The new generation of consoles It is already beginning to appear on the horizon and, as proof of this, we already have those devkits that are beginning to circulate among the developers. Microsoft and Sony They have part of the deck on the table, but they are waiting to release their aces at the right time. The end of 2020 seems the ideal date for both companies to launch themselves at the next-gen arena with their two consoles, but the data on these remain a mystery. Or maybe not so much? The features of Xbox Scarlett They seem to have leaked, and they predict a really powerful machine.
The same console that Phil Spencer already has at home and that will bring the new generation under the seal of Microsoft wants to be a whole "Brown beast" of the specifications. New information from Windows Central points to this, reaffirming the existence of two different SKUs, one more powerful, known as Anaconda, and another less blunt, also known as Lockhart.
The features of Xbox Scarlett
As they indicate from the specialized media, several sources would have confirmed new details about their entrails, those that have been beating with a AMD Zen 2 as a processor and a GDDR6 RAM. As they explain, Anaconda wants to go all out to reach a total 12 TFLOPS of performance, with an 8-core processor that would exceed 3.5 GHz frequency per core, which would help an improvement in the amount of cache memory and a modern architecture, in addition to other optimizations.
Also, the distribution of RAM will be done so that 3 GB are dedicated to the operating system and its functions, while another 13 GB will be dedicated to the execution of video games. Thus, Xbox Scarlett Anaconda would have a total of 16 GB of RAM that would double the 8 GB of the most powerful console of the moment, Xbox One X. To all this we must add, of course, the presence of a NVMe SSD hard drive, whose connection system would guarantee the highest data transfer speed, as well as the smallest possible size (and major complication at the time of being replaced)
What will the less powerful version be, Lockhart?
The existence of Xbox Scarlett Lockhart is something that has been rumored for a long time, and information from Windows Central has once again emphasized its existence. According to the data released, we would talk about a system that would reach 4 TFLOPS performance, lower than 6 of Xbox One X, but with greater efficiency due to optimization and the new technology used in its elaboration.
Lockhart it would have the same type of hard disk to guarantee ultra-reduced speeds and loading times, in addition It would be around 3.5 GHz frequency per core with an 8-core CPU. The total RAM memory that it would integrate into its hardware is unknown, but its special emphasis on the digital model would require good management of this memory.
To all this we must add the intention of Microsoft to integrate XCloud in its new consoles to facilitate access to the game in the shortest possible time. According to WC, the idea of the company is that players can start playing in the cloud while their games are downloaded in the memory or they are installed in it when buying them so that, once the process is finished, they can be executed from the system itself. A transition system that would eliminate the problem of waiting for updates, downloads and installations.
