Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***

[Mark1989]

Great spec list imo

 

[Grim5]

if the game streams in assets and you attached a slow drive it would kill the game.

correct. Xbox games will use the ssd as memory storage system - ram is expensive so they are utilising the ssd for Some storage. That link needs to be blazing fast and low latency to support it.

can imagine someone connecting a USB 2 hard drive to it and complaining the games run at 10fps and take 5 minutes to load

 

[jigger]

correct. Xbox games will use the ssd as memory storage system - ram is expensive so they are utilising the ssd for Some storage. That link needs to be blazing fast and low latency to support it.

can imagine someone connecting a USB 2 hard drive to it and complaining the games run at 10fps and take 5 minutes to load

Looks an interesting system. Super fast everything.

 

[Darujhistan]

RIP PC gaming

What? again?



It's been dead/dying for 20 odd years, yet here we are with still the best platform and ecosystem without a shadow of a doubt and booming. XBX looks good though.

 

[MM-Seat]

What? again?



It's been dead/dying for 20 odd years, yet here we are with still the best platform and ecosystem without a shadow of a doubt and booming. XBX looks good though.

Plus, game pass is supported on Xbox and PC. Can't see PC gaming going anywhere!

 

[Darujhistan]

Plus, game pass is supported on Xbox and PC. Can't see PC gaming going anywhere!

Exactly!

 

[Combat Fighter]

It's been dead/dying for 20 odd years

A PC has its place and all that but the appeal to spend loads on upgrading to the latest and greatest must be certainly be dying with a lot of people.

The Series X looks really good value for money given the specs.

 

[mmj_uk]

BEAST.

Just looking at the 3.66Ghz 8-core Ryzen fills me with joy, even a 4-core Ryzen would have destroyed previous generation.

 

[MM-Seat]

A PC has its place and all that but the appeal to spend loads on upgrading to the latest and greatest must be certainly be dying with a lot of people.

The Series X looks really good value for money given the specs.

I've just bought my X1X as I found I had no time for pc gaming and didn't particularly want to sit in my office in my own

 

[SDK^]

I upgraded to a 5700XT when they released so I’ll still use the PC for gaming, however the new consoles make mockery of current highend graphics prices.

You say that without knowing the cost of the console or the games

 

[ic1male]

Gonna be tricky now having to wait for the XSX version of Cyberpunk 2077. I'm saving that game.

 

[jigger]

You say that without knowing the cost of the console or the games

I say that knowing the prices of a high end graphics card.

 

[Wilko_Dog]

A PC has its place and all that but the appeal to spend loads on upgrading to the latest and greatest must be certainly be dying with a lot of people.

The Series X looks really good value for money given the specs.

You say that not knowing how much the series x is going to be ?

And it doesn’t matter about the appeal of upgrading to the best, as pc will always be the best and that is a fact due to the cycle of consoles vs pc... but once you do spend money on a pc you spend less money on the games and have more versatility apart from the exclusives (ps).

I have spent as much money on both over the years but I have spent much more time on my pc and that is just through gaming.

 

[Supercow]

Digital Foundry's breakdown is pretty epic. The benefits to old games are very exciting

 

[Combat Fighter]

You say that not knowing how much the series x is going to be ?

I say that knowing the prices of a high end graphics card.

 

[SDK^]

I say that knowing the prices of a high end graphics card.

You don’t need to buy the latest high end GPU’s to play PC games.
Also, the people buying PC’s for gaming probably don’t just use it for that purpose and it’s likely they already have a console.

My 8 year old has a PS4 which he uses to play Minecraft but he wants to install and play Minecraft Mods which he can’t do on a console, so he uses my PC to do it.
On Saturday we were looking at the Gaming laptops in a shop and he said he didn’t want a PS5 for Xmas but one of those.

 

[TNA]

Take the money.

I thought Google took it already? Did you come to your senses and dump that platform?

 

[TNA]

THats definitely nowhere near enough, with games already hitting 100gb on current gen, they're only going to get bigger and bigger and 1tb is barely any space.

It should have come with 4tb base and maybe 8tb top end

More than enough for my needs. I never have more than a handful of games at a time.

 

[VincentHanna]

It should have come with 4tb base and maybe 8tb top end

A 4TB NVME SSD! Do you realise how much that would cost at the moment.

That's why they have expandable storage, because in 2-3 years what you suggested will actually be viable.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

More than enough for my needs. I never have more than a handful of games at a time.

Well my PS4 has a 4tb external HDD, and thats like 75% full. Given the free games you get each month, you can easily stockpile. Once its got to next gen and devs can use the full power of the system, game files will definitely increase in size.
I just know for sure that 1tb will not be enough to start with, especially in the long run.

A 4TB NVME SSD! Do you realise how much that would cost at the moment.

That's why they have expandable storage, because in 2-3 years what you suggested will actually be viable.

Yeah I figure thats the main reason for not starting with higher base storage. The expansion slot at the back is great, I just hope that it can support big enough capacities, cause 2tb total will not be much. Seeing as consoles dont get updated often, you will have to live with this storage for the next 7-10 years