I think the price is decent but doing these split systems waters down the release.
I don't think it will, it's only 2 systems to pick from.
I just wish both had a disc drive as I like the Series S more, but I don't want to be locked into digital only because of the closed marketplace MS has.
The Series S may seem like a decent option if you want to go the digital route but I was listening to a streamer talk about it and he made a lot of sense. Especially when it came to the graphics options in the S which are lower than the spec of the X. As part of that lower spec, when you crunch the numbers (and I can't remeber what he said word for word but) certain games required more VRAM than is available to play at quoted resolution/framerate.I guess time will tell; comparison below.
ProcessorSeries S: CPU. 8X Cores @ 3.6 GHz (3.4 GHz w/SMT) Custom Zen 2 CPU
Series X: CPU. 8X Cores @ 3.8 GHz (3.66 GHz w/SMT) Custom Zen 2 CPU
MemorySeries S: GPU.
4 TFLOPS, 20 CUs @1.565 GHz
Series X: GPU.
12 TFLOPS, 52 CUs @1.825 GHz Custom RDNA 2 GPU
Series S: Memory. 10GB GDDR6 128 bit-wide bus: Memory Bandwidth. 8 GB @ 224 GB/s, 2 GB @ 56 GB/s.
Series X: Memory. 16GB GDDR6 w/320 bit-wide bus : Memory Bandwidth. 10 GB @ 560 GB/s, 6 GB @ 336 GB/s.
Video CapabilitiesSeries S: Gaming Resolution. 1440p
Series X: Gaming Resolution. True 4K
Series S & X: Performance Target. Up to 120 FPS
Series S & X: HDMI Features. Auto Low Latency Mode. HDMI Variable Refresh Rate. AMD FreeSync.
Series S: -/-
Series X: High Dynamic Range. Up to 8K HDR
Series S: -/-
Series X: Optical Drive. 4K UHD Blu-Ray
SoundSeries S & X:
Dolby Digital 5.1 : Dolby TrueHD with Atmos : DTS 5.1 : Up to 7.1 L-PCM
ConnectivitySeries S & X:
HDMI. 1x HDMI 2.1 port
USB. 3x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
Wireless. 802.11ac dual band
Ethernet. 802.3 10/100/1000
Accessories radio. Dedicated dual band Xbox Wireless radio
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