More Xbox 720 Spec Rumors Leaked by Alleged Industry Insider - 8 Core CPU, Windows 8 Based OS

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  • Shawn Zipay
    Managing Communities 24/7
    • Apr 2003
    • 69279

    #1

    More Xbox 720 Spec Rumors Leaked by Alleged Industry Insider - 8 Core CPU, Windows 8 Based OS

    It's 2013 and already this is at least the second Xbox 720 rumor that has come out. Two different people have spoken up about the alleged specifications for the next-generation Xbox console. First, a user going only by the handle of "BD" says that he will leak information about the Xbox 720's dedicated OS ram if Microsoft fails to deliver on this at E3 2013.

    BD is a former Ubisoft employee that is now working for another third-party development studio. Another user, 战神blog, is another industry insider and has supposedly also leaked some of the current specs on the upcoming console.

    As with all things of this nature, all of this is merely rumor until officially announced by Microsoft. In addition, these specs may only be for the current devkits handed out to developers.
    • 8-core CPU
    • 8GB of memory
    • 88XX video card from AMD/ATI
    • 640GB HDD
    • Built on a special Windows 8 kernal

    These specs leaked by 战神blog were then later "confirmed" by BD. Again, all of this is merely rumor until Microsoft reveals the specs for themselves. Don't forget that Microsoft already has a countdown timer for E3 2013 underway. It is speculated by many that the company will reveal their next-generation console at this event.

    (Tgfcer via NeoGAF)
  • Anarchy1
    Member
    • Aug 2010
    • 1546

    #2
    Sounds a bit too much.
    Battlelog/Origin ID - Hurricane043

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    • Shawn Zipay
      Managing Communities 24/7
      • Apr 2003
      • 69279

      #3
      If they don't want to make the same mistakes that they made before, it doesn't sound like too much at all. It will still be outdated mere months after its release, but it's better than being outdated in mere days or weeks.

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      • Anarchy1
        Member
        • Aug 2010
        • 1546

        #4
        Unless they are planning on making the 720 similar in price to what the PS3 had, then I don't see a 88XX GPU and an 8 core CPU.
        Battlelog/Origin ID - Hurricane043

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        • Shawn Zipay
          Managing Communities 24/7
          • Apr 2003
          • 69279

          #5
          Who says they won't? Keep in mind that these are probably the devkit specs, but I already said that.

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          • jimykx
            No, I AM your father!
            • Jan 2010
            • 6641

            #6
            The higher the better guys!

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