AMD: Xbox 720 to Have Avatar-level Graphics
We've been hearing snippets of information about the Xbox 720 over the last few weeks and now AMD has put its two cents in.
We've already heard talk of DirectX 11 and an E3 2012 launch for the newest Xbox console and now AMD is adding that the console will be capable of producing graphics with Avatar-levels of detail. Referring to the smash-hit movie that put 3D on the map, Examiner cites director of ISV relationships at AMD, Neal Robison, as saying Xbox fans have a lot to be excited about.
Aside from stunning graphics, Robison is quoted as saying that the next-generation console from Microsoft will boast A.I. and physics capabilities that will allow for every pedestrian in a games like Grand Theft Auto or Saints Row 'to have a totally individual mentality'. That means no more of the mob mentality that sees everyone just running away screaming, each character will do something different.
The Examiner is using August's issue of Official Xbox Magazine as a source for the information, but AMD has not confirmed that it is working on the Xbox 720. Similarly, Microsoft has not confirmed any details regarding the new system. Elsewhere in the market, Nintendo just introduced the next generation Wii, the Wii U, which is scheduled for launch next year. Sony is also rumored to be working on the PS4, which is also expected in 2012.
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About time. So, is this like a 4870X2?
Let the overblown hype about the putative capabilities of the next generation of consoles commence...
Why am I not convinced? Oh yeah, because they'll have behind the curve graphics cards, which aren't the highest end by the time they're released, and current PC graphics can't manage real time rendering of that quality, without several $1,000s worth of GPUs. Or maybe it'll have graphics of that quality, but at less than 720P - because that'd be great!
So, if the hardware used to render avatar is anything to go by, this thing is going to have hundreds of TB of RAM and tens of thousands of CPUs, right? Or maybe they just mean it'll do 1080p...
id settle for packman level of gfx as long as i dont have to send it back for repair every 3 weeks.
Still waiting on my Toy Story level gameplay graphics that PS2 boasted.
I will be happy if it can achieve a 6850 level of graphical power. Chances are they will just shove a Llano chip in it and have done with it using a little bit more ram.