After exclusive Xbox Scorpio specifications to Digital Foundry last week, Microsoft has just revealed the console development kit. The hardware specifications for the Scorpio dev kit are, as expected, slightly higher than those of the trading system itself, but Microsoft told that it made a major effort to design the development kit to make life easier Developers.
Last week, we learned the basic specifications for Scorpio, a custom core of 2.3 GHz, 40 CU at 1172 MHz, 12 GB of GDDR5 offering a bandwidth of 326 GB / s.
reports that Microsoft has slightly pushed the DevKit to 44 CU as well as a doubling of memory in place namely 24 GB of GDDR5, which allows to go from 6 to 6.6 Tflops. Instead of a conventional hard drive, it offers 1 Tb on an SSD in addition to the classic hard drive.
According to Microsoft any current 900p title will be able to easily turn into 4K on Scorpio. Moreover, we have recently learned that Scorprio will meet the HDMI 2.1 standard, while the standard has not yet been ratified, and have the AMD FreeSync technology. Although some computer monitors today offer variable refresh rates via FreeSync or Nvidia's proprietary G-Sync technology, there are no TVs that support functionality at this point.
On the DevKit we notice the Xbox logo, side vents and not on the top as on the Xbox One, but also on the back, allowing developers to stack development kits without risk of overheating. In addition, Microsoft has simplified the setup process for Scorpio kits and has developed a high-speed transfer cable to get many more versions of games, thus saving time and delivering better-finished games.
Note the 330 Watt power required!
Last week, we learned the basic specifications for Scorpio, a custom core of 2.3 GHz, 40 CU at 1172 MHz, 12 GB of GDDR5 offering a bandwidth of 326 GB / s.
reports that Microsoft has slightly pushed the DevKit to 44 CU as well as a doubling of memory in place namely 24 GB of GDDR5, which allows to go from 6 to 6.6 Tflops. Instead of a conventional hard drive, it offers 1 Tb on an SSD in addition to the classic hard drive.
According to Microsoft any current 900p title will be able to easily turn into 4K on Scorpio. Moreover, we have recently learned that Scorprio will meet the HDMI 2.1 standard, while the standard has not yet been ratified, and have the AMD FreeSync technology. Although some computer monitors today offer variable refresh rates via FreeSync or Nvidia's proprietary G-Sync technology, there are no TVs that support functionality at this point.
On the DevKit we notice the Xbox logo, side vents and not on the top as on the Xbox One, but also on the back, allowing developers to stack development kits without risk of overheating. In addition, Microsoft has simplified the setup process for Scorpio kits and has developed a high-speed transfer cable to get many more versions of games, thus saving time and delivering better-finished games.
Note the 330 Watt power required!