It's all in "vague generic hardware power units," which really don't mean anything at all. I was just doing some elementary school math in IGN's terms for the curious.
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IGN Rumor: Xbox 3 GPU ~= AMD 6670, Wii U ~5x current gen, Xbox 3 ~6x, Dev Kits August
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It's all in "vague generic hardware power units," which really don't mean anything at all. I was just doing some elementary school math in IGN's terms for the curious.
iamshadowlark
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Anyone who thinks we're going to get cutting edge console GPUs from ANYONE in the upcoming generation has lost their mind. Console manufacturers are going to want to turn a profit (or very close to it) right at the start.
The stock 6670 doesn't even outperform most of the 4000-series cards. The 4770 would for example yield better results in some scenario's.
Sure you can...well if it's the Honda NSX
Sho_Nuff82
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I'm pretty sure my creaky-kneed 4870 is better. I'm calling false.
Father_Brain
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[Nintex];34538807 said:
Not sure if IGN ever reported the "DS2" Tegra rumors, but they were debunking them before E3 2010. Granted, that was the same article that suggested 3DS would have processing power akin to 360, but I take that bit more as a gross exaggeration of the system's shader capabilities than an outright fabrication.
If there is a large gulf between WiiU/Xbox and PS4, it'll be interesting to see which consoles developers and early-adopters latch on to. Is there any room for two tiered third party support?
Net_Wrecker
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Oh man, GAF never fails bringing cars into the discussion :lol.
And disappointing next gen hardware will be really, really bad because PC hardware is only getting better and better. If more devs start going console lead, this will spell trouble for everyone. I want shiny new futuristic toys, not "slightly better but not really pushing it anymore" consoles.
I would be happy with another 360 (with better heat design
). MS packed the very best they could reasonably put and sold it for 400$ If I remember well. That's a reasonable for a first wave of consumers and worked well for MS, I don't see the benefit of not following that path again.Heh
But yes, I'm with you, if this is true, I have no idea what AMD and Nvidia are going to do in the top line market from this point. Kepler alone would really outclass this even before being released.4.8
Took me like 20 minutes though
I got 4.8 as well (after being shamed for my poor math skills.)
If a Wii U is even close to that ratio I'll be picking one up.
Risk Breaker
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Now now, let's not get crazy.
Projectjustice
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This gen has gone on for a very long time. It would be very disaappointing if this is true.
Why wouldn't they go for a GPU like this? It's affordable, will be low power and a decent step over current consoles. Microsoft might be planning to release a low cost console because of the current crisis and the succes of the Wii. There's no real reason to keep up with PC's and if they stay in the Wiis ballpark multiplats won't be a problem.
herzogzwei1989
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Sorry.
A 10x leap over Xbox 360 in floating point shader performance or whatever (I've had basicly no sleep).
TAJ
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In that scenario, I would probably only buy a PS4.
To give you an idea of what an upset that is, I only own six PS3 games and approximately 60 Xbox 360 games.
Yeah, for me if I'm going to be spending $300+ on a new console it better either be something significantly improved spec-wise or give a totally new experience from playing. The former seems more likely to happen than the latter, but it's sounding like neither will be the case at the moment.
PatrickLyons
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epic fail
Me being wrong proves the point: When people spew scalars like this, it means almost nothing. They're trying to combine a number of specs to make a rough comparison, when the real world performance of this stuff is much more complex and nuanced than that. Even if we were talking about scores in synthetic benchmarks, that still doesn't mean anything definitive in terms of "power."
-Pyromaniac-
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Call me crazy but I kind of like when all 3 consoles are close to each other. I much prefer to own only one console per generation (at least until price drops a lot on the other 2).
Demoncarnotaur
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The fact that these specs are so underwhelming makes me believe them a little bit more. I guess we should wait and see though, with a new rumor every week maybe something more solid will come out soon.
TheNatural
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So what was the difference between the gap from the PS2-GCN-Xbox era? Plenty more than 1/6th I believe.
If this stuff is true, seems too many were ready to writer off the WiiU as way underpowered.
If this stuff is true, seems too many were ready to writer off the WiiU as way underpowered.
Underpowered compared to what, though? It would still be massive leap over the current consoles, and look how well they've done an admirable job of keeping up over the years.
-Pyromaniac-
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they be in the money making business. They think they can make tons of money without it. Lets face it, they probably can with even less than these rumours.
They wouldn't really have a choice, they're not going back to PCs. They'd piss and moan about it like we will but in the end what choice would they have as a business?
As for MS they had their Nintendo moment and cashed in, and are apparently going to still cash in at the expense of gamers. If these rumors are true or close to true it will be a very depressing generation for us.
TheNatural
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Or they want to do a quick ripoff of Nintendo again with the tablet thing. Introducing, the Kinectablet!
BlazingDarkness
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If Microsoft are going for more of Nintendo's market, pushing the Kinect in their next console then I expect no, graphics and (to an extent) performance is not important
Reallink
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A GTX655Ti would blow this garbage out of the water.
Why aren't companies going with nvidia? Too expensive?
Father_Brain
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What exactly would Sony gain from being the reverse-Wii in that scenario? They'd end up with a more expensive and less profitable console, and for what? HD budgets are already much too high for any third party to make PS4 exclusives (or PC/PS4 "exclusives") solely by virtue of superior specs.
A Twisty Fluken
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Would the realities of high end GPU power/heat consumption figure into this at all? If MS wants to be a top shelf media box in addition to everything else, a big noisy fan is going to cramp its style.
Power means absolutely nothing. At 10X of a leap, the visual improvement would be most compared to PS2--> PS3 transition.
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