General Hardware Discussion Thread

[Kals_Els]

@FacelessSamurai

It seems they are finally implementing stuff that Nvidia’s had for a while so we might actually have a decent GPU in next gen consoles. I’m guessing because of some patents or copyrights maybe they can’t use the same names, which is why we have confusing stuff like Radiance Cores.

At the end of the day, if I get a 1000$ beast I’m in as by that time I’ll be due for a complete computer upgrade anyway so the timing will be perfect!

I kind of hope that AMDs effort with software RT paid off enough their hardware solution is close in results to Nvidias current offering, like with FSR4.

[GameArts]

@Kals_Els

It’s also rumored(by Tom Warren originally so the source is really good) to do both console and pc gaming so your just getting a new pc that can play BC Xbox games.

Ohhh fab

I moved over to PC when seeing Cyberpunk 2027 being played with full raytracing. Would rather go back to the consoles since I rather its UI and how simple they are to use and transport with you.

Do have an Xbox series X console its really just used as a UHD Blu-ray player and for BC with old xbox, 360 and xbox one games

[Kals_Els]

@GameArts

Ohhh fab

I moved over to PC when seeing Cyberpunk 2027 being played with full raytracing. Would rather go back to the consoles since I rather its UI and how simple they are to use and transport with you.

Do have an Xbox series X console its really just used as a UHD Blu-ray player and for BC with old xbox, 360 and xbox one games

From what I remember reading similar to how they’re simplifying the UI for handhelds, by bringing the Xbox app to the front.

The next Xbox will try to make the PC experience on their next Xbox as close to console as it is now. It’s just that similar to the upcoming handhelds, if we ever want to mess with things to get a more PC experience (other stores, access to settings and mods only in PC) we should have that option.

[GameArts]

@Kals_Els

From what I remember reading similar to how they’re simplifying the UI for handhelds, by bringing the Xbox app to the front.

The next Xbox will try to make the PC experience on their next Xbox as close to console as it is now. It’s just that similar to the upcoming handhelds, if we ever want to mess with things to get a more PC experience (other stores, access to settings and mods only in PC) we should have that option.

Hope so but I like how everything is operated via the joypad on console which isn’t the case on Windows and what I miss the most when gaming on the PC

[FacelessSamurai]

@GameArts

Hope so but I like how everything is operated via the joypad on console which isn’t the case on Windows and what I miss the most when gaming on the PC

The Xbox fullscreen Experience is just your current windows 11 OS but on a newer build (which everyone should be able to get shortly without having to be a Windows Insider) that boots straight into the Xbox app and foregoes all of your unnecessary startup apps and the windows desktop experience to save some processor and RAM resources in order to optimize the gaming experience. Everything is then controlled using a Gamepad and if you open stuff like Edge, it always defaults to opening fullscreen like it would on a console and with your controller you can « alt-tab » between apps that are open. It seems really well made to be honest and while there will be some getting used to, it’s the closest I think they’ve ever been to something like Steam OS.

The main differentiation with the current implementation and the future MS first party solution is that the hardware will have backwards compatibility built in so that you can play your older Xbox library on top of the PC/Play Anywhere stuff as to not leave people’s library behind.

[GameArts]

@FacelessSamurai

…necessary startup apps and the windows desktop experience to save some processor and RAM resources in order to optimize the gaming experience. Everything is then controlled using a Gamepad and if you open stuff like Edge, it always defaults to opening fullscreen like it would on a console and with your controller you can « alt-tab » between apps that are open. It seems really well made to be honest and while there will be some getting used to, it’s the closest I think they’ve ever been to something like Steam OS. The main differentiation with the current implementation and the future MS first party solution is that the hardware will have backwards compatibility built in so that you can play your older Xbox library on top of the PC/Play Anywhere stuff as to not leave people’s library behind.

I game on PC and spend most of my time on PC you can’t launch everything via the joypad without jumping through a few hoops. Like how on the console everything is done for you even down to graphics settings

I love what MS is doing with carrying your library with you on new systems and what MS is doing with play anywhere. More so since I’m getting the Rog Ally X next week

[FacelessSamurai]

@GameArts

I game on PC and spend most of my time on PC you can’t launch everything via the joypad without jumping through a few hoops. Like how on the console everything is done for you even down to graphics settings

I love what MS is doing with carrying your library with you on new systems and what MS is doing with play anywhere. More so since I’m getting the Rog Ally X next week

That’s why the Xbox Fullscreen experience lets you do everything with the controller. If someone wants to live entirely under that experience and use the PC only as a gaming device, it’l be possible, just like it is on a ROG Xbox Ally. Of course if you want to add steam games and some other stuff you’ll have to boot into windows, but you don’t necessarily have to.