Xbox Project Scorpio is Coming at E3

Xbox Project Scorpio now finally has its real name: Xbox One X. This is the evolution of Microsoft's Xbox consoles. The xbox One X console was announced during Microsoft's E3 2017 keynote on stage by Xbox Chief Phil Spencer. Spencer hyped the Xbox One X's ability to play games in native 4K, usually at 60 frames per second, according to Techradar.

The xbox One X console was announced during Microsoft's E3 2017 keynote on stage by Xbox Chief Phil Spencer. Spencer hyped the Xbox One X's ability to play games in native 4K, usually at 60 frames per second.

Although the Xbox One X will be the most powerful console ever created with 12GB of DDR5 memory, it doesn't mean old Xbox Ones will be left in the dust. Xbox Chief Phil Spencer was clear on the fact that there will be game compatibility across all Xbox devices.

The major selling point is 4K, a resolution four times higher than traditional 1080p HD. It can also play games in HDR and at higher frame rates than both the original Xbox One and Xbox One S.

On the software side, according to  Windowslatest, it will come with the same OS the Xbox One is running now. Windows 10 will run on it with the users taking advantage of the Windows Store and the Universal apps. Also, all games designed for the console will also run on the Xbox One and it will also support backwards compatibility for running older Xbox games.

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The significant feature of the new console is its GPU, which will pack a massive six teraflops of graphical performance. The One X's GPU has 40 compute units (compared to the original Xbox's 12) running at a clockspeed of 1172MHz (up from 853MHz), which is a big jump over both the original Xbox and the PS4 Pro. Its GPU is 4.6 times more powerful than the original Xbox One. 

Its, however, still a fair amount less than Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card, which pumps out a whopping nine teraflops but, considering that high-quality VR only requires a GTX 970 to work properly, Xbox One X shouldn't  have any trouble providing Xbox gamers with their first foray into virtual reality.

Nonetheless, the console should be able to run very efficiently thanks to upgrades to its command processor, which has been upgraded to make use of Microsoft's new DirectX 12 graphics API, resulting in efficiency savings for the console of as much as 50% for titles running on the new API, according to Microsoft.

The rest of the console's hardware has also been improved. Its AMD CPU has seen its speed increase from 1.75GHz to 2.3GHz while retaining the same number of cores (a 30% increase in horsepower), and its memory has been boosted by 60% over the original Xbox One. 

Xbox One X launches on November 7, 2017