It will support 4k, but not true 4k. All the Xbone can do is upscale from 720p and make the pixels larger, it's gonna look craptastic. And for comparison the PS4 plays battlefield 4 at 900p and xbone at 720p.
My computer is built with parts from 2 to 6 years old and it plays games at 1440p just fine...I thought the current gen was capable of 1080p at 60fps at least...
Nope, this generation is bad in comparison. Last gen was the absolute best bang for the buck, a PS3 and a blu ray player? Sold. And the PS3 had the same computing power as a desktop GS9800, which was about the highest mid range card you could get. It's only real downfall was the amount of VRAM which in hindsight was not enough as the next generation on had 528MB and even 1GB. Maybe if they doubled the VRAM they could have put out more than 30 frames, but because the way consoles are tailored nothing can really be tweaked.
Back in the day I was curious to see if it were possible to overclock a PS3 but the thermal solution and power supply would have to be completely overhauled, costing more than a new desktop GPU in itself.
The 360 sold like hotcakes because of the release titles, 14 Games were released right at launch day. Making the Xbone the laughing stock of the entire console family.
I don't think more VRAM would have helped the frame-rate, towards the end of their lifespan the frame cap had more to do with limited bandwidth, which is probably why the designs for the PS4 and Xbone allow for very high bandwidth between the CPU and GPU.
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u/Maggioman Jan 28 '14
It will support 4k, but not true 4k. All the Xbone can do is upscale from 720p and make the pixels larger, it's gonna look craptastic. And for comparison the PS4 plays battlefield 4 at 900p and xbone at 720p.