Microsoft Unveils Xbox “Project Scarlett” at E3 2019

Jun. 10, 2019

Project Scarlett will come with a custom processorleveraging AMD’s Zen 2 architecture, and Microsoft claimed at the event thatProject Scarlett is 4 times more powerful than the Xbox One X, as far as pure processing power is concerned. The next gen Xbox will also come with SSDs, and Microsoft is apparently going to use the SSDs as sort of virtual RAM as well to further improve the performance that Project Scarlett will bring to the table.

In the presentation, where various members of Microsoft’s Xbox team shared their thoughts and opinions on the upcoming version of Xbox, the company claimed that the console will bring support for8K gaming, and frame rates up to 120FPS, which definitely sounds amazing. Moreover, the company also said that Project Scarlett will bringreal time ray-tracing with hardware acceleration to consoles, giving game developers the power to deliver extremely photo-realistic scenes in games, and bringing the most immersive gaming experience to players.

So far, Microsoft hasn’t given us a sneak-peek into what Xbox Project Scarlett might look like, or any specific numbers about its performance or its spec-sheet, but the company’s claims about its performance definitely sound like the next generation of Xbox will give solid competition to Sony’s PlayStation 5 when it comes out.