Preparing The Hardware For Stereoscopic 3D

The console war is far from over. Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo are still competing to win the biggest share in the video game industry. Microsoft, in particular, is planning seriously big for their next release. This Xbox 720 review is going to unravel what’s ahead in the internationally popular Xbox series. Scheduled for release in mid-2012, the 720 is going to compete head to head with PlayStation 4 by Sony and Wii U by Nintendo.

As the eighth generation console, the Xbox 720 is going to be about processors with enough muscle power to run demanding games. The Xbox 360 already is very fast powered by the 3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon. The next release will still be based on the same architecture but might go for a quad-core or optimistically a penta-core.

The 500 MHz ATI Xenos responsible for giving 3D graphics a very smooth run in the Xbox 360 will still be used in the succeeding release. An Xbox 720 review is eyeing on the potential 1 GHz graphics processing unit to be integrated into the next console by Microsoft. Designed by ATI, Xenos is very similar to high-end GPUs used as PC graphics cards in terms of features and performance. With the unified shader architecture, this GPU sets graphics standards in the video game market.

To match the powerful CPU and GPU, 1 GHz of DDR4 SDRAM, which was announced in January this year, is likely the memory module to be used. An Xbox 720 review further suggests that solid-state drive (SSD) will be used for storage instead of the detachable hard drives of the 360. This switch to SSD will improve overall performance of the video game console in running data-intensive games and applications.

The successor of the 360 will showcase its 3D stereoscopic visuals, a modern trend among various display technologies. Of course, video will be displayed in full HD to harness the high-resolution capability of modern digital televisions. Improved draw distance designed by Microsoft engineers will surely improve projection of visuals far better than the 360. A new controller will also be introduced by Microsoft upon the launching of the Xbox 720 next year.

The Xbox 720 review is particularly a case for improving every hardware aspect of the upcoming console to outrun competition. These improvements shall better prepare the console for hardcore 3D games that require even greater power than before.


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