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Next-Gen PS5 & XSX |OT| Console tEch threaD

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DaGwaphics

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Albert Panello said that 9-10 tflops machine can be done at $399 without any loss. This means that 12 tflops machine should be expected at $499. He said people saying it's 600 and more are the ones who don't know about how cheap both Sony and Microsoft get the parts for and are just doing inaccurate math based on sales on PC parts.

Who is to say that Sony isn't targeting both the $399 and $499 price point, with different machines (Git leak could be lower-end part)?
 

ethomaz

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You mean the 90 minute reveal to reveal the date of the PS5 reveal lol?
Actually Sony reveal all the specs about the new console in these events... just the launch playable games are left to E3.
It is only one event.
 
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Nobody and nothing has indicated this to be the case. It's not out of the realm of possibility of course.
yes . if it was the case we would hear a lot of noise by now. sony will be releasing one PS5(spec wise. they could release two different ssd size versions)
 
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quest

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really bad reference. power against spoilers? this is hardware, not games. who don't want to know power in advance? like if you are going to buy a car and seller says, wait til release, then you will have your horse power :D can you imagine shitstorm they will get?
these xbox people speaking like they dropped down from the tree... on the head..

Typical engineer who does not really understand the hardcore fans. New consoles only launch every 7 years now it is fun and exciting they want the dirt. You are reading to much into it he wants people to wait on MS PR timeline. He needs to be understanding of the hardcore who love the speculation and enjoy it. Those are the people MS need to connect with if possible Phil gets it with his die shot tweets.
 
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quest

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Actually Sony reveal all the specs about the new console in these events... just the launch playable games are left to E3.
It is only one event.
I know it was a joke after the CES logo time waster been there for every sony launch. I have been telling people for a long time feburary did not have to be an insider to figure that out.
 
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Gudji

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Typical engineer who does not really understand the hardcore fans. New consoles only launch every 7 years now it is fun and exciting they want the dirt. You are reading to much into it he wants people to wait on MS PR timeline. He needs to be understanding of the hardcore who love the speculation and enjoy it. Those are the people MS need to connect with if possible Phil gets it with his die shot tweets.

To be fair the guy was being called an asshole at CES show floor because he didn't tell the specs to some guy(s), which is just stupid since he's under NDA too. That's why he made that tweet.
 
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TBiddy

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really bad reference. power against spoilers? this is hardware, not games. who don't want to know power in advance? like if you are going to buy a car and seller says, wait til release, then you will have your horse power :D can you imagine shitstorm they will get?
these xbox people speaking like they dropped down from the tree... on the head..

Are you aware that people pre-order Teslas years in advance, without knowing anything about the car?

Are you aware that people can't pre-order the XSX yet?

Are you aware that the specifications will be released and be available a long time before the console is actually available?

He makes a very solid point, and I'm willing to bet, that if he was from Sony, you'd be heralding him as a champion.
 
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Are you aware that people pre-order Teslas years in advance, without knowing anything about the car?

Are you aware that people can't pre-order the XSX yet?

Are you aware that the specifications will be released and be available a long time before the console is actually available?

He makes a very solid point, and I'm willing to bet, that if he was from Sony, you'd be heralding him as a champion.
people are taking this tweet of his out of context. he was called an asshole by an idiot for not giving the spec at CES so he is wondering if it is worth it that much to people to act this way. Nothing more and nothing less. his question is valid after what has happened to him.
 

quest

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To be fair the guy was being called an asshole at CES show floor because he didn't tell the specs to some guy(s), which is just stupid since he's under NDA too. That's why he made that tweet.
I saw that to was not cool to be harrassed like that. Still he needs to be more understanding. It is awful what happened to him but sometimes being the bigger person is best. Fans pay the the mortgage most are not bad. Let security deal with the idiots and converse with cool ones. People will always want the scoop on their favorite hobby just the way of life. Build relationships with the fans or stay in the lab don't question why they want to know the dirt that is silly. Why does he think TMZ and places like that are so popular.
 

Reindeer

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I saw that to was not cool to be harrassed like that. Still he needs to be more understanding. It is awful what happened to him but sometimes being the bigger person is best. Fans pay the the mortgage most are not bad. Let security deal with the idiots and converse with cool ones. People will always want the scoop on their favorite hobby just the way of life. Build relationships with the fans or stay in the lab don't question why they want to know the dirt that is silly. Why does he think TMZ and places like that are so popular.
Basically one shouldn't be asking why people are obsessed with specs when they have "8K" in their name. Harassment is out of the order of course.
 

xool

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The "magic" of a big chip with many many CUs is that compared to a otherwise identical chip with few CUs the yield is barely affected, because you can just disable broken CUs ..
 

DaGwaphics

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The "magic" of a big chip with many many CUs is that compared to a otherwise identical chip with few CUs the yield is barely affected, because you can just disable broken CUs ..

Any chip for a console likely has 4 spare CUs, for yields. I can't see a console manufacturer going without this tolerance. At the same time, you aren't going to go with a design with 16 or 20 spare CUs, you might see that in desktop where they bin so aggressively, but not in console.
 

