s the Xbox One X Worth It? #Helpful Post

hey guys Zhou Steen and inside this

mysterious brown box is what I very much

hope is the Xbox one X but the question

is is it worth it so first of all I have

to give a big shout to Microsoft for

actually sending us out the Xbox 1x

early moment of truth

oh yeah so first we get all of our

paperwork in this nice little folder so

we get the getting started guide

actually something cool about the 1x is

that if you do have a one that's right

now literally all the cables are in the

same spot and they use the same cable so

you just unplug the one as plug the 1xn

and works just fine you also get one

month of Xbox game pass as well as what

I assume is a month of oh 14 days of

Xbox Live Gold we also get to be some

cables yeah so we have the tiny power

cable one of the nice things about the

1s and the 1x is that you don't need a

power brick just plug it right in

alright we also get an HDMI cable as

well as the yo controller I don't think

the One X has a different controller

than the 1s they already update it last

year with Bluetooth Nicole things but

let's take a look yeah that looks pretty

much like a normal Xbox one controller

does have a little bit of a texture on

the back but I think it's the same as

the 1s just in a different color but

nice although what's not nice is that

the $500 console still comes with

double-a batteries assai should have

that big of a deal but having to charge

an extra $20 for the battery is kind of

annoying now

the Xbox 1x

so I've actually held one of these

before and ah it is so heavy so this is

actually slightly smaller than the Xbox

one s but it weighs a lot more and

supposed to because they put some crazy

cooling to actually get this thing to

work

there it is

Xbox one X so if you look here in the

back it's literally just a giant

heatsink so the idea here is that

because this is so much more powerful

than something like the Xbox one s that

they need to get a lot more cooling to

actually make sure this doesn't like you

know explode or catch on fire or red

rings so just like on the 1s we have the

power port HDMI out as well as HDMI and

a pair of USB 3.0 ports IR out speaker

out as well as Ethernet my big takeaways

from the One X as far as hardware goes

it's just so heavy I'm just gonna keep

saying that this is so heavy King very

heavy I mean it's cuz it's smaller than

1s2

right it's very slight it's basically

the same size it's like a little smaller

but like it this is very dense vapor

chamber cooling inside which is like

what you find on like a 1080 T is but

also this thing like probably draws more

power to you at the power seems to say

unless she's surprised that they were

able to do that because the ps4 pro uses

a more PC style yeah speaking of the ps4

Pro to me the One X is a much more

attractive console across the board not

only does it pack more power and a

smaller and better-looking chassis but

you're also getting extra features such

as Ultra HD blu-ray that you just can't

get on the ps4 pro or the 1x side by

side with its little brother and the

family resemblance is clear it drops the

vents on top in favor of a matte black

finish all the way across well this is

nice for usability and allowing you to

actually put things on top of the

console to me I still feel like the 1s

is the better looking console especially

in white it is such a classy look

but the 1x is very similar like the ps4

pro the major advantage of the One X is

that it is a more powerful version of

the Xbox one s look at the specs and

it's no competition well it has a

similar eight core processor on the One

X it's clocked higher at 2.3 gigahertz

compared to 1.7 memory C's a massive

upgrade we're going from 8 gigabytes of

ddr3 to 12 gigabytes of gddr5

now having that extra space means that

not only can you do things like store

higher resolution textures but is of the

faster gddr5 variants the original Xbox

one relied on ddr3 memory which is a lot

slower but it was backed up by some very

small and very fast vs Ram on the actual

chip itself and this was expensive and

part of the reason why the original Xbox

one did not have as much power as the

ps4 which decided to bail on all of that

and just go with the faster gddr5 memory

out of the box and the xbox 1x needs it

so it has an AMD Vega based GPU with a

pretty impressive six teraflops of

performance and I put that in

perspective the original Xbox one had

about 1.2 teraflops while the ps4 and

ps4 pro have 1.8 and 4.2 teraflops

respectively that is five times the

graphics horsepower of the original Xbox

one and it is right up there with a lot

of high-end gaming PCs now it's actually

kind of necessary in 2017 the original

Xbox one barely struggled to hit 1080p

