A brand new GDK replace may see some graphical enhancements for the Sequence S

A latest replace to Microsoft’s Sport Growth Equipment is including slightly further bump in reminiscence for the Xbox Sequence S. Reminiscence allocation in a GDK replace will doubtlessly enable graphical enhancements for Xbox Sequence S video games.

Within the June GDK, an unlisted video as noticed by The Verge popped up right now, detailing enhancements to the developer toolkit. One half  notes that extra reminiscence is now obtainable for video games.

“A whole lot of megabytes” have been freed up, in response to the video. This could give builders extra management over reminiscence, and will enhance graphical efficiency in memory-constrained conditions.

As Ars Technica particulars, this hasn’t been publicly detailed but. However this might see builders get slightly further reminiscence to work with on the Xbox Sequence S facet of Microsoft’s current-gen {hardware}.

Extra reminiscence for the field

This looks as if excellent news for Xbox Sequence S followers who need slightly graphical “oomph” on their video games. The Xbox Sequence S is the cheaper of Microsoft’s two current-gen choices, and has confirmed to be standard.

The comparatively cheaper and smaller machine has been a pleasant shock for gamers. It’s particularly good for individuals who aren’t essentially chasing 4K decision graphics. However as Digital Foundry notes in its Xbox Sequence S write-up, variations can seem game-to-game.

Hopefully, liberating up this further reminiscence will assist out the Sequence S variations and take care of some troubles round optimizing for the system. Whereas a whole bunch of megabytes isn’t a sudden multi-GB swing in horsepower, it might be slightly uptick that might do quite a bit.

The GDK replace additionally notes different modifications as effectively, like addressing a difficulty with graphics digital addresses. We’ll see how this GDK replace finally pans out for Xbox Sequence S customers within the video games to come back.