Gemüsepizza;47164614 said:
But they would not have to send out devkits of the weaker SKU to developers -> no leaks.
And I don't think an additional low power GPU would be used in games. Sounds like a nightmare for programmers to be honest.
the weaker gpu only does overlays, read: HUD
well, wouldn't it sort of make sense since there are two scalers (i can't see these being hugely useful when it's the same gpu having to work on both planes anyway) and the console is supposed to display notifications and whatnot on cable tv or whatever goes through hdmi in ?
i expect that to happen with the console in 'partial sleep' mode, so maybe it makes sense to have a MUCH weaker gpu dedicated to that, and by much weaker i mean something like the Raspberry pi's requiring like 5V.
If that was the case, i can't see it being helpful with games at all.
But, could it help with media center functions ? maybe Durango has a 'low power' mode allowing you to see movies or listen to music with minimal power consumption (while being SILENT) ? i wasn't interested in the console's media player capabilities (having to switch a noisy 300W console on to listen to music is not ideal) but if that was the case then we can talk.
I don't know if it makes sense, but it's either that or the scaler is there to send video output to other devices: phones, tablets, or the illumiroom itself: the stuff we see 'around' and 'outside' the screen might need it.