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statham · Jul 11, 2015

GamingBolt got in touch with Spiders CEO Jehanne Rousseau, whose studio is working on The Technomancer for PS4, Xbox One and PC, as to whether the Xbox Ones seventh core was used to improve game performance.

We are not using it yet but this is only a matter of time! This is very interesting for us to have access to this processor. We will use it to do a part of our computations to smooth the frame rate. In fact we designed our new engine to be very flexible about the number of processors. With mainly in mind the numerous PC designs, but this will also be useful for this 7th processor.

http://gamingbolt.com/xbox-one-extra-cpu-core-will-allow-smoother-frame-rates-technomancer-dev

Diablohead · Jul 11, 2015

Are microsoft giving access to a processor core used by the kinect or something?

NeOak · Jul 11, 2015

This is a first. But good for the XBO owners.

Diablohead said:
Are microsoft giving access to a processor core used by the kinect or something?

Yeah.

owlbeak · Jul 11, 2015

Isn't this like the third thing MS has done to the Xbone to supposedly make it faster? Wonder if this one will work.

Hoje0308 · Jul 11, 2015

Stating the obvious, no? Next up, doubling the power of your GPU makes things more shiny.

Fat4all · Jul 11, 2015

"THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!!!"

TheMAK · Jul 11, 2015

GamingBolt truly moves to "get in touch" with developers and get these type of useless quotes...
And part of the 7th CPU core has been freed a long while ago...

Impeccable · Jul 11, 2015

Xbox One is the gift that keeps on giving with these upgrades.

Diablohead · Jul 11, 2015

Fat4all said:
"THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!!!"

I want a white and purple limited edition xbox one now.

Docpan · Jul 11, 2015

If all of the Kinect reserves within the system have been or will be transfered over to developers, does that mean said accessory will be rendered useless unless on the dashboard?

How can the system turn these things on and off with a simple home button press without massive load times to transition resources?

therealbigrich · Jul 11, 2015

owlbeak said:
Isn't this like the third thing MS has done to the Xbone to supposedly make it faster? Wonder if this one will work.

hasn't it been performing better than it did at launch . it wont perform any magic but it might slightly help frame rate or resolution like the things they have done before

funkystudent · Jul 11, 2015

TheMAK said:
GamingBolt truly moves to "get in touch" with developers and get these type of useless quotes...

I check N4G once a week and I swear for the last 2 years they are always one of the top stories with random dev quotes.

"Dev X says esram is a pain"
"Dev Y says esram isnt a issue"
"Dev Z says ddr5 ram in the PS4 is a god send"
"Stardock guy says something about Direct X 12 for the 57th time"

etc.. over and over.

Docpan · Jul 11, 2015

Finally, since this has more to do with CPU speed than GPU memory reserves, this should inherently indicate that the sub-1080p controversy will remain for the rest of the system's lifespan, correct?

owlbeak · Jul 11, 2015

therealbigrich said:
hasn't it been performing better than it did at launch . it wont perform any magic but it might slightly help frame rate or resolution like the things they have done before

I thought the supposed performance improvements were negligible at best? I don't remember the specifics. If true, that's great though for Xbone owners.

chadskin · Jul 11, 2015

It won't help:

safichan · Jul 11, 2015

1st Cloud, 2nd esram, 3rd DirectX 12, 4th extra cpu core, next it also can transform becoming bumblebee...almost 2 years on...it still barely nothing...

STEaMkb · Jul 11, 2015

The 7th core was unlocked half a year ago. Lots of games already use it, including Project Cars.

Have we gone back in time or something?

Alx · Jul 11, 2015

Docpan said:
If all of the Kinect reserves within the system have been or will be transfered over to developers, does that mean said accessory will be rendered useless unless on the dashboard?

The system level features are still active (especially voice commands, that can use some of the 7th core without warning, according to leaks about the SDK). I guess the depth camera is turned on again when you get to the dashboard.

SlickShoesRUCrazy · Jul 11, 2015

chadskin said:
It won't help:

That's some misterxmedia shit right there

Astral Dog · Jul 11, 2015

The Xbox One is evolving at a rapid pace, at this point it will be at almost PS4 level in no time.

c0de · Jul 11, 2015

Diablohead said:
Are microsoft giving access to a processor core used by the kinect or something?

No it was used by the os responsible for the apps and is now more or less available to game os.