RaySoft

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The "magic" of a big chip with many many CUs is that compared to a otherwise identical chip with few CUs the yield is barely affected, because you can just disable broken CUs ..
Not sure what you mean, but do I understand you correctly in that a bigger die size has better yeld compared to a smaller on since the big one can just turn off defected cu's?
In that case you are wrong, it's acutally the opposite. Faults increase with die size, so a smaller die will likely have fewer faults. The more dies that meets your target, the higher the yield rate.
 

xool

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Not sure what you mean, but do I understand you correctly in that a bigger die size has better yeld compared to a smaller on since the big one can just turn off defected cu's?
In that case you are wrong, it's acutally the opposite. Faults increase with die size, so a smaller die will likely have fewer faults. The more dies that meets your target, the higher the yield rate.
No read again.
 
I'm pretty sure the Oberon Github leaks were only meant for backwards compatibility/performance per clocks test.

It just doesnt add up with Klee/Reiner/Screier rumours.

Just my two cents though
 
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As a game programmer I would say both machines are very powerful.
Both are targeting above 11 TF's.Very similar in performance.Sony has edge over Microsoft in terms of SSD and Ray tracing.
 
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ethomaz

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I'm pretty sure the Oberon Github leaks were only meant for backwards compatibility/performance per clocks test.

It just doesnt add up with Klee/Reiner/Screier rumours.

Just my two cents though
I don't take these Github tests as reliable because it lacks context.
But if you look into them you will see they only tested 18CUs and 36CUs that match the PS4 and PS4 Pro number of CUs.
So they only tested two modes: 18CUs and 36CUs with both original clock and up to 2Ghz.

The Github testes shows to you that the PS5 in PS4 Pro mode can reach 9.2TFs in a stress test.
The clock up to 2Ghz is probably a stress test... no Navi based chip will run at 2Ghz in a comercial product... you can forget about that.

Now we need to know how many CUs the PS5 chip will have? That the Github tests didn't give you.
 
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magnumpy

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I'm really interested about the PS5 controller and its haptic feedback! it better be a clear step above the "rumble+" featured in the switch controller. like real next gen force feedback that actually makes a difference. what little they've said about it is for example playing a next gen racing game and feeling the different textures of the road? maybe they could integrate something where the controller becomes hot/cold based on the gameplay? I don't know, just speculating. the next few months will be torture waiting for next gen D:
 

PaNaMa

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You showed who you are. You pushed the old lie of Phil saying that it was twice the performance when he said twice the power. A lie that has been corrected like 1000 times on every forum with the actual quote.
Those quick to accuse others of something are generally doing the same they accuse others of. You are obviously a Sony Fanboy, evidenced by your posts.

As for your post history, you have commented on MS and Xbox. Where did I say it had to be a negative post BTW? I havent posted negative stuff about Sony. Saying that I think the AMD leaks are real and show the PS5 most likely has a 9.2tflop GPU is anything but an attack on Sony. Its talking about actual AMD benchmarks.
You saying I shouldnt talk about Sony because I have an Xbox is just retarded.

Mods can we please do something about this language and tone. Maybe a time out or something?
 

ethomaz

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Continuing...

Taking the Github tests in mind I can guess Sony will have 2 options for each BC mode.

PS4 BC Normal Mode: 18CUs @ 800Mhz
PS4 BC Boost Mode: 18CUs @ Up to 2000Mhz (they will choose a clock they thing is comfortable)

PS4 Pro BC Normal Mode: 36CUs @ 911Mhz
PS4 Pro BC Boost Mode: 36CUs @ Up to 2000Mhz (they will choose a clock they thing is comfortable)

2000Mhz looks to me stress test but I can see something between 1600 and 1900Mhz.

We need a test with all PS5 CUs active to start to guess how much power the PS5 will have.
That the Github doesn't give you.
 
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ethomaz

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Exactly twice the clock frequency of the PS4 Pro (1822MHz) should be ok, no?
It is a guess but yeap that is what I believe Sony is doing for the PS4 BC boost mode... that is why these tests exists too.
We already saw Navi running at 1822Mhz fine... it just that 2000Mhz the power draw increase desproporcionally.

Take in mind that these high clocks in BC Boost Mode is easier to archive due having disabled CUs.
Think like how AMD and Intel can increase (Turbo Clock) the clocks of their CPUs depending of how many core are in use (active)... more cores in use = lower turbo clock.
 
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Mods can we please do something about this language and tone. Maybe a time out or something?
If you think he's being too console war-ish, then just use the report button.

Frankly, he has already hung himself under his own words and behavior, and isn't taken seriously. Earlier in the thread, the dude ranted about how devastating and widespread the 9.2 TF "news" are and how it is bad optics that Sony has stayed silent.

I told him if such news were so impactful, then investors would've took notice and be concerned. The stock price would've dropped as a result of investor pessimism and uncertainty. However, the Sony's stock has been rising (up by ~1.4% so far today). Dude's been silent about that ever since.
 

