Say hello to the Xbox One X, Microsoft's successor to the Xbox One. Previously known as "Project Scorpio," it was first teased at last year's E3, and we caught a glimpse at its powerful hardware a few months ago. The big takeaway? It's significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 4 Pro, so much so that it can run some games at 4K/60 frames per second. At E3 today, Microsoft revealed that the Xbox One X will land on November 7th.
We also finally got to see what the console will look like. It's all black and boxy, like the original Xbox One, but its top portion hangs over a slimmer base. It looks like Microsoft tweaked the Xbox One S design a bit, and, surprisingly, the company claims the Xbox One X is its smallest console ever.
Under the hood, the Xbox One X features a 6 teraflop GPU clocked at 1.17GHz and 12GB of GDDR5 RAM. And, as we've previously heard, Microsoft says it'll be capable of 4K/HDR gaming with Dolby Atmos support (something the Xbox One already offers). If you don't have a 4K TV, Microsoft says the Xbox One X will also make games look better in 1080p, thanks to supersampling and its added horsepower. The console will also feature a 4K Blu-ray drive, like the Xbox One S, something that even the PlayStation 4 Pro doesn't support. You also won't have to rebuild your game library or buy new accessories for the Xbox One X, as it'll be compatible with everything from the Xbox One.
In another console first, Microsoft developed a liquid-cooled vapor chamber to keep the Xbox One X's hardware from overheating. That's something we've seen on PC gaming hardware, and given the amount of horsepower inside of the console, it makes sense for Microsoft to go the liquid cooling route. The last thing the company needs is a repeat of the Xbox 360's Red Ring of Death fiasco.
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