Well, let me tell ya somethin’ ’bout this Xbox One thingy and its video card, or whatever ya call it. Folks keep askin’ what it’s like compared to them computer cards, ya know, the ones them young’uns are always fiddlin’ with.
Now, I ain’t no fancy tech whiz, but I hear tell it’s like this. The Xbox One, it came out a good while back, in 2013 they say. It’s got this AMD thingamajig inside, a “Durango” they call it. Sounds like a wild west town to me, but what do I know? This Durango, it’s built on somethin’ called “28 nm process”. Sounds tiny, like a flea’s behind, but I guess it matters for them picture things.
They also say it can do this “DirectX 11.2” stuff. No clue what that is, but it must be important for them games the kids are playin’. You know, the ones with all the shootin’ and hollerin’.
Now, the new Xbox thingies, the Series X and Series S, they’re a whole different story. They got much fancier video cards, like them “RTX 3060 Ti” or that “RX 6700 XT”. Sound like fancy car parts to me. But them old Xbox Ones, they ain’t that powerful. More like… well, let’s see if I can get this right.
Some folks say the Xbox One video card is kinda like… uh… a “GTX 1660”. Or maybe a little bit better than that, but not as good as them super-duper new ones. It’s kinda hard to say exactly, ’cause these computer cards, they got all sorts of numbers and letters, makes my head spin.
- Some say it’s close to a GTX 1660.
- Others say it’s maybe like an older card, somethin’ from the 900 series, like a GTX 980, but not quite as good.
- And then there’s talk about it bein’ like this “Radeon RX 6500 XT”. Again, sounds like a spaceship part to me.
But here’s the thing, see? These computer cards, they can be different even if they got the same name. Like, there’s a “GTX 980” for them big ol’ desktop computers, and then there’s a “GTX 980M” for them laptop thingies. The laptop one, it ain’t as strong, ya know? Like a skinny chicken compared to a fat rooster.
So, if you’re tryin’ to figure out what kinda video card is in your Xbox One, it ain’t easy. It’s somewhere in that middle ground, not too fancy, not too shabby. It can play them games alright, but it ain’t gonna make ’em look as pretty as them newfangled machines.
I heard tell the Xbox One’s video card thingy, the “GPU” they call it, is kinda like one from NVIDIA called an “NV2A”. Said it can do all sorts of calculations for them shapes and pictures in the games. Something about “115 million vertices”. Sounds like a whole lotta somethin’, but I reckon it just means it can draw a whole lotta triangles to make them pictures look good. And they say it can fill in the colors real fast, somethin’ about “932 megapixels.” Again, sounds impressive, but all I care about is if the picture looks good on the TV, ya know?
Now, them fancy new Xboxes, they got video cards that are way better. They say it’s like comparing a horse and buggy to a fancy new car. The Xbox One, it’s more like that old horse and buggy – it’ll get ya where ya need to go, but it ain’t gonna win any races against them new speed demons.
So, if you’re thinkin’ about gettin’ an Xbox One, don’t expect it to be like them new ones. It’s an older machine, but it can still play games. And sometimes, that’s all ya need. It ain’t about havin’ the fanciest thing, it’s about havin’ fun, right? Just like bakin’ a pie, it don’t matter if ya got the fanciest oven, as long as the pie tastes good, that’s all that counts.
And if someone tells ya different, well, they’re probably just tryin’ to sell ya somethin’ ya don’t need. Just like them snake oil salesmen comin’ through town, promisin’ the world but deliverin’ nothin’ but trouble.
So there ya have it, my two cents on this Xbox One video card thing. Hope it made some sense. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go check on my chickens. They’re probably gettin’ into mischief again.
