The current speculation around Microsoft’s Project Scorpio and its relation to AMD Ryzen has garnered the upcoming device a lot of media attention.
Adding to the recent speculation of the subject is 343’s Frank O’Connor who has added fuel to the Scorpio fire. Responding to rumours on NeoGAF, O’Connor states, “Haha, although I probably “know“ in that I might have seen it in a slide or something, its literally not something I have time to think about now and I actually couldn’t remember whatever specs I’ve been exposed to even if I was tortured. I literally couldn’t leak or answer a question that went beyond “Can I do this? Does it support that? How many of these could it render?
“What I do remember is that it’s beefier than expected.”
O’Connor later responded to a question asking, “How many Grunt birthday party head pops can it render at the same time? with “Technically speaking? Hella.”
Right now, Project Scorpio’s technical prowess seems to be far exceeding what any of us thought even after the initial reveal at E3 last year. While the touted “six teraflops” were impressive buzzwords to be spread around during the reveal trailer, the introduction of AMD’s new Ryzen technology—if it is in there at all—has confused and blown the minds of many, many gamers.
Source: NeoGAF
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