SSJ2 Goku

Feb 27 2013, 06:07 PM

Fulgore

Feb 27 2013, 05:57 PM

SSJ2 Goku

Feb 27 2013, 05:50 PM

Fulgore

Feb 27 2013, 05:33 PM

SSJ2 Goku

Feb 27 2013, 02:00 PM

Fulgore

Feb 27 2013, 06:32 AM

Arkadom

Feb 26 2013, 04:35 PM

Well, it IS a console

That's no excuse, ram is dirt cheap

IT's not about how cheap it is. The thing is 8 gigs of RAM will run an game fine, on PC or console. I have 8 gigs of Memory in my PC and I can run every game on Ultra. It's about the speed of the RAM, not how many gigs it is.

8gb will be split between GPU and CPU. This is a weak weak console.


http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1333MHz-KHX1333C9D3B1K2-8G/dp/B004DDI0IE/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1361986297&sr=1-5&keywords=ddr3+8g+ram

8gbs runs for about 50 bucks, and anyone who dares tell me Sony will be running this ***** off new top-of-the-line ram kits is wrong. This is already dated technology considering they've been in R&D for years.


As for the cores, they very recently have been able to start working with quad-core and greater in terms of designing games for it. Consoles have yet to experiment with them.

Actually this is dedicated, the whole point of a dedicated card is that it has its own memory. So the GPU as stated in the Sony Release has its own GDDR5 memory. Then the rest of the memory the 8gigs ( probably DDR3 ) will be used for the rest of the system. All dedicated cards have their own memory, that's the point.

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CPU speed is important too. I have 6Gb of RAM but only have a 2.3Ghz Quad Core. Since most games don't yet utilise quad cores, that means I'm only using two of them at most for a game. So 4.6Ghz would be the theoretical max output from my CPU when running a game. Of course it's not even going to be that. Processing needs to be used in other areas of my PC as well as the game I'm playing. However, since I have four cores, more energy can be put into the game I'm playing whilst my computer also manages other tasks.

Point is, it doesn't seem very practical to have more than 4 cores in a machine right now. Especially in a console. Since it's primarily for gaming, do they really need 8 cores and how much are these 8 cores going to actually do?

@ muffin

It's not only the gigs that matter either. Intel i3 cpu's can have up to 3.0Ghz not overclocked. I can guarantee an i5 2.4 is way faster than the i3. Every is obsseded with how much it has, it's not about the numbers, it's about the speed. 2.3Ghz means it can process 2.3Ghz total, it doesn't mean how fast it can processes it.

Also, yeah most games don't uses a lot of cores, the point of cores is multitasking. To be able to run programs in the background. I know the new Xbox is rumored to be able to run 2 games at the same time, this is definitely possible with 8 cores, and probably even 4 cores. So yeah, it's probably an over kill, but as explained above, big numbers means every gets hyped up.

They both will share the GDDR5. It's shared memory.

Also, with Sony I'm hesitant to take their word after Cell Processor shenanigans

No it's not....

Look GDDR5, the G stands for graphics. They don't even make cards with 8 gigs of GDDR5, or 4 in that matter, maybe top of the line 500 dollars cards have 4 gigs of GDDR5. You need to look up your facts, becasue you're wrong. Dedicated card means the Graphics card has its OWN memory. That's how dedicated cards work, it's the same with the PC.

My GPU has 2 gigs of GDDR5, it's a 300 dollar card. So you try an tell me that a 500 dollar console is going to have over a 300 dollar graphics card. It doesn't make sense.

The 8 gigs of memory the mentioned has nothing to do with the graphics card. Google search GDDR and see what ti says, it's graphics only.

Proof: http://www.ehow.com/about_5036027_gddr-sdram.html

"Despite its naming, GDDR3 SDRAM is not in any way based off the DDR3 SDRAM specification.
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That's just the first link I clicked, all of them will tell you the saem thing.

Fulgore

Feb 27 2013, 06:22 PM

Seriously, look it up. They share the GDDR5 since both the CPU and GPU are combined on a Chip. They're not dedicated like traditional GPUs/CPUs that use their own. They share this.

SSJ2 Goku

Feb 27 2013, 06:28 PM

Fulgore

Feb 27 2013, 06:22 PM

Seriously, look it up. They share the GDDR5 since both the CPU and GPU are combined on a Chip. They're not dedicated like traditional GPUs/CPUs that use their own. They share this.

Looked it up, it's only rumors as of now, Sony hasn't confirmed that they'll share the memory.

Anyway, I was aware of this, either way it's still 8 gigs of memory, the gigs don't even play that big of a role. It's the speed and timing that it runs at that matters.

Fulgore

Feb 27 2013, 06:32 PM

SSJ2 Goku

Feb 27 2013, 06:28 PM

Fulgore

Feb 27 2013, 06:22 PM

Seriously, look it up. They share the GDDR5 since both the CPU and GPU are combined on a Chip. They're not dedicated like traditional GPUs/CPUs that use their own. They share this.

Looked it up, it's only rumors as of now, Sony hasn't confirmed that they'll share the memory.

Anyway, I was aware of this, either way it's still 8 gigs of memory, the gigs don't even play that big of a role. It's the speed and timing that it runs at that matters.

They're running a Jaguar core, I doubt it's just a rumor. This console will be easily $500+

Alot of the workload on the jaguar core will see the GPU getting a lot of work dumped on it from the CPU.


@Stud, The ram I linked is just an example. Just because it has the name of a type of memory doesn't mean it's going to be top of the line. Cutting corners is usually a good way of doing this. "Oh yeah, it's DDR3!"(From 6 years ago)