- What's going on, guys?
Welcome to a new video, I'm Jenna.
And today, I wanna talk about the Xbox Series X.
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Now I've had this for about a month now,
This is a non-final,
but it is a working unit from Microsoft.
And I just kinda wanted to talk about
my overall first impressions, my experience.
And I know a lot of you guys had some questions,
so also pulling some questions from you guys.
Now this isn't going to be too in depth,
just talking about kind of all the basic things
and the main things that make this new and exciting.
So, first off, I wanna talk about
kind of the physical appearance of the Xbox.
Personally, I love the top.
I love how it has that green accent.
It just looks really cool.
People are also like, does it have HDMI in?
it actually does not have HDMI in like the previous Xbox.
It has the power port, HDMI 2.1 support.
Ethernet, storage expansion for the Seagate Expansion Cards
as well as two USB ports.
So the fact that this is capable of HDMI 2.1
is kind of very new for everyone,
and a lot of new monitors, as well as TVs
don't really support this yet.
So the problem, which isn't really a problem,
that I was having,
is I actually have the HP OMEN 27i Monitor
which supports 2K, 165 hertz.
And I also have an LG NanoCell TV
which is 8K, but supports 60 hertz.
So while I was kind of upscale 8K gaming at 60 hertz,
I wanted to get the full 120 hertz gaming,
but I was only experiencing it in 2K.
Don't get me wrong, both looked incredible.
I just know the commenters are gonna be like,
you're not playing to its full capacity.
I'm aware.
So I am curious to see what happens with gaming monitors
as well as gaming TVs and what is actually gonna be able
to support HDMI 2.1.
But as of now, I am loving my OMEN monitor.
I love the contrast, I love the look of it.
The games look incredible.
It is able to support up to 165 refresh rate.
So, I think I'm okay.
Other questions were,
do I have to get the new expansion card
or will my old hard drives work with it?
Your old hard drives will work with it.
If it is USB compatible, you can plug it in
and it will still be able to read, recognize it,
and you can get your games that way.
But that also being said,
the Seagate Expansion Card is very, very cute and sturdy.
This is the one terabyte,
it'll run you around to 219.99.
It will be available
when the console launches November 10th.
So now that we do have the Seagate one terabyte
as an option, I think I'm gonna be going to this,
but don't get me wrong, I still have games on my hard drives
that I still can use.
So I love that Xbox is all about the accessibility,
they want this to be available to as many people as possible
without having to constantly upgrade.
Also, if you do get the expansion card,
don't be afraid to really jam it in there, but carefully.
Also on the Series X, we obviously have the disc drive.
This is the eject.
Once again, we have a USB in the front,
which I've never looked at until now.
And we have the pairing where you can pair
the controller to the Xbox.
A lot of people wanted to know, does it stand up,
Can you lay it down?
It can do both.
I prefer it like this.
And this is I think the optimized position,
not inside a cabinet,
making sure that it has, you know, adequate air flow.
It's not being suffocated.
But that being said, you can also turn it on its side.
It's got a real nice cushiony bottom
which also kind of gives it a nice lift
so that the ventilation can also get through.
It's not too warm in the, oh, hello!
Okay, you probably shouldn't stick your face in there.
But this is better than when I licked the Xbox,
like, eight years ago, but we won't talk about that.
The next thing that we have new is the controller.
On the controller, we now have an option
with a share button.
If you click it, it makes it much more easier
to capture clips, to capture content.
And I think having that as an option
does make it way easier.
And it's also not too invasive on the controller.
Doesn't change the look, doesn't get in the way,
doesn't really add or take away from it,
it's just more convenient.
It does kind of have like a new feel to the controller.
I use the Elite controller a lot
and this definitely has a more premium feel to it.
This doesn't really feel like a controller
that would come with your console.
It kind of feels like an upgrade.
So I do like that.
So what I love about Xbox and Microsoft
is their accessibility as well as their inclusiveness.
This is about gaming, this is about community.
They want everyone to experience this.
So right now when I'm making this video,
the console's not even out yet, this is still a pre-build.
This is all still pre-software.
So with the backwards compatibility games that are available
these are gonna load faster.
You're gonna have the auto HDR,
so it's gonna look better.
So someone wants to know, does this do 4K 120?
And yes, it does.
Now, like I was saying, my monitor does only do 2K
but I did get to experience the pre-build of DIRT 5 at 120.
I turned on the frame rate on my monitor,
so that it would tell me what frame rate it was running.
Here, I was playing DIRT 5 at 120, 2K,
let's see what it looks like.
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I don't wanna brag, but I'm really, really good at DIRT 5.
So in the month I've had the Xbox Series X,
I still have been using my Xbox One X.
And going back and forth,
you can tell a noticeable difference
between just how long it takes to load a game.
There has been times I would go upstairs
and get a snack and come back,
I'm like, you're still not loaded.
But then when I play on the Series X,
I'm like, wait, I'm not even ready to play
because it loads so quickly.
And I posted this on Twitter, but I did a comparison
of where I had three games loaded.
I already loaded them.
I went to the same exact spot in each game
and I wanted to showcase the quick resume.
So with quick resume, it's able to pick up and jump in
between different games, basically where you left off.
I had the games at the exact same spot.
I hit the button at the same time, and this was the results.
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Now I know that watching that was kind of long,
but the fact that I was able to load into that many games
before one game loaded on the older console
was pretty crazy.
I also wanted to compare loading games
from having the Xbox turn off
to turning them on and loading into a game.
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As you can see, from turning on my Xbox
to getting into Far Cry ready to play,
the Xbox Series X was way faster.
I also tried this with loading Tony Hawk and same thing,
Xbox Series X wins again.
A lot of people wanna know, is it loud?
It's running next to me right now,
and I, like, I actually just had to check
to see if it's on, it's on and I don't even hear it.
I know a lot of people were talking about
overheating issues.
I personally haven't had any,
but I'm also, like I said, keeping it very open.
So I'm not like shutting it in a cabinet,
leaving it on for days.
So I personally haven't had any heating issues.
How much is it?
So this is for 499.99,
there's gonna be a pre-order link in the description.
I have no idea if they're available again.
Some people had some luck, some people didn't,
so you'll just have to click that and see.
So I have to say, gaming on this the past month
has been really, really fun.
I was sitting upstairs on my 8K TV playing Warzone.
It's being patched right now,
so it's not actually working because they're patching it.
But when I was sitting up there, 8K gaming,
next gen 8K gaming, I was screaming at people.
They would try to kill me and I would kill them.
And I'm like, you think you can take me,
I am 8K next gen gaming.
I mean, I was 4K,
60 hertz gaming.
But that's not the point.
But I am really enjoying the console,
and I'm excited to get my hands
on the Xbox Series S as well.
That's gonna do it for this.
If you guys have any more questions,
I'm going to be doing a more in-depth video.
So leave your questions below in the comments, tweet me,
and I'll be sure to include them in a future video.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
Make sure you subscribe and I'll see you again soon.
Let's game.
Oh, my monitor's over here.
That's not where it goes, but you guys are in the way, so.