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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: ogar78 on January 25, 2012, 08:12:21 AM

Title: Rumor: Next Xbox to use Radeon 6670 GPU
Post by: ogar78 on January 25, 2012, 08:12:21 AM
This is why I will always be a PC gamer.
I realize that a GPU does run better in closed architecture with little overhead
and specific development tools but damn that card will be 3 years old and made for multimedia not gaming.
Title: Re: Rumor: Next Xbox to use Radeon 6670 GPU
Post by: MahoneyRed on January 25, 2012, 08:46:47 AM
It's interesting because I remember reading an article early on in the life of the 360 about why an emulator wasn't immediately hitting the web. The guy basically said (paraphrasing) consoles are dedicated graphics rendering machines. PCs won't be able to match that level for some time because of all the behind the scenes operations.

That said I would assume they have found some way in the development to really jump up the potential of that kind of graphics system. Although, the multi-media thing doesn't surprise me. Consoles are moving towards being a source medium for streaming of media. Integration with all your home devices to stream things to the TV is what's trending.

Still, this is just the rumor phase. We'll see what they unveil at the end of this year, mid next year.
Title: Re: Rumor: Next Xbox to use Radeon 6670 GPU
Post by: Czar on January 25, 2012, 09:11:09 AM
Ya know, some arcade games regardless of age run like CRAP on PCs because of the arcade units being dedicated to the specific hardware and one game.  Shame really :(
Title: Re: Rumor: Next Xbox to use Radeon 6670 GPU
Post by: Dwg115 on January 25, 2012, 09:26:04 AM
I heard that future iterations of DirectX are going to try to stomp out some of the high levels of overhead and latencys.  I wouldnt expect anything soon but it would be nice to get it sooner rather then later.