Xbox One X Hands On #Helpful Post

Hey, guys, this is Austin, and this is the Xbox One X.

So, Microsoft just unveiled it here at E3

and we get a super-secret hands-on,

even though sadly it's not actually plugged in.

So, one of the first things that you'll realize

with the Xbox One X is that it is tiny.

So, even though this is significantly more powerful

than the Xbox One, the Xbox One S,

even something like the PS4 Pro,

it's still a really small console.

So, even though it looks fairly similar to the Xbox One S,

pretty much everything inside has been changed.

Inside the Xbox One X is the Scorpio engine.

So, this is an evolution of

what was in the original Xbox One.

So, not only does it have the same eight CPU cores,

which have been improved and are clocked higher,

more importantly it has a much more powerful GPU.

Honestly this is one of the biggest improvements

on the X, so it's going from 1.3 teraflops

of computing power to six teraflops.

Not only is that more than something like

the PS4 and the PS4 Pro, but I think more importantly

it is a huge upgrade over the Xbox One.

Games that were playing at 720p, 900p, or even 1080p,

should easily be able to be handled at 4K here.

The X is also rocking 12 gigabytes of GDDR5 memory,

which is a big step up over the 8GB of DDR3 on the Xbox One.

What's cool is you're really not giving up a lot

by with going up with the X, besides price,

which we'll get into in a minute.

So, the size, like I said, is roughly the same as the S.

It's very slightly smaller, but more importantly,

it is much smaller than the PS4 Pro, and also

pretty much has all of the same ports, the I/O,

the Blu-ray drive, and what's cool is if you actually look

at the back of the Xbox One X, everything is pretty much

the exact same orientation as the One S, so in theory

if you want to upgrade, you can just unplug,

replug it in, everything's the same,

and that even includes the power cable,

which is still the tiny figure eight power cable.

So, all of this noise right now is because

we're actually shooting in the skybox right above

where we actually watched the E3 demo,

and in about 30 minutes, they've torn down the entire stage.

It's like gone.

I really do like this matte black finish in person.

So, even though I think the Xbox One S looks really cool

in white, just having a little bit of sheen on the top,

and we still have the vents on the side, it looks nice.

Speaking of the vents, they actually have done

some really cool stuff to get so much power

in such a small space here.

So, it pulls air in here from the sides

and runs it through a vapor cooling chamber.

That's actually really cool, and it makes sense

how they're able to get so much power

in such a small console.

So, that's kind of what you would find

on stuff like a GTX 1080, or something.

So, essentially, it pools the air in from the side,

cools it and then sticks it out the back

through the vents right here, which has the added benefit

of you can actually stack stuff on top of the X

without it overheating and exploding in your face.

Speaking of the size, even though it's around

the same footprint of an Xbox One S,

this guy pulls a lot more power,

as you would expect from a much more powerful console.

But, what's cool is you actually really don't notice

that from the outside, and Microsoft claims

that it shouldn't be any louder than something

like an Xbox One as is.

Of course, all that power doesn't mean much without games

to actually play, and there were a fair few

that were announced today at E3.

So, the big one that I was excited about is Forza 7.

To be honest, I'm a huge Forza fan.

I love racing games, and I feel like Horizon,

especially the Motorsports series is awesome,

so that looks really cool and the best part is

it runs at full 4K at 60 frames per second on the One X.

So, Metro Exodus I think is probably one

of the top ones that I'm excited to try.

I was a big fan of Last Light

and this looks like a great sequel.

There's also Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War,

which again is another sequel to a game

I'm really excited to try.

It did look really nice looking on the Xbox One X.

There are also some cool surprises,

such as PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

is coming to the Xbox One, Minecraft is getting

a super duper texture pack to support 4K,

and there are other cool things like Cuphead

finally getting a release date.

It's not just new titles that will see a benefit.

So, things like better texture sampling,

as well as a faster hard drive should make

all Xbox One games run better on the X,

and there's also the fact that

it's just a more powerful console.

So, say an Xbox One game had a low frame-rate

or had dynamic resolution scaling,

all that should be pretty much cranked

all the way up when you're playing on the X.

About 30 games, including the Forza Horizon 3

and The Witcher 3 are going to see updates

to support 4K running on the One X,

and that's the cool thing.

We're talking about true 4K here.

So, the PS4 Pro is undoubtedly a very powerful console

but very, very few games run at proper 4K.

These rely on upscaling,

or cool features such as checkerboarding,

which get you close to 4K, but with the One X,

you have that additional power to make sure that

supposedly, all games will run in true 4K.

The big elephant in the room, though, is price.

So, the Xbox One X is going to be coming in at $499

and it'll be on sale on November 7th.

That is a lot for a console.

So, when you look at the original Xbox One S,

right, it's not original, but the standard version

of the Xbox One, that's going to run you $250.

Even if you jump up to something like the PS4 Pro,

that's $400, which means that you're definitely

paying a big premium for the One X.

Don't get me wrong, the One X

is an impressive piece of hardware.

Getting proper 4K gaming for $500 is no small task.

Building an equivalent PC is probably going

to be pretty difficult, which brings me

to my next slight criticism of the One X.

I wish it ran Windows.

It wouldn't have been totally crazy.

The Xbox One actually does run on Windows 10,

just with a different UI on top, but I understand

that that Microsoft likes to sell Xbox games

and not games inside Steam, but I just can't help

but imagine if the One X was a $500

absolutely killer little gaming PC.

As is, it is just a very, very powerful Xbox One.

The Xbox One X is an incredibly

impressive piece of hardware.

If it was $400, I think it would be totally killer,

but as is, it might be a little bit of a tough sell,

especially with the PS4 Pro around.

So, what do you guys think about the One X?

Let me know in the comments below,

and I'll catch you on the next one.