Xbox Series X: will it be worth the upgrade?

MORE SPECS RELEASED.

More details are emerging from Microsoft on the next Xbox, the Xbox Series X. Both Sony and Microsoft are being coy on price, and for good reason. The Xbox Series X price and the PS5 price came out on top in a Twitter poll of the most important factors for those looking to pick up a next-gen console. Neither company intends to repeat the mistakes of the $829 PS3 in 2006, or that of the original $599 Xbox One. Some rumours have suggested the next Xbox will be around $749, but that’s just speculation.

Xbox Series X specs details are hotting up, and they paint an exciting picture for next-gen gaming. Here’s what we know so far:

CPU: Custom-designed AMD Navi/Zen 2, GPU: 12 teraflops, Frame rate: 120 fps, RAM: GDDR6, Resolution: Up to 8K, Optical: Disk drive, Storage: SSD

With a 12-teraflop GPU capable of up to 120 fps, the Series X is twice as powerful as the One X. It’s also got the computing muscle to support ray tracing, the demanding lighting tech only available on cutting-edge PC graphics cards right now.