[ekim]

"Insider" confirms rumored specs. (we discussed them in the PS4 thread) Other insider confirms this indirectly by heralding sending MS info about this leak.

Source : http://club.tgfcer.com/thread-6596213-2-1.html

Preface:
User "BD" was a former UBI (now other 3rd party) employee and says that he will leak infos about the 720's dedicated OS Ram, if MS will not spill the beans itself on E3.
Other users confirm his affiliation to the industry. This was done in course of a thread about the CVG 720 article we all know.


Now user " 战神blog", an alleged other insider, pretty much leaks the current (devkit?) specs:

Eight-core cpu, 8g memory, 8xxx graphics, windows 8 kernel specially os, 640g hard drive.

and later as an answer on the question whether an 8800 or 8900 series GPU is used:

Is 8880.

(the 8880 seems to be a typo - I think he means 8800)

now "BD" comes back into the play and indirectly confirms this specs:

You're gone, I said you divulge sensitive information sent letters to the MS PR tomorrow.

Disclaimer : everything was translated via google translate.

Someone here speaking chinese and can confirm that I didn't misunderstand anything here?

Edit: it's AMD's 8800 series that is mentioned here. No idea whether 8850 or 8870. Most probably custom silicon in the final unit.

[Glass Rebel]

640g just for the harddrive? shit, that sounds heavy

[Eideka]

In line with the lastest rumors, 8 core at 1.6 and a 8850 GPU, 8gb of ram.

So far so good.

[mephixto]

Prob devkit specs

[Globox_82]

badass, let's hope PS4 is there as well (if this is true)

[RoboPlato]

Aside from a massive harddrive those specs were exactly what I was expecting. Let's hope the PS4 can keep up.

[Router]

I WANTS MY DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS 8GB.

[Jocchan]

640g just for the harddrive? shit, that sounds heavy

Gravity has nothing to do with that.

[H3xum]

Wonder if these are the production stats? If it's dev, it'll likely change for the public release no?

[Feature]

lol 8800 graphics? That's pretty awful. I mean I had a 8800GTX and it was a good card for when I bought it (years ago). But it would never be able to run games at a high level.

Also is that BD guy telling the leaker that he's reporting him to MS?

[Lyphen]

sent letters to the MS PR tomorrow.

I think we have a bigger scoop here.

[syko de4d]

so many 8´s .... ^^ Should call it Xbox 8

[TheLegendOfMart]

Fook mi, thats better than my PC, cpu/gpu wise.

lol 8800 graphics? That's pretty awful. I mean I had a 8800GTX and it was a good card for when I bought it (years ago). But it would never be able to run games at a high level.

As in AMD HD8800, their latest GPU. Not Nvidia 8800.

[ekim]

Prob devkit specs

Could be - if so, the final box will have 4 GB of RAM.

[moneyman232]

So is this specs related to the dev kit? Or should anyone really expect 8gb of RAM in the retail unit?

[gaming_noob]

so many 8´s .... ^^ Should call it Xbox 8

This is going to be a big hit in China.

For reference "8" means fortune there.

[derFeef]

lol 8800 graphics? That's pretty awful. I mean I had a 8800GTX and it was a good card for when I bought it (years ago). But it would never be able to run games at a high level.

Uhm, AMD.

Could be - if so, the final box will have 4 GB of RAM.

This "half of the RAM" is a legacy from the past. 1gb over 512mb is logical, bit a big hit with 8gb to 4gb is not logical anymore.

[syko de4d]

lol 8800 graphics? That's pretty awful. I mean I had a 8800GTX and it was a good card for when I bought it (years ago). But it would never be able to run games at a high level.

this is a joke or? This must be a joke...

[ekim]

lol 8800 graphics? That's pretty awful. I mean I had a 8800GTX and it was a good card for when I bought it (years ago). But it would never be able to run games at a high level.

AMD (not nVidia) HD8800 series. The one that's not even out. :)

[i-Lo]

badass, let's hope PS4 is there as well (if this is true)

That's the first thought that came to my head lol.

I'd honestly buy the XB3 if the specs stand. Argh... I really don't want to pay for Live though. Hopefully, as more entertainment boxes enter the console space with free online and host of functionality, perhaps MS will either reduce the price of XBL or make it free.... please let it be the latter.

[Psychotext]

Could be - if so, the final box will have 4 GB of RAM.

Could still be 6gb. You don't have to double the ram.

[Xdrive05]

Wow. N-threading is going to hit in a big way going forward. Lots of slower cores VS a few really fast ones.

