Upgrading or downgrading to the next console?

Hi guys. Since I’m typing this on my iPad I’ll be brief. Given what we know so far — and I know it’s not that much yet — do you think going from an Xbox One X to the Lockhart (assuming it exists) will still be an upgrade if you’re on a 4K TV?

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  • SWCetacean

    Premium Member
    12 July, 2020 - 3:13 pm

    <p>I'm pretty sure the Lockhart will be an upgrade in some respects. All rumors on the Lockhart say it will have the same tech feature set as the Series X (ray-tracing support and other graphical features), which the Xbox One X lacks. I'm presuming that Lockhart will also include some sort of SSD storage, as opposed to the HDD of the One X, which will be a huge upgrade in system responsiveness and load times. And while the teraflops value is rumored to be lower than the One X, these are RDNA2 TFLOPS, which do more per-FLOPS than the older architecture in the One X. I think Lockhart will be an overall upgrade vs the One X.</p>

    • erichk

      Premium Member
      12 July, 2020 - 6:10 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#553623">In reply to SWCetacean:</a></em></blockquote><p>Sounds good, thanks for the advice. I was a little worried at first about the notion that Lockhart is going to be targeting 1080p/1440p, but unless I'm wrong I don't even think the Xbox One X runs at 4K all the time anyway. Plus, when more details are announced, we'll know more about what the Series S can do.</p>

      • madthinus

        Premium Member
        13 July, 2020 - 8:11 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#553633">In reply to ErichK:</a></em></blockquote><p>The One X you choose the mode you prefer. You can downsample a higher resolution image down to 1080p or 1440p or you can run faster performance at 1080P. </p>

  • ponsaelius

    22 July, 2020 - 1:33 pm

    <p>I am considering moving to Playstation.</p>

    • darkgrayknight

      Premium Member
      23 July, 2020 - 12:54 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#555757">In reply to ponsaelius:</a></em></blockquote><p>Which Xbox were you on? Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox 360? And why are you considering moving to Playstation? I would guess maybe some exclusive games on Playstation, or you had issues with your Xbox or Xbox live.</p><p><br></p><p>I don't understand moving back and forth, you'd have to buy the games on the other platform. The availability of playing older games going back to the original console is a decent reason to stay if you have many games.</p><p><br></p><p>It would be an upgrade from Xbox One X to even Lockhart, though it may be close and worth waiting unless your Xbox is not working well.</p>

  • simont

    Premium Member
    23 July, 2020 - 5:47 am

    <p>I might upgrade to a Lockhart console, but only in a year or two time once they stop releasing most content for the XBox One. That and 1080p gaming is good enough for me.</p>

    • erichk

      Premium Member
      23 July, 2020 - 12:42 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#555926">In reply to simont:</a></em></blockquote><p>Depending on price I might do the same.</p>

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