What’s inside Durango’s Alpha kit?

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Microsoft 600x260 Whats inside Durangos Alpha kit?

We have some details about Durango’s Alpha kit and its components. Bear in mind that these “specs” aren’t final, the ones that Xbox 3/720/Next will have in its final design are bound to vary.

- 8 cores (x64 CPU)

- 12 GB RAM (8 + 4)

The Alpha kit has 12 GB of RAM, rather than the 8 GB in the final design. The extra 4 GB of RAM facilitates development of console system software.

- DirectX 11.x GPU

The Alpha kit uses a discrete graphics card similar in capability and speed to the GPU that will be included in the final design. The card does not have the ESRAM that the final design GPU will.

- 50GB Blu-ray Disk drive

- HDD, etc

1 Whats inside Durangos Alpha kit?

Also we have a list with the components supplied with the Alpha kit.

Alpha kit includes:

- Console build into a PC box
- HDMI cable
- Ethernet cable
- Wired Controller

There also is a separate package that contains:

- A special version of the Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor
- Power cable
- USB cable
- Kinect included if negotiated

You also will need the following items that are not included in the Alpha kit.

- Keyboard
- A monitor or TV that supports a resolution of 1080p and equipped with HDMI input for video and audio, or DVI input for video only
- USB thumb drive with a memory capacity equal to or greater than 2 GB
- Mouse (optional)

The Alpha kit is intended to OS depuration/creation and to give developers a first view of the system.

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JavelinX
Hell yeah, DX11 for god sake. This thing rocks!! We need Japan NO MORE! Go for it Microsoft!
- KMulvaney
  You need to be careful what you say there, bud, the majority of the world who buy consoles comprise various nationalities and such ugly jingoist rhetoric is unattractive. One of the most annoying things about XBL are the americans who inhabit it and the rascist/sexist/homophobic things they say, I eventually sold my Xbox because of this.
  - Lefthandpath
    Ive been cussed out and called a faggot/cunt/bitch tons of times by people in Europe and other places. If you think sexism/racism/homophobia is only existent in the US, then you’re pretty ignorant. Also, if you sold your Xbox because of what people were saying to you, you must have some pretty thin skin. Laugh it off and ignore it.
triki-rexux
Kinect Sensor? Que hemos hecho para merecer ésto?
FUSA
Yeap, fuck states. Japan, go for it!
lol
12gb ram and 32bit games cant even use 4
gg nice try
- Xpider
  It say 8 cores/x64 cpu, it mean a 64bit cpu.
  - aaaaaaaaa
    - 8 cores (x64 CPU)
    they edited it . before there was x86
- HotspittaDylan
  Then you realize that x86-64 can address more than 3.25GB of ram and you leave the internet forever.
Dan
hmm interesting, but I think that around 3GB of RAM will be needed for heavy OS stuff. Therefore I guess 4 or 5 GB for games.
- dr
  3GBs of RAM for a gaming console OS is insane.
  - Dan
    WiiU uses 1 GB and trust me, they are not only for OS but for multitasking, and many things. I’m down 100% to betting at least 2GB to not be for developers
- ThisGuy
  That’s nonsense, the Xbox 360 reserves 32mb for the OS out of 512mb.
Nitesh
Pictures of the insides or it’s BS.
deSSy2724
Im wondering how much would it costs?
It will probably sold at a loss, if it will be that powerful or more its sur atleast 1000-1500 $ (production price)….
deSSy2724
BTW dev kits are usually more powerful than final hardware aka Xbox, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii (expection was GameCube, GC dev kits were for about 50% less powerful than final GC HW).
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Omercan
Fuck yourself guys! GO mom ı m hungry
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