Xbox One reserves 10 per cent of GPU power for multitasking, Kinect
That's according to Xbox One engineer Andrew Goossen, who told Eurogamer, "Xbox One has a conservative 10 per cent time-sliced reservation on the GPU for system processing. This is used both for the GPGPU processing for Kinect and for the rendering of concurrent system content such as snap mode."
He went on to explain, "The current reservation provides strong isolation between the title and the system and simplifies game development - strong isolation means that the system workloads, which are variable, won't perturb the performance of the game rendering."
Microsoft recently confirmed it has increased the Xbox One's CPU clock speed from 1.6 GHz to 1.75 GHz, and upped the console's GPU clock speed by around 6.6 per cent.
Goossen goes on to say that Microsoft aims to free up some of that 10 per cent of reserved power to developers in future, offering a further increase in the system resources available to them.
"In the future, we plan to open up more options to developers to access this GPU reservation time while maintaining full system functionality," said Goossen.
Microsoft has confirmed an Xbox One release date of November 22, 2013 in 13 markets. The Xbox One price has been set at £430 / €500 / $500.
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PlusnetPosted:
Lavish 10% might not seem like that much but it really is.
I can't wait to just get my hands on the Xbox One and do some real world testing on it.
I hope that it lives up to the hype it's getting.
TywinPosted:
LiaImmerseMentalist That's alright I guess, it doesn't even use any of the space while unplugged.
I just wish they didn't bundle it with the Xbox One itself, it'd probably be cheaper then, but I'm just glad it can be unplugged. :)
It's be a lot cheaper I'd imagine, most likely par with the PS4. I'm glad as well that it can be removed
It would probably be about $50-$75 cheaper if it wasn't bundled with the Kinect.
TywinPosted:
10% might not seem like that much but it really is.
I can't wait to just get my hands on the Xbox One and do some real world testing on it.
I can't wait to just get my hands on the Xbox One and do some real world testing on it.
-SkillzPosted:
LiaDr-JMentalistDr-J-Skillz The kinect is going to kill a lot of GPU lol
It's only when in use I believe, and it's for awesome features
Yep, it doesn't kill any of the GPU when unplugged/turned off.
Well that's good, I might never use my kinect. Unless I have a girl over I'll be like "Xbox: Launch HBO." and boom, the magic happens.
I don't plan on using the kinect either, I don't see it's potential like Microsoft does I guess
I'm just getting the kinect for a few games and achievements
Corn_DogPosted:
LiaImmerseMentalist That's alright I guess, it doesn't even use any of the space while unplugged.
I just wish they didn't bundle it with the Xbox One itself, it'd probably be cheaper then, but I'm just glad it can be unplugged. :)
It's be a lot cheaper I'd imagine, most likely par with the PS4. I'm glad as well that it can be removed
it would be such a close console war if they got rid of it
DissPosted:
ImmerseMentalist That's alright I guess, it doesn't even use any of the space while unplugged.
I just wish they didn't bundle it with the Xbox One itself, it'd probably be cheaper then, but I'm just glad it can be unplugged. :)
It's be a lot cheaper I'd imagine, most likely par with the PS4. I'm glad as well that it can be removed
DissPosted:
Dr-JMentalistDr-J-Skillz The kinect is going to kill a lot of GPU lol
It's only when in use I believe, and it's for awesome features
Yep, it doesn't kill any of the GPU when unplugged/turned off.
Well that's good, I might never use my kinect. Unless I have a girl over I'll be like "Xbox: Launch HBO." and boom, the magic happens.
I don't plan on using the kinect either, I don't see it's potential like Microsoft does I guess
WestPosted:
Mentalist That's alright I guess, it doesn't even use any of the space while unplugged.
I just wish they didn't bundle it with the Xbox One itself, it'd probably be cheaper then, but I'm just glad it can be unplugged. :)
FalsifiedPosted:
Mentalist That's alright I guess, it doesn't even use any of the space while unplugged.
That's the good thing about it.
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