48086

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As a game programmer I would say both machines are very powerful.
Both are targeting above 11 TF's.Very similar in performance.Sony has edge over Microsoft in terms of SSD and Ray tracing.

Interesting. That's what I was expecting for the SSD. I'm bit surprised about the ray tracing though. Any knowledge of the type/amount/speed of ram in ether box?

Also, any mods want to verify this poster?
 
Interesting. That's what I was expecting for the SSD. I'm bit surprised about the ray tracing though. Any knowledge of the type/amount/speed of ram in ether box?

Also, any mods want to verify this poster?
Isn’t it weird that no body in any of the leak from insiders talk anything about ps5 ram ? I mean if it’s gddr6, what’s with the secrecy?weird
 
As a game programmer I would say both machines are very powerful.
Both are targeting above 11 TF's.Very similar in performance.Sony has edge over Microsoft in terms of SSD and Ray tracing.

What games have you programmed for? Who are you?

Generally speaking:
Will Microsoft implement some sort of haptic feedback in their controllers? Everything keeps pointing to:

-PS5 having slightly more TFLOPS
-PS5 having faster SSD
-PS5 having better implementation of Ray Traycing
-PS5 backwards compatibility with PS4 with special sauce that makes the graphics look better
 

Darklor01

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I appreciate your input.

I have been saying this awhile now both consoles are super close and Sony's SSD is pure magic having a decent speed edge over Xbox.

Guessing.

Do you have any guesses how add on hard drive memory might work? I would hate to need to buy an external drive as space is needed and have gaming performance ruined by any slower drives.
 

Reindeer

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Y
I appreciate your input.

I have been saying this awhile now both consoles are super close and Sony's SSD is pure magic having a decent speed edge over Xbox.

Guessing.
You make such specific statements and then say you are just guessing :/. How can one guess something like that? I get it you're trying to act like you don't really know, but it's pretty obvious to everyone that you know something.
 
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You make such specific statements and then say you are just guessing :/. How can one guess something like that? I get it you're trying to act like you don't really know, but it's pretty obvious to everyone that you know something.
I cracked his case haha.He has shown his info to mod of war as well and they both agreed to keep it as a guess so his sources are not compromised (mod of war said it ). I m telling you making meth is not his only specialty . Next gen specs are also up there 😂
 
What games have you programmed for? Who are you?

Generally speaking:
Will Microsoft implement some sort of haptic feedback in their controllers? Everything keeps pointing to:

-PS5 having slightly more TFLOPS
-PS5 having faster SSD
-PS5 having better implementation of Ray Traycing
-PS5 backwards compatibility with PS4 with special sauce that makes the graphics look better
If tgese are true sony had targeted 600 for ps5 to take 100 as loss and sell it for 500.whereas ms had targeted 550 (zhuge estimate)to sell it for 500.
 

Reindeer

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Can someone explain to me what would the use of much faster SSD be in a console? On PC we barely see much difference on faster SSD when it comes to things like loading a game. Will this have more to do with games being designed around SSDs and game world data being streamed at faster rate and thus taking oad off from both GPU and CPU?
 
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HeisenbergFX4

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Can someone explain to me what would the use of much faster SSD be in a console? On PC we barely see much difference on faster SSD when it comes to things like loading the games. Will this have more to do with games being designed around SSDs and game world data being streamed at faster rate and thus taking off load from both GPU and CPU?

My very limited knowledge on this subject and someone else can explain this better...

In a console setting where every new console will have this games CAN be designed around such a fast HDD.

In a PC way too many people still have mechanical HDDs so games have to be designed with that drive.

In the new consoles especially on the PS5 first party games will virtually have no load times, instant play if you will.

And these truly are my random thoughts.

Well except no load times on the PS5 but thats been discussed several times.
 
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My very limited knowledge on this subject and someone else can explain this better...

In a console setting where every new console will have this games CAN be designed around such a fast HDD.

In a PC way too many people still have mechanical HDDs so games have to be designed with that drive.

In the new consoles especially on the PS5 first party games will virtually have no load times, instant play if you will.

And these truly are my random thoughts.

Well expect no load times on the PS5 but thats been discussed several times.
On top of these the speed that you can go through the world also changes as everything is streamed so fast . So you could fly over the open world map at speeds never seen before
 

StreetsofBeige

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Can someone explain to me what would the use of much faster SSD be in a console? On PC we barely see much difference on faster SSD when it comes to things like loading a game. Will this have more to do with games being designed around SSDs and game world data being streamed at faster rate and thus taking oad off from both GPU and CPU?
I think the theory is these new console SSDs are so good and fast vs a PC SSD that not only do you get load times of like 2 seconds, but the SSDs also act fake ram where it also caches assets so the game can process graphics faster.......

...... or something like that?
 

Reindeer

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I think the theory is these new console SSDs are so good and fast vs a PC SSD that not only do you get load times of like 2 seconds, but the SSDs also act fake ram where it also caches assets so the game can process graphics faster.......

...... or something like that?
It would make a lot of sense to go for faster SSDs if they're going to be using it as virtual ram if need be.
 
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