SapientWolf
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I don't think the Kinect is moving software right now. Core gamers never liked the device and I don't see casuals flocking to a $500 console right now either.
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Examiner Rumor: Xbox One GPU upclock yay - 12 GB Ram probably nay (source is NOT B3D)
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GoofsterStud
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If you double the density sure...
However if they run in dual mode you will lose speed unless they are the same.
2 4GB for example become 1 4GB and 1 8GB and now aren't able to run in dual channel mode.
So you get more ram but it runs even slower and costs more.
Now you could redesign the motherboard for tri-channel... Then you delay the system more. Memory only comes in 1,2,4,8,16 & 32. Which pretty much confirms dual-channel. Unless I'm mistaken. The AMD CPU/GPU chips motherboards are designed with dual-channel.
Darklor01
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Oh yes. I completely buy into the idea that they will change the motherboard design spec for the retail box to have additional ram slots, or to change out ram chips they may have already ordered for other larger capacity chips, and to have them shipped to manufacturing facilities.
I also believe that that can keep playing with clock speeds on chips and boards up until the last minute, whatever they like.
This will have absolutely no affect or effect this close to mass production schedules. *cough*
It's not speculation or rumour.
hgarrett54
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Bump in ram would be fantastic for OS features. Could make it much more fleshed out.
Yeah I didn't think about the dual channel thing. 12 does seem like a strange number.
Black Republican
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well even if this rumor is true it'll make 8gb avaliable for games similar to the PS4 rather than just 5gb no?
Ps4 doesn't have 8gb available...
hgarrett54
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Also, a lot of the PS4 games were made with older devkits too.
lastflowers
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Lol, give it a rest.
GoofsterStud
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It's rumored to have 7.
Windom Earle
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lol, another thread full of false hope and broken dreams.
Upclock is not impossible, but very unlikely.
Upclock is not impossible, but very unlikely.
Alx
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That would be reverse-FUD.
FUD = Fear Uncertainty Doubt = spreading bad rumors to give a bad buzz to a product.
A rumor about a spec increase is doing the opposite.
Impeccable
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Oh okay, we'll see.
I await CBoaT.
I await CBoaT.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Here's a different question. They promised a November release. At least one retailer is sold out online at least, indicating they knew an allotment of consoles. That means they were given an allotment based off of a share of a predicted production of consoles derived from a production schedule, and information given by production facilities, and parts suppliers. How do you not ruin the schedule or allotment allocated/promised to a retailer with changes made this late in the game?
You really put me in the same league like Reiko? pfff
sublimit
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I think their plan is to get the core gamers to support the console for the launch (and its first 2-3 years) and then turn a more casual face once they drop the price a bit with Kinect being on the forefront.I think MS's bet on kinect is way further down the line.
This isn't good enough for you?
Pretty much confirms 12GB and 900GHz from how I read it.
GoofsterStud
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The only logical options is they upgraded it before production actually started...somehow without any of us knowing.
Still the Ram can be debunked... The Overclock is nearly impossible, especially if yield issues (which evidence supports) are a concern. It'd be a different story if they were able to allocate as much or more systems for pre-orders than the PS4. Which is not the case.
Losing more sales to a slight overclock and having another catastrophic failure rate isn't worth it.
Lowering the initial install base even further would result in less support, as developers will start optimizing there PS4 efforts more and more exclusives might be announced the bigger the gap gets. This is a dangerous game, way to close to release.
Short version: Changing the specs this late in the game is a very dangerous game... The risks are to great thus it wouldn't be rational for a corporation.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Article reads like its not written by a very smart person at all, so calls into question just what kind of source they'd pay more attention to when they really shouldn't.
The extra RAM is nonsense. Manufacture would have been sent into a total catostrophe that would miss a launch this year or turn up with absolutely paltry amounts of units.
The extra RAM is nonsense. Manufacture would have been sent into a total catostrophe that would miss a launch this year or turn up with absolutely paltry amounts of units.
DragonSworne
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Source is wrong
Xbox one is actually getting 16GB of GDDR5 RAM and switching to dual Nvidia Titans for the GPU. That's why the case is so big.
Xbox one is actually getting 16GB of GDDR5 RAM and switching to dual Nvidia Titans for the GPU. That's why the case is so big.
Bluekaveli
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How real is this?
Windom Earle
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THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Witness on the ps4 is using 5GB IIRC. (yes I know but you get the point)
I bet you $20 it can't play crysis
GoofsterStud
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Day One!
Impeccable
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THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Yes for debugging and other stuff.
xValentine
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Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
Must be dat secret souce polygon guy talked about
LOL it seems a few people can't deal with it.
The console is as good as in production at this point. Change in RAM is pure fantasy, upclock is extremely unlikely, as it would give a really insignificant performance gain while having a strong impact on yields which must not be that good in first place considering the stock allocations that retailers got for preorders. Not to consider that they would have to deal with extra heat and power dissipation. All that for a meaningless performance improvement.
Give it a rest.
The console is as good as in production at this point. Change in RAM is pure fantasy, upclock is extremely unlikely, as it would give a really insignificant performance gain while having a strong impact on yields which must not be that good in first place considering the stock allocations that retailers got for preorders. Not to consider that they would have to deal with extra heat and power dissipation. All that for a meaningless performance improvement.
Give it a rest.
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