and a lot of games much less 4k the idea

is that all current Xbox one games will

run right out of the box no problem on

the One X but some games especially new

ones going forward should be 1x enhanced

now this can mean different things

depending on the game so a lot of the

times this means that you're going to

get 4k and HDR support but at the very

least you should see some resolution and

quality improvements as I'm doing this

video before the release date not all

these game patches are live however a

couple of them that I can test are Gears

of War 4 and titanfall 2 gears is right

up there with some of the best looking

options on the Xbox one and you get a

ton of options on the 1x it only does it

have a 4k rendering mode with enhanced

textures but you can also opt to play at

1080p at 60 frames which is awesome now

it all games do this but it brings

experience closer to the flexibility you

get on PC when you're playing on a nice

4k TV the difference is very noticeable

take a closer look and you'll see that

not only are textures on his face and

jacket much improved but the higher

resolution helps clean up stuff like his

hair in action while the details aren't

quite as obvious the extra resolution

and textures make a big difference it's

not a next-generation leaf or anything

but especially if you have an HDR

display it looks great Titan vol 2 also

shows a substantial difference this is a

game that struggles to get close to HD

on standard hardware but here it's

running with a dynamic resolution that

aims for 4k while keeping locked to 60

frames per second in most areas it's not

quite at 4k but the difference compared

the standard Xbox isn't even close it

goes from being a bit of a blurry mess

to looking crisp and detailed this is

all based on playing on a 4k TV but you

will see some of these improvements if

you're using a 1080p or even a 1440p

monitor the One X will super sample down

to HDD to get you a sharper image with

the same improved texture as etc you

won't be getting the full benefit but is

4k and HD are compatible TVs become more

and more common having more powerful

console isn't a crazy idea

Microsoft recently brought out backwards

compatibility for original Xbox games

which works well on the XS you'd expect

what's really impressive is the 360

emulation on the standard one it looks

essentially identical to base 360

hardware but for some games including

Halo 3 and fallout 3 there's a special

1x rendering mode not only does this

massively improve the resolution but it

can also add things like HDR support

without touching the base game code or

at least supposedly take a look at halo

3 and the difference is kind of

incredible there's a massive leap and

not only resolution but just in sheer

detail if you take a closer look at

arbiter here for example he goes from

being a few blurry pixels on the 360 to

being razor sharp on the 1x it's clear

that they're drawing higher quality

textures farther away than was possible

before and the results are awesome

unfortunately this won't be the case on

every 360 game on the One X but it is

still incredibly impressive get outside

of gaming and you'll find a very

familiar sight so the new Xbox one

interface is shared across all Xbox ones

and while it is a big improvement it

still is a little bit cluttered compared

to what I'd like ps4 you do get some new

options including being able to record

gameplay at up to 4k 60 an HDR although

if you want to record for longer than 30

seconds you will need an external drive

also just a little tip if you want to

know which games take advantage of the

One X there's a drop down menu which

will show you which titles are 1 X

enhance the vapor chamber cooling inside

the One X absolutely does its job so it

does get a little bit warm around back

thankfully that doesn't mean that the

fan speed is going to be all that high

it's only just a little bit louder than

something like the one s given the power

draw Tops 165 watts I had to give

Microsoft credit they did not cheap out

when it comes to the cooling which

brings me to one of the biggest issues

with the One X price at five hundred

dollars it's not only $100 more than the

ps4 pro but it's basically double the

price of the standard Xbox one the Xbox

is fighting an uphill battle

one hand there's the more successful ps4

and on the other is the surprisingly

excellent Nintendo switch so is the Xbox

one axe worth it well it depends if

you're the person who wants the most

powerful console out there then yes but

for a lot of people the cheaper ps4 Pro

is going to deliver not only more games

but the performance is close enough that

it might just be enough so what do you

guys think about the 1x let me know in

the comments below and I will catch you

on the next one