This confirmation comes from Daniel Galante, the great sound artist at Ninja Theory, which has publicly confirmed that Microsoft's new Xbox will have a dedicated audio chip, meaning noisy designers will not struggle with processors and memory services.
“We will have a chip dedicated to working with sound, which means we will eventually not have to fight with system administrators and processors of memory resources and processor power. We think graphics have their own dedicated processor, but with the sound we never had before. From now on, we will be able to devote ourselves to our process ».
What does the Xbox Series X have on an audio chip?
Nowadays the sound in games gets better quality, with greater pressure – which the audio translator has to translate -, with more channels and more results. This means that if we listen to these wonderful sounds, performance may be affected After all, you want more work from the processor than they already have with this game, and this sound also needs memory resources, just like everything else.
Better performance
So, the Xbox Series X has a dedicated sound card – or at least one audio chip– It means the console won't notice its reduced performance if you have to deal with this type of noise, so to speak gain performance compare with the competition.
And really, when we talk about working in a game, sound is not something that is often overlooked. The most important are the graphics as well, because with that we have GPUs dedicated to their VRAM that guarantee the best performance. However, gravity audiences have always shared resources with everything else, in many cases having a negative impact on the performance of the game especially for those who have a lot of noise.
This is also revealed by the Ninja Theory sound designer:
«Creating video games is always with designers in pain so they can beat the technical limitations. Depending on the situation, these limits may be greater or less when it comes to new console models, but at the same time it always remains: there is always a maximum number of channels to play, or else the game will start to have "snakes."
Better audio quality
Having a dedicated audio chip also means that the console will be able to provide better audio quality, and as it's already confirmed that this includes "Audio ray Tracing." Yes, ray tracing is also sound.
«With the introduction of the X ray X Series accelerated ray track we have opened doors to new situations where we can see more realistic lights and better illumination, but can also be used to improve local sound. have a sound track at the same time ».
In short, the Xbox Series X has a dedicated audio chip or sound card that offers many benefits, but better performance and more sound development opportunities.
