Xbox Project Scorpio Reveal - 10 Things We Learned

3. Includes A Vapor Chamber To Offset Heat

Xbox Red Ring Of Death
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You might be thinking that with so much power and the need to output all this fancy rendering tech, the system would be at risk at overheating, ushering in another era of 360-like 'red rings of death'.

To mitigate that entirely, the Scorpio has a built in 'vapor chamber' which helps ventilate hot air and push it out the back of the console.

This is apparently the first time such a component has been applied to a mass market product (formerly only being seen on high-end graphics cards), and should ensure that no matter how hard you're pushing the system, it doesn't damage over time.

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Gaming Editor
Gaming Editor

WhatCulture's Head of Gaming.