Brohenheim · Jul 11, 2015

chadskin said:
It won't help:

Hahaha love this

PeregrinSe7en · Jul 11, 2015

looks like we'll have to update the chalkboard again

Cidd · Jul 11, 2015

Almost two years later nothing has changed...

CO_Andy · Jul 11, 2015

but but the power of the infinite clouds

ElTorro · Jul 11, 2015

Isn't that old news?

tapedeck · Jul 11, 2015

chadskin said:
It won't help:

#TruthFacts

Kysen · Jul 11, 2015

These latent X1 power articles just keep on happening. Always from Gaming bolt too. Its time to let the dream die.

Radec · Jul 11, 2015

stemkb said:
The 7th core was unlocked half a year ago. Lots of games already use it, including Project Cars.

Have we gone back in time or something?

For Statham, everything is worth going back in time to make the Xbone look good.

Spyder_Monkey · Jul 11, 2015

chadskin said:
It won't help:

IGN comments are the worst.

TheMAK · Jul 11, 2015

chadskin said:
It won't help:

This was a poorly done driveby shit post... but thanks for the effort IGn commenter lol

Circinus · Jul 11, 2015

Neat.

chadskin said:
It won't help:

Haha.

mejin · Jul 11, 2015

Still trying to win.

AgentP · Jul 11, 2015

CEO... Asked about a core. Not using it yet...

So a non story?

dead monkey uk · Jul 11, 2015

If this turns into an advantage for the Xbox One could Sony not do the same?

mrklaw · Jul 11, 2015

I thought it wasn't a full extra core?

Hoje0308 · Jul 11, 2015

TheMAK said:
This was a poorly done driveby shit post... but thanks for the effort IGn commenter lol

Seriously? He was joking.

dead monkey uk said:
If this turns into an advantage for the Xbox One could Sony not do the same?

That 7th core has been available for some time now.

CalamityPixel · Jul 11, 2015

dead monkey uk said:
If this turns into an advantage for the Xbox One could Sony not do the same?

Are Sony using up any CPU cores by processes such as Kinect?

The 8-Bit Raider · Jul 11, 2015

Sub Boss said:
The Xbox One is evolving at a rapid pace, at this point it will be at almost PS4 level in no time.

That seems to be what the aim is.

Journey · Jul 11, 2015

Docpan said:
Finally, since this has more to do with CPU speed than GPU memory reserves, this should inherently indicate that the sub-1080p controversy will remain for the rest of the system's lifespan, correct?

CPU performance could mean better framerate is open world type games and better performance with Alphas maybe? or the ability to handle more draw calls?

Shin-Ra · Jul 11, 2015

Imagine the performance gain from the extra CPU, DX12 and Windows 10 streaming to Oculus Rift!

bomblord1 · Jul 11, 2015

chadskin said:
It won't help:

I responded to that very comment

STEaMkb · Jul 11, 2015

mrklaw said:
I thought it wasn't a full extra core?

Up to 80% of a seventh CPU core, according to the original thread.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=963697

dead monkey uk · Jul 11, 2015

CalamityPixel said:
Are Sony using up any CPU cores by processes such as Kinect?

Sony have two cores unusable to game developers

DC1 · Jul 11, 2015

I so want to share Tales From my Ass, but I'm just not good at it.

safichan · Jul 11, 2015

dead monkey uk said:
If this turns into an advantage for the Xbox One could Sony not do the same?

the fact is it still not turns anything yet...just alot of talking only...

GutZ31 · Jul 11, 2015

I hate to shit on the company, but they are questionable at best with what I consider vaporware games.

The last game they made of any note was Bound by Flame.

Metacritic
56/100[9]
53/100[10]

Before that, it was all shit games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiders_(company)

Look it up yourselves.

I don't find their words very convincing at all.

Purest 78 · Jul 11, 2015

Hasn't this been available to devs for along time now?

Sangetsu-II · Jul 11, 2015

Sub Boss said:
The Xbox One is evolving at a rapid pace, at this point it will be at almost PS4 level in no time.

Do you mean hardware wise? Not even close.

Not unless they completely upgrade the XB1 Slim SKU, sorry to burst your bubble.

Kayant · Jul 11, 2015

dead monkey uk said:
If this turns into an advantage for the Xbox One could Sony not do the same?

Hasn't made much significant differences so doesn't seem to be much of an advantage maybe with a complete DX12 renderer it will if that's not there already.

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