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Anyone else watching this AMD stream waiting to be disappointed?
 
Looks like neither console is RDNA2 but more likely RDNA1 with some RDNA2 features brought forward. No mention of RDNA2 by AMD today.
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Looks like neither console is RDNA2 but more likely RDNA1 with some RDNA2 features brought forward. No mention of RDNA2 by AMD today.
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Microsoft already confirmed Next Generation RDNA. They (AMD) just used RDNA as a general term for both consoles. Notice they never said RDNA 1 on Xbox.

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Xbox Series X ports revealed at AMD's CES 2020 press event
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Xbox Series X ports revealed at AMD's CES 2020 press event

AMD inside, two HDMI ports outside.
The Xbox Series X has been shrouded in secrecy since its official announcement last month, but the veil was unexpectedly lifted at AMD's CES 2020 press conference on Monday. A sweeping view of the console has revealed a few key details about the machine's hardware, most notably its front and rear port configuration - information that's previously been kept out of the public eye, as noted by The Verge's Tom Warren.
The AMD publicity video shows the front of the device in full, with a single USB port visible on the lower right corner of the device - nearly hidden by the nearby controller. The console's front Blu-ray drive and eject button is also visible. The view then moves to the back, revealing - from top to bottom - an ethernet port, optical audio, two USB-C ports, two HDMI ports and a two-pin (C:cool: power input.
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The HDMI ports should be HDMI version 2.1 in the final product, as this provides the option for 4K HDR at refresh rates higher than 60Hz over a single cable. For example, HDMI 2.1 allows high-end gaming monitors and TVs to be connected at 4K 120Hz. HDMI 2.1 also supports the 8K resolution displays that are plentiful at CES 2020 - but more or less completely absent from the homes of consumers - although it seems unlikely that many games will run at a native 8K 60fps given the massive ramp up in graphical horsepower it requires.
The second HDMI port will likely be used as an input, allowing the Xbox to be used with a set top box - as it worked with the Xbox One. Even the 4K-capable Xbox One X only supports 1080p via the HDMI input, so hopefully that deficit has been remedied in Microsoft's next-generation console. It's also a possibility that the HDMI port could be used as a second output, although this seems far less likely as it doesn't fit the traditional console design philosophy.
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Apart from the inclusion of the second HDMI port, the C8 power input also tells us something: Microsoft is relying on an internal power supply rather than an external, laptop-style power brick, continuing the trend of the Xbox One S and One X. With a high-frequency CPUand a graphics card with 56 compute units rumoured to be under the hood, that wasn't a given - even with the new console's substantial increase in size over its predecessors allowing for better thermal management.
Expect a steady drip of new information as we slowly approach the console's holiday 2020 launch window - and with plenty of exciting new hardware on tap, plenty of analysis from Digital Foundry too.
 
The XSX SOC is over 400mm and is right around the predicted size of a 12TF (56 active CU's at 1.7Ghz) RDNA SOC with HWRT.
Good to see more confirmation that XSX is likely 12TF's.
 
Good reveal. Although everything screams at me expensive. Especially the 2 USB-c ports and 2 hdmi ports.
 
Looks like neither console is RDNA2 but more likely RDNA1 with some RDNA2 features brought forward. No mention of RDNA2 by AMD today.
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Not necessarily. It also doesn't say "RDNA2" or "RDNA1" anywhere else in that slide, either. Additionally, if only 1 console was RDNA2, they would never throw a partner under the bus and make one sound more advanced. Either way, helluva claim that neither has RDNA2 because of this slide, IMO.
 
Not necessarily. It also doesn't say "RDNA2" or "RDNA1" anywhere else in that slide, either. Additionally, if only 1 console was RDNA2, they would never throw a partner under the bus and make one sound more advanced. Either way, helluva claim that neither has RDNA2 because of this slide, IMO.
Agreed. Comes across as childish....
 
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Not necessarily. It also doesn't say "RDNA2" or "RDNA1" anywhere else in that slide, either. Additionally, if only 1 console was RDNA2, they would never throw a partner under the bus and make one sound more advanced. Either way, helluva claim that neither has RDNA2 because of this slide, IMO.

It's also the fact that they didn't discuss RDNA 2 at all for anything not just consoles that's why there is no number given for anything on that slide, it would be kind of odd that consoles would get something that doesn't even seem likely to be ready for desktops this year. The XSX website says next gen RDNA technology and if you think about it RDNA1 is next gen from GCN, it doesn't say the next gen OF rdna or even RDNA 2 for that matter. It's not 100% either way but don't be surprised if neither one gets full RDNA2 but rather some features brought forward like RT.
 
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It's also the fact that they didn't discuss RDNA 2 at all for anything not just consoles that's why there is no number given for anything on that slide, it would be kind of odd that consoles would get something that doesn't even seem likely to be ready for desktops this year. The XSX website says next gen RDNA technology and if you think about it RDNA1 is next gen from GCN, it doesn't say the next gen OF rdna or even RDNA 2 for that matter. It's not 100% either way but don't be surprised if neither one gets full RDNA2 but rather some features brought forward like RT.
It’s not “consoles”. Only one console has announced next gen RDNA.


Just to piss some of you off :p jk but this did surprise me a bit.

No you are not jk. Funny thing is he played on Microsoft Windows PC daily before he left MS and had been playing his PS4 Pro. Not Xbox.
 
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