Microsoft Relaxing Xbox One Kinect Requirements, Giving GPU Power a Boost?

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 26, 2014 @10:00PM from the full-speed-ahead-damn-the-torpedos dept.

MojoKid writes "News from gaming insider Pete Doss is that Microsoft is mulling significant changes to the restrictions it places on developers regarding the Xbox One's GPU. Reportedly, some 10% of total GPU horsepower is reserved for the Kinect — 8% for video and 2% for voice processing. Microsoft is apparently planning changes that would free up that 8% video entirely, leaving just 2% of the system's GPU dedicated to voice input. If Microsoft makes this change, it could have a significant uplift on system frame rates — and it's not clear that developers would necessarily need to patch the architecture to take advantage of the difference."

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Re:Still lightyears off of today's PC hardware by Bengie · 2014-01-27 01:10 · Score: -1, Troll

Yes, that's the answer to everything. Don't like our government, just leave the USA. Screw friends and family, vote with your wallet! Teach us how to punish ourselves to make these big corps feel bad, Obi-Wan.