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(Pocket-lint) - Microsoft has discontinued the Xbox One X, replacing it with the Xbox Series X, which brings up to 4K and 120fps gaming and next-gen power.
But what you'll apt privation to cognize is that, if you already ain an Xbox One X, is it worthy upgrading? And, if you bash negociate to find 1 of the outgoing consoles listed connected the cheap, what are the main differences?
We comparison the specs and features of them some to assistance you marque up your mind.
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Design
The plan of the Xbox Series X is rather a departure from the norm. It is designed arsenic a lasting unit, though tin beryllium laid down connected its broadside too. However, it is considerably larger than the Xbox One X truthful you volition request a bigger abstraction successful a TV stand.
One of the reasons for its larger size and aesthetic is vigor dissipation. The grille astatine the apical allows for interior vigor to dissipate, which is important arsenic the processing chips wrong volition get highly blistery and if determination are not capable cooling measures employed, you'll find the interior instrumentality volition person to enactment harder - resulting successful a precise noisy instrumentality and, worse still, 1 that is prone to crashing.
The aforesaid is existent of the Xbox One X, which tin tally noisy astatine times for the nonstop aforesaid reason, but its interior hardware is easier to support chill arsenic it is lesser specced, truthful has a slimmer, much accepted profile.
Graphics
Graphics hardware is, naturally, antithetic successful the 2 machines. With the Xbox Series X representing a important upgrade. It sports a customized GPU with 12 teraflops of powerfulness and 52 compute units moving astatine 1.825GHz. That's fundamentally the astir almighty graphics processing spot successful immoderate console to day - adjacent much almighty than the 1 successful PS5.
In comparison, the Xbox One X has a akin customized GPU but with 6 teraflops of power, 40 compute units and moving astatine 1.172GHz.
Microsoft claims the Series X is doubly arsenic almighty arsenic the One X successful presumption of graphical prowess.
In elemental terms, it volition tally nigh-on each crippled natively successful 4K 60fps, wherever the One X tin lone tally a fistful of titles successful afloat 4K natively. And often, you person to take betwixt 60fps oregon 4K, not both. Some games volition besides tally astatine 120fps connected the Xbox Series X - it has that overmuch potential.
It is besides worthy noting that games for the Xbox Series X tin utilise real-time ray-tracing technology, to marque in-game lighting much realistic. The Xbox One X does not enactment that feature.
CPU and memory
Like the GPU, the main processor sees a large leap betwixt the 2 consoles. The Xbox Series X comes with a customized eight-core AMD processor based connected the Zen 2 architecture, moving astatine up to 3.8GHz per core.
The Xbox One X, connected the different hand, besides has a customized eight-core AMD processor, but it runs astatine a maximum of 2.3GHz per core. This, says Xbox, means the Series X is four-times faster, much businesslike and powerful.
On apical of that, the next-gen instrumentality comes with 16GB of GDDR6 RAM, portion the One X has 12GB of GDDR5 RAM.
Storage
Another large leap comes successful the retention solutions utilized successful the caller console.
The Xbox Series X uses SSD (solid authorities drive) storage, which is overmuch faster for read/write transfers than accepted hard thrust tech. It contains a 1TB SSD which provides a mates of large benefits. Not lone bash games load faster, you tin intermission a game, commencement up another, and spell backmost to the archetypal paused rubric speedily.
The Xbox One X, connected the different hand, comes with a 1TB HDD, which is inactive susceptible and reasonably speedy for mean use. There is fundamentally thing incorrect with it whatsoever. However, successful comparison, loading times some astatine the commencement and successful a crippled are overmuch slower.
Both consoles are capable to beryllium expanded done USB 3.0 (3.1 connected the Series X) outer drives (to store and play Xbox One, Xbox 360 and archetypal Xbox games). In addition, the Series X besides comes with a dedicated, proprietary thrust larboard connected the rear for users to plug successful an optional other 1TB SSD portion that tin location other Xbox Series X titles.
Controller
A caller mentation of the Xbox Wireless Controller comes with the Xbox Series X. It looks akin but has a "share" fastener and the D-Pad plan that looks much similar the 1 connected the Elite 2 Pro controller.
We person nary problems whatsoever with the older Xbox controller though - it's 1 of the champion ever released - and the champion quality is that you tin usage it connected the Series X too.
Games and accessories
All Xbox One games and accessories are compatible with the Xbox Series X. And galore Xbox Series X accessories, including the caller wireless controller, are backward compatible with Xbox One too.
Xbox is committed to releasing games for each Xbox consoles (from One up) for respective years going forward. And, arsenic a bonus, immoderate of the games are instantly upgraded erstwhile installed connected a Series X.
That mightiness mean enhanced graphics and amended loading times. Think of it overmuch similar the Xbox One X successful examination to the One S - galore existent games person enhanced graphics erstwhile played connected the One X.
Xbox's Game Pass Ultimate subscription service works connected the Series X arsenic it does connected the Xbox One.
Home entertainment
Both consoles athletics a 4K Blu-ray thrust and enactment Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. All different streaming apps and amusement services are akin crossed both.
One happening that mightiness marque a quality though is that the Xbox One X has a HDMI 2.0 output, portion the Xbox Series X comes with a HDMI 2.1 equivalent. This means the One X cannot spell supra 4K HDR 60fps successful video output terms, portion the Series X is susceptible of up to 8K 120fps. That could beryllium important if you program to acquisition an 8K TV anytime soon.
Xbox Series X vs Xbox One X: Which is champion for you?
Ultimately, the main determination to marque is whether you privation to put (heavily) successful the aboriginal of gaming oregon you're blessed to settee for the champion the past procreation has to offer.
The Xbox Series X is an highly powerful, breathtaking console. But we besides person a monolithic saccharine spot for the Xbox One X still.
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Writing by Rik Henderson.
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