Isn't PS4 rumored to be more in line with a PC processor? Like a straight up quad core AMD?

[polyh3dron]

I'm not too familiar with PC video cards.. What's an 8800 like compared to a 7970?

Edit: oh shit the 8800 isn't even out? Wow. That is some fucking power, god damn.

[Dabanton]

lol 8800 graphics? That's pretty awful. I mean I had a 8800GTX and it was a good card for when I bought it (years ago). But it would never be able to run games at a high level.

Reading fail.

[DaBuddaDa]

lol 8800 graphics? That's pretty awful no? I mean I had a 8800GTX and it was a good card for when I bought it (years ago). But it would never be able to run games at a high level.

It's the 8xxx series from AMD that isn't even available on store shelves yet.

[tsab]

lol 8800 graphics? That's pretty awful no? I mean I had a 8800GTX and it was a good card for when I bought it (years ago). But it would never be able to run games at a high level. Also is that BD guy telling the leaker that he's reporting him to MS?

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[legacyzero]

640 GB HDD?

So digital only?

[Russell]

Holy sh*t. 8 GB of memory? That's good to hear. I actually expected no more than 2 GB.

[i-Lo]

I'm not too familiar with PC video cards.. What's an 8800 like compared to a 7970?

Think 7850/7870 with lower clock speed and lower TDP

[Globox_82]

That's the first thought that came to my head lol. I'd honestly buy the XB3 if the specs stand. Argh... I really don't want to pay for Live though. Hopefully, as more entertainment boxes enter the console space with free online and host of functionality, perhaps MS will either reduce the price of XBL or make it free.... please let it be the latter.

lol

[ekim]

I'm not too familiar with PC video cards.. What's an 8800 like compared to a 7970?

No one knows. We only have the OEM specs which seem to be just rebranded 7xxx cards.

[iamshadowlark]

lol 8800 graphics? That's pretty awful. I mean I had a 8800GTX and it was a good card for when I bought it (years ago). But it would never be able to run games at a high level. Also is that BD guy telling the leaker that he's reporting him to MS?

AMD...

[mephixto]

Could be - if so, the final box will have 4 GB of RAM.

Yep I don't expect final specs till after E3 or 3 months before release when final build is send to production.

[The Bookerman]

599.99$ us Dollars.

[Lambda Piscium]

not good with the tech side of things, i assume this is makes for a powerful machine?

[syko de4d]

I'm not too familiar with PC video cards.. What's an 8800 like compared to a 7970?

88XX series is not out yer so no idea. But i think a 7970 is still more powerfull, but not super much.

But i think the xbox3 will have a custom Chip, the 8800 is just the GPU in the dev kit until the custom GPU is done. Was it not the same with the xbox 360?

[Anton Sugar]

If true...day one.

[Router]

640 GB HDD? So digital only?

No.

[comedy bomb]

599.99$ us Dollars.

299 with a contract

[Takuya]

Probably around 3-4gb RAM available to games while the other 2gb are reserved for the OS and all those ads and retailer-exclusive achievements.

[Izayoi]

I will be impressed if this is true. Next gen might have some hope after all!

[BrokenEchelon]

But the PS4 and 720 won't be huge leaps in technological prowess! Says the Wii U owner.

[mephixto]

88XX series is not out yer so no idea. But i think a 7970 is still more powerfull, but not super much. But i think the xbox3 will have a custom Chip, the 8800 is just the GPU in the dev kit until the custom GPU is done. Was it not the same with the xbox 360?

Next Xbox will have a custom chip between 7000 and 8000 series

[JasonMCG]

Beastly...gonna be expensive, though.

[dafrocka]

What about Bluray?

[Corky]

Time for some holy extrapolation batman.

8880 ey? Would that be close to a 7970? Gazing back at differences between say 6970 and 7870.

[DoctorWho]

599.99$ us Dollars.

I think $499 is realistic. Maybe they got $599.99 if Sony doesn't launch this year and they are the only kid on the block with a new console. Don't think that's a great idea though.

[shagg_187]

This reads like a fanboy's dream. 8GB + 8-Core + 640GB HDD? Good luck.

$10* says these specs are for devkit and devkit only. I don't see MS being so generous.

Imaginary dollars. God, I hope the specs are true!

[Maxrunner]

Lets hope Sony matches some of this, and still have a more balanced library.

[Glass Rebel]

If any of this is true, I wonder how a 8800 (or for that matter, whatever it was before the rebrand) would fare in a closed system. It certainly sounds like more than just an incremental upgrade.