[gofreak]

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2012/04/0...ocessing-specs

The PlayStation 4, reportedly codenamed Orbis, may utilize AMD's A8-3850 APU and Radeon HD 7670 GPU, sources have told IGN, offering the combined performance of both integrated and discrete graphics processors. According to the official product specs, the A8-3850 packs a quad-core 2.9GHz processor with an integrated graphics chip. The APU will work in tandem with the system's dedicated GPU, the HD 7670, a DirectX 11-enabled card clocked to 1GHz with up to 1GB of dedicated VRAM.

More at the link.

[ClovingWestbrook]

And we're off! again!

[Bagu]

Honestly, all these rumors need to stop getting so much attention

[shinobi602]

*sniff*

I love the smell of incoming new console wars. ^__^

[LiK]

I thought 720 did

[saladine1]

So....in layman terms....

[iceatcs]

lol media wars.

[PSFan]

The next 2 months are going to be E3 every day at this rate lol

[Wario64]

Sounds expensive.

[Xater]

Someone tell me if this is similar to what we heard of the 720.

[alr1ght]

Will the integrated card be more powerful than...

[Blablurn]

please don't be 599 :|

[stilgar]

I hope it won't be as discrete as the Emotion Engine

[gofreak]

I thought 720 did

Maybe they both do? :O

I dunno though. This directly contradicts other things I've heard, and I still don't understand the gains of a design like this. But then again, I am not a system designer.

[purple cobra]

So....in layman terms....

Yep. :) Should I be happy? Sad?

[SarcasticD]

Things are heating up!

[patsu]

please don't be 599 :|

^^

[djplaeskool]

Things are heating up!

If multiple AMD GPUs are in there, then that makes sense...

[Muddimar]

please don't be 599 :|

This is exactly what I'm afraid of as well...

[AgentChris]

Maybe they both do? :O I dunno though. This directly contradicts other things I've heard, and I still don't understand the gains of a design like this. But then again, I am not a system designer.

Isn't this what Kutaragi wanted with PS3?

[patsu]

Maybe they both do? :O I dunno though. This directly contradicts other things I've heard, and I still don't understand the gains of a design like this. But then again, I am not a system designer.

Can the APU GPU be used for non-graphics work ? If so, it would address one of my concerns, which is to handle natural input while doing heavy graphics work.

[Metalmurphy]

Everyone fishing for hits at this time... It's like not too far away from E3, but it's also not too close so they can get away with all the BS.

[LiK]

please don't be 599 :|

Riiiiiidge racer!

[Allonym]

please don't be 599 :|

It wont be, Sony has shown themselves to be smarter than that recently especially with the Vita's launch

[dragonelite]

lol now news sites just have to be bringing this stuff up for clicks.

[M.D]

I like how there were almost zero rumors about the PS4, and after one site publishes a rumor, suddenly everyone knows something about it.

[onQ123]

I feel like I already knew this

[Azure J]

That's a pretty damn awesome setup right there actually. I hope it's true.

I like how there were almost zero rumors about the PS4, and after one site publishes a rumor, suddenly everyone knows something about it.

It's like Project Cafe/01.net all over again.

[Lord Error]

That's a crap dedicated GPU, right? Actually not a 7xxx part but just renamed 6xxx.

Also, work in tandem... to do what exactly?

[Wario64]

I like how there were almost zero rumors about the PS4, and after one site publishes a rumor, suddenly everyone knows something about it.

Just like Wii-u last year

[Meisadragon]

Looks like PS4 and 720 will be quite similar in performance, which is a good thing of course. Those "specs" look outrageous, though.

[scitek]

Is that the same as this that I couldn't get to work with my Z68 board the other day?

[DCKing]

The HD7670 is the exact same thing as the HD6670 IGN said was in the next Xbox. It's also way weaker than what many people are expecting for the next gen of consoles.

That said, if there's any truth to this at all, these are the specs of the PCs the devs have started development on, not actual console parts.

[Cheesecakebobby]

The idea that we are going to have to put up with this sort of thing for 14 months fills me with dread...

[planar1280]

so basically if this is true, DirectX wins

[Allonym]

That's a crap dedicated GPU, right? Actually not a 7xxx part but just renamed 6xxx. Also, work in tandem... to do what exactly?

I think its a mid-range card in the PC gaming realm

[disappeared]

Does this mean it'll run Crysis?

[funkystudent]

So....in layman terms....

the ps4 will have quite a lot of graphics.

[gofreak]

Isn't this what Kutaragi wanted with PS3?

Yeah, but that was at at time when GPUs were quite different to today. I don't see the gain over one larger GPU?

Also, a 7670+3850 APU wouldn't, on aggregate, be as good as some alternative rumours so I kind of hope this isn't true.

[subversus]

Also, work in tandem... to do what exactly?

TO RENDER STUFF

[Majanew]

with up to 1GB of dedicated VRAM

That part is disappointing.

[kaysee]

Yep. :) Should I be happy? Sad?

Happy, very.

[Lonely1]

That's a crap dedicated GPU, right? Actually not a 7xxx part but just renamed 6xxx. Also, work in tandem... to do what exactly?

Not crap but not anywhere close of being "ubber powerful".

[alexandros]

Sony Steamstation, basically confirmed.

[Rebel Leader]

please don't be 599 :|

$598

[Kai Dracon]

At this point where's the rumor that PS4 is powered by bananas.

Industry reaction:

Carmack: Banana API is too fragmented, it will be a real pain to optimize cross platform games.

Epic: We're excited about this banana based initiative and will have Unreal Engine 4 at E3 running on 8 bananas.

Crytek: It's a real concern that PS4 is built around 8 bananas. Unless we can hit 16 bananas next gen we won't see a real revolution in performance.

[DarkChild]

This sucks. I expect more from Sony/MS and nothing in latest Epic/Crytek interviews suggest it will be like this.

[Proelite]

Ign making shit up again. Someone should call them out.

I like how they snuck in actual apu and gpu versions.

[guek]

"discreet" gpu? so it'll keep all your dirty secrets?

[Rösti]

Default specs of these components:

AMD Radeon HD 7670 Summary

AMD Radeon™ HD 7670 GPU Features Summary 800 MHz engine clock 512MB-1GB GDDR5 memory 1000 MHz memory clock (4.0 Gbps GDDR5) 64 GB/s memory bandwidth 768 GFLOPS Single Precision compute power TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture 480 Stream Processing Units 24 Texture Units 32 Z/Stencil ROP Units 8 Color ROP Units 128-bit GDDR5 memory interface PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface

AMD A8-3850 Summary

Model: A8-3850 Radeon Brand: HD 6550D CPU Clock Speed: 2.9GHz CPU Cores on Die: 4 cores TDP (thermal design power): 100W Total L2 Cache: 4MB Radeon Cores on Die: 400 GPU Clock Speed: 600 MHz DirectX Version: 11 Unified Video Decoder: UVD3 DDR3 Speed: 1866

Sources: http://www.amd.com/us/products/deskt...on-7670.aspx#2, http://www.amd.com/us/products/deskt...omparison.aspx