to close from the original Xbox One if they wanted to do 4K, and they have certainly put together a design that is equally large to help close that gap. However with that said, with performance that, on paper, is slightly ahead of a Radeon RX 480, I expect we’re still going to see some compromises here to consistently hit Microsoft’s 4K goal. 6 TFLOPS often isn’t enough for native 4K at current image quality levels, which means developers will have to resort to some clever optimizations or image scaling.

It's still impressive but some people are getting hyperbolic with the Forza comparison.
---

SiO4 posted...

Darmik posted...

SiO4 posted...

However, that can't really be said for open world driving games.

They're comparing Forza 6 to Forza Apex. I believe Apex is a free to play game or something.

Ya, I'm not sure. I've been somewhat out of the loop this gen.
Though I am downloading Apex right now. So I'll check that out if it lets me play it.
((I don't feel like making some account for it.))

Having said that, I'm not sure how people can be unsatisfied or really worry about the graphics of today.

So this has been a long download.

And as a side note: How many people actually have a 4K display anyway?.
I'm not even worried about that because if I really cared I get a new pair of glasses for around the house, which I, Freankly, need more. >_>
---

I was hoping for it to compare a 1070.

So, anyway, I downloaded Forza Apex.
Just fumbled my way around Sebring in a boat of American muscle, and old Mustang.
Ran smoothly at 60 FPS the whole time. On a GTX 1050 ti, but not at 4K, as my monitor can't do that.

Anyway....
Not sure what kind of game this is, but at free to play, I can say the price is right.
---

Ok, ya so typical. I've been locked out of my computer because of this fucking game.

The hell man. My pc is asking me for a log in password now apon reboot. One that I can't remember. Wtf...
---

RebelElite791 posted...

Still no games.

---

a GEX 1070

if it costs 500 as they say then i dont doubt it.

no exclusives though so what's the point?
---

Haven't seen this many jimmies rustled about a console upgrade in a long time
---

XplodnPnguins92 posted...

no exclusives though so what's the point?

how does a console that isnt out have exclusives?