STACK #157 Nov 2017

GAMES FEATURE

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No Power Greater Than X

Welcome to November and the launch of the world’s most powerful gaming console, the Xbox One X – Microsoft’s latest addition to the Xbox One family of consoles. Here’s a breakdown of everything you need to know about the new hardware.

Supersampling renders the

It’s the only console

given image at a higher resolution than needed, then shrinks it

on the market to offer full 4K, ultra high-definition gaming

Only have a 1080p TV? Thanks to supersampling, all your games will look and play better on Xbox One X, regardless of whether or not you have a 4K television

Some games will use checkerboarding to maintain a 4K

All your existing Xbox One accessories – Elite controller, headset, Kinect – are compatible with the Xbox One X console

It will even play

4K UHD Blu-ray discs – a perfect fit for your home entertainment set-up

appearance, without using up too much processing power

Intelligent Delivery Xbox One X’s intelligent data delivery will enable games to be downloaded in ‘chunks’, so you only keep on your hard drive the data you really need. For ex- ample, download only the English language packs if that’s the only language you’ll play in, or delete the campaign mode of a game if you’ve finished it and are now only playing multiplayer.

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