Gadgetory

hey guys Zhou Steen and inside this mysterious brown box is what I very much hope is the Xbox one X but the question is is it worth it so first of all I have to give a big shout to Microsoft for actually sending us out the Xbox 1x early moment of truth oh yeah so first we get all of our paperwork in this nice little folder so we get the getting started guide actually something cool about the 1x is that if you do have a one that's right now literally all the cables are in the same spot and they use the same cable so you just unplug the one as plug the 1xn and works just fine you also get one month of Xbox game pass as well as what I assume is a month of oh 14 days of Xbox Live Gold we also get to be some cables yeah so we have the tiny power cable one of the nice things about the 1s and the 1x is that you don't need a power brick just plug it right in alright we also get an HDMI cable as well as the yo controller I don't think the One X has a different controller than the 1s they already update it last year with Bluetooth Nicole things but let's take a look yeah that looks pretty much like a normal Xbox one controller does have a little bit of a texture on the back but I think it's the same as the 1s just in a different color but nice although what's not nice is that the $500 console still comes with double-a batteries assai should have that big of a deal but having to charge an extra $20 for the battery is kind of annoying now the Xbox 1x so I've actually held one of these before and ah it is so heavy so this is actually slightly smaller than the Xbox one s but it weighs a lot more and supposed to because they put some crazy cooling to actually get this thing to work there it is Xbox one X so if you look here in the back it's literally just a giant heatsink so the idea here is that because this is so much more powerful than something like the Xbox one s that they need to get a lot more cooling to actually make sure this doesn't like you know explode or catch on fire or red rings so just like on the 1s we have the power port HDMI out as well as HDMI and a pair of USB 3.0 ports IR out speaker out as well as Ethernet my big takeaways from the One X as far as hardware goes it's just so heavy I'm just gonna keep saying that this is so heavy King very heavy I mean it's cuz it's smaller than 1s2 right it's very slight it's basically the same size it's like a little smaller but like it this is very dense vapor chamber cooling inside which is like what you find on like a 1080 T is but also this thing like probably draws more power to you at the power seems to say unless she's surprised that they were able to do that because the ps4 pro uses a more PC style yeah speaking of the ps4 Pro to me the One X is a much more attractive console across the board not only does it pack more power and a smaller and better-looking chassis but you're also getting extra features such as Ultra HD blu-ray that you just can't get on the ps4 pro or the 1x side by side with its little brother and the family resemblance is clear it drops the vents on top in favor of a matte black finish all the way across well this is nice for usability and allowing you to actually put things on top of the console to me I still feel like the 1s is the better looking console especially in white it is such a classy look but the 1x is very similar like the ps4 pro the major advantage of the One X is that it is a more powerful version of the Xbox one s look at the specs and it's no competition well it has a similar eight core processor on the One X it's clocked higher at 2.3 gigahertz compared to 1.7 memory C's a massive upgrade we're going from 8 gigabytes of ddr3 to 12 gigabytes of gddr5 now having that extra space means that not only can you do things like store higher resolution textures but is of the faster gddr5 variants the original Xbox one relied on ddr3 memory which is a lot slower but it was backed up by some very small and very fast vs Ram on the actual chip itself and this was expensive and part of the reason why the original Xbox one did not have as much power as the ps4 which decided to bail on all of that and just go with the faster gddr5 memory out of the box and the xbox 1x needs it so it has an AMD Vega based GPU with a pretty impressive six teraflops of performance and I put that in perspective the original Xbox one had about 1.2 teraflops while the ps4 and ps4 pro have 1.8 and 4.2 teraflops respectively that is five times the graphics horsepower of the original Xbox one and it is right up there with a lot of high-end gaming PCs now it's actually kind of necessary in 2017 the original Xbox one barely struggled to hit 1080p and a lot of games much less 4k the idea is that all current Xbox one games will run right out of the box no problem on the One X but some games especially new ones going forward should be 1x enhanced now this can mean different things depending on the game so a lot of the times this means that you're going to get 4k and HDR support but at the very least you should see some resolution and quality improvements as I'm doing this video before the release date not all these game patches are live however a couple of them that I can test are Gears of War 4 and titanfall 2 gears is right up there with some of the best looking options on the Xbox one and you get a ton of options on the 1x it only does it have a 4k rendering mode with enhanced textures but you can also opt to play at 1080p at 60 frames which is awesome now it all games do this but it brings experience closer to the flexibility you get on PC when you're playing on a nice 4k TV the difference is very noticeable take a closer look and you'll see that not only are textures on his face and jacket much improved but the higher resolution helps clean up stuff like his hair in action while the details aren't quite as obvious the extra resolution and textures make a big difference it's not a next-generation leaf or anything but especially if you have an HDR display it looks great Titan vol 2 also shows a substantial difference this is a game that struggles to get close to HD on standard hardware but here it's running with a dynamic resolution that aims for 4k while keeping locked to 60 frames per second in most areas it's not quite at 4k but the difference compared the standard Xbox isn't even close it goes from being a bit of a blurry mess to looking crisp and detailed this is all based on playing on a 4k TV but you will see some of these improvements if you're using a 1080p or even a 1440p monitor the One X will super sample down to HDD to get you a sharper image with the same improved texture as etc you won't be getting the full benefit but is 4k and HD are compatible TVs become more and more common having more powerful console isn't a crazy idea Microsoft recently brought out backwards compatibility for original Xbox games which works well on the XS you'd expect what's really impressive is the 360 emulation on the standard one it looks essentially identical to base 360 hardware but for some games including Halo 3 and fallout 3 there's a special 1x rendering mode not only does this massively improve the resolution but it can also add things like HDR support without touching the base game code or at least supposedly take a look at halo 3 and the difference is kind of incredible there's a massive leap and not only resolution but just in sheer detail if you take a closer look at arbiter here for example he goes from being a few blurry pixels on the 360 to being razor sharp on the 1x it's clear that they're drawing higher quality textures farther away than was possible before and the results are awesome unfortunately this won't be the case on every 360 game on the One X but it is still incredibly impressive get outside of gaming and you'll find a very familiar sight so the new Xbox one interface is shared across all Xbox ones and while it is a big improvement it still is a little bit cluttered compared to what I'd like ps4 you do get some new options including being able to record gameplay at up to 4k 60 an HDR although if you want to record for longer than 30 seconds you will need an external drive also just a little tip if you want to know which games take advantage of the One X there's a drop down menu which will show you which titles are 1 X enhance the vapor chamber cooling inside the One X absolutely does its job so it does get a little bit warm around back thankfully that doesn't mean that the fan speed is going to be all that high it's only just a little bit louder than something like the one s given the power draw Tops 165 watts I had to give Microsoft credit they did not cheap out when it comes to the cooling which brings me to one of the biggest issues with the One X price at five hundred dollars it's not only $100 more than the ps4 pro but it's basically double the price of the standard Xbox one the Xbox is fighting an uphill battle one hand there's the more successful ps4 and on the other is the surprisingly excellent Nintendo switch so is the Xbox one axe worth it well it depends if you're the person who wants the most powerful console out there then yes but for a lot of people the cheaper ps4 Pro is going to deliver not only more games but the performance is close enough that it might just be enough so what do you guys think about the 1x let me know in the comments below and I will catch you on the next one