No, it got killed because it's CPU looks to be a PPC 750 (a really old, basic CPU core) with added multi core support.
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Wii/PS3/Kinect homebrewer rumor: Durango CPU clocked at 1.6ghz.
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No, it got killed because it's CPU looks to be a PPC 750 (a really old, basic CPU core) with added multi core support.
I especially love his rants on how the Humble Bundle has "utterly disappointed" him because their latest THQ offering doesn't have any Linux compatible games.
Really a bastion of reason this guy is!
Mikey Jr.
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That means that Yamcha is half as powerful as SSJ Vegeta.
Its more like Durango is Mr. Popo.
Mr. Popo is the most powerful thing in DBZ Abridged.
McHuj
Member
Orders of magnitude faster. You're talking about a ~150 million transistor chip vs 1.4 billion transistor one.
Well, a Ivy Bridge core at 3.2Ghz is around as fast as all 3 cores in the 360 combined.
Now if my calculations are correct, this puts the clock speed of Durango's CPU roughly between 1.5 ghz and 1.7 ghz. And as such, if we were to ascribe a performance ballpark to the preceding figure I would postulate that the Durango is roughly capable of running Durango software better than the 360 can.
edit: My sources seem to agree.
edit: My sources seem to agree.
KojiKnight
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He's not simply "some guy on twitter"... This is one of the main guys that contributed to the Wii and PS3 hackings. This guy knows hardware better than most of the engineers that WORKED on said hardware and certainly has some really good sources.
Is it guaranteed information? Nah, but it's likely among the more reliable sources... he doesn't have a history of making posts pulling facts and numbers from his ass.
As you said, arch and cores are probably the more interesting/useful for telling the quality. There is no doubt that the next-box will be way more powerful than the Wii U... but this is another credible rumor to add to the pot of other credible rumors that may give us a better picture in the long run.
Haha that's pretty pathetic.
statham
Member
QFT.
What if it just has begun?
What if Microsoft doesn't want to launch too much over 300 dollar?
What if a "smaller" leap will be better for developers in general, since they wouldn't have to deal with another "system/price shock" like they probably had to with the beginning on this gen's games development?
What if that leads to more developer confidence and better games, since they don't have to become even more cautions that they have to be now when thinking about financing a game/game concept?
3 cores with the 360 vs 16 cores with Durango.
They could be running a much slower clock speed and still be able to crush the 360s cpu performance wise.
i think the point is that the guy who leaked the "damaging" wii u cpu clock speed info is the same guy as this one. why hold these two consoles to different standards?
Last gen confirmed, where the fuck is the microwave? These Hot Pockets won't warm themselves!
Well that is true. 16 is a higher number than 3. But at the same time, 1.6 is a lower number than 3.2.
You really can't have it both ways.
Newton Crosby
Banned
This is not "Wii U damage control" or retaliation for negative Wii U threads, jesus grow the fuck up.
Shalashaska161
Member
Could this be the thread where GAF finally learns clock speed is only one small part of measuring CPU performance?!
16 cores? Xenon has 6 threads.
Read the relevant Wii U threads and you'll recognize most posters here - it's exactly that.
And let's not forget this "great" titbit of information doesn't seem threadworthy in the least.
DonMigs85
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An 1.6Ghz i3 smokes Xenon.
See? We're in good hands.
but 16 is more than 5 times as 3 while 3.2 is only twice as large as 1.6.....
I think we have a winner!
statham
Member
stop damage controlling this thread.
Metalmurphy
Member
Guys, the 1.6GHz CPU probably will be used on the XBOX TV Top Box...
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/21/3674802/xbox-tv-set-top-box-casual-gaming-streaming-2013
...Right?
Wouldn't shock me.
KojiKnight
Member
Yet that's what a lot of people seem to be wanting from this thread. I can see several people in this thread that held his information on the Wii U CPU as gospel, but are now saying that he's likely talking out of his ass.
I have no doubt that his Wii U information was spot on, but I think we can all agree that even if the Durango is clocked at 1.6ghz, it will have many more cores/threads. Low speed makes sense for this upcoming generation because lower frequency = lower voltage = less heat = smaller consoles and less likely repeats of the RRoD.
lordfroakie
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Ugh DBZ power talk -_-
It's been that way since the current gen started. John Carmak was complaining at the start of the gen how he wants one really fast cpu rather than multi-core ones but that it just isn't possible to get the performance we want without it.
It's pretty standard at this point though it will probably pose a few issues early on.
D
Deleted member 17706
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It already is. AMD has tricked plenty of people into buying their shitty desktop processors with this route.
DonMigs85
Member
More likely 8 cores and 16 threads.
KojiKnight
Member
This would be my bet at a guess. Way more than enough to last out another 5-10 years.
Well to be fair..he has a wiiu. This is information he 'heard'. Not saying I doubt him or trust him, but there's more reasons to doubt him with this information
Its funny because this is exactly how the craziest Nintendo fans post when they hear something they don't like.
And of course this is thread worthy. We are in the lead up to console releases. Just like with the WiiU, every decent rumor should be given some attention good or bad.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
God GAF never disappoints
The posts with comebacks, one-liners, jabs, stawp!, experts, expert of experts, down-players, Good Lord, first page alone is amazing!
That shit should be used as a GAF guideline, holy hell, giggling though it
The posts with comebacks, one-liners, jabs, stawp!, experts, expert of experts, down-players, Good Lord, first page alone is amazing!
That shit should be used as a GAF guideline, holy hell, giggling though it
DonMigs85
Member
Yeah, even now most PC games only really use 1-2 threads at most.
SniperHunter
Banned
haha this is a cute post. Just the other day we had the news of a MS studio working on a UE4 scifi FPS. They aren't taking the cheap Wii route bro, time to wake up
funkystudent
Member
1.6 multiplied by 16 = 25.6
While 3.2 multiplied by 3 = 9.6
Therefore thanks to my full proof and totally not pulled out of my arse method of determining processing capabilities the durango is only 2.7 times as powerful as the 360. Clearly MS are cheaping out on the specs.
Someone email kotaku and polygon.
While 3.2 multiplied by 3 = 9.6
Therefore thanks to my full proof and totally not pulled out of my arse method of determining processing capabilities the durango is only 2.7 times as powerful as the 360. Clearly MS are cheaping out on the specs.
Someone email kotaku and polygon.
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