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[TLZ]

What the virus have to do with next gen?

It's the secret sauce from the consoles. Someone leaked it and it went viral.

 

[SCFC_]

What, in your opinion, is the reason MS has sent so few devkits to 3rd parties?

Because I’m still waiting for a dev kit from Microsoft and PlayStation have provided there dev kit on time. Would love if Microsoft provided there dev kit but still waiting. So PS5 is the dev kit we’re working on

 

[Mass Shift]

1000s dead? Where are you getting this from? The latest numbers I've seen is 42 dead, about 1400 infected. While it obviously is a nasty outbreak that must be handled with suitable care, your numbers are way off. And still, of the infected only a small percentage die, this is not rabies we're talking about.

I don't think we're getting real numbers. Look at it this way. If only 41 people died and only 1400 were infected then you wouldn't need to quarantine two cities and over 50 million people.

I hope my suspicions turn out to be unfounded.

 

[CJY]

You know something that would make no sense?

Mind if I get in on this shit?

 

[TLZ]

So for what it's worth I recently had a drink with a friend of mine who happens to work at a small games developer here in the UK. I know he is currently working on a next gen title. He was excited to tell me they have recently received PS5 Dev kits. So I had to ask him about the specs. He wouldnt tell me much, clearly more beer would be required, but he did tell me that the documentation which came with the kits mentioned they are targeting around 13 TF, but clocks and frequencies were TBD. He wouldn't tell me what the current kit contains, but apparently it's a ways off. He was more excited about the SSD to be honest, as it is ridiculously fast, significantly faster than his PC!

So to me this likely points to a lower speced early dev kit in the wild.

I also asked about the Series X, but they are yet to receive kits from Microsoft.

He gave me permission to post this btw, didn't want to get anyone in trouble!

Thank you very much for doing this when you didn't have to.

Please keep us informed of the results after more beers are given

 

[nowhat]

I don't think we're getting real numbers. Look at it this way. If only 41 people died and only 1400 were infected then you wouldn't need to quarantine two cities and over 50 million people.

I hope my suspicions turn out to be unfounded.

So far, we can't really tell. But - there are a fuckton of people in China, 50M for two cities seems reasonable. And at this time of the year people would be visiting their relatives all over the country, obviously a terrible idea right now so the quarantine is warranted.

So far I'm firmly in the "wait and see"-camp, the same kind of sensationalism was seen also with SARS and so on. We all didn't die then either.

(not saying it isn't a serious virus, but I'm not yet stocking my fallout shelter, or have one even - and this is getting really offtopic)

 

[SCFC_]

19th Feb. Bookmarking this. If you're right you get a tasty treat. If you're wrong I eat you instead.

Demo stage is coming along nicely confident that this demo were showing is very very good

 

[TeamGhobad]

Meh. They should just say to impatient fanboys that by helping assemble them, you'll get your console on launch day-1. Problem solved and all the free work force you'll ever need.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Demo stage is coming along nicely confident that this demo were showing is very very good

Did you get in contact with Mod of War ?

 

[SCFC_]

Did you get in contact with Mod of War ?

I did but I said i could get in trouble with the company I’m with if i post more just incase there is a person that works in the same company as me is here. Maybe i should stop because I’ve had one too many gins

 

[Gamernyc78]

I did but I said i could get in trouble with the company I’m with if i post more just incase there is a person that works in the same company as me is here. Maybe i should stop because I’ve had one too many gins

OH OK so similar to Tommy Fisher situation. So not verified but not banned. OK thanks for the response.

 

[farmerboy]

That went in didn't it?

 

[Brudda26]

no, its a 5x increase. PS3 (230 gflops) to PS4 (1840 gflops) was an 8x increase. and yes, gcn flops were far more powerful than rsx gflops which was a notoriously bad gpu. the 1.3 tflops x1 is 5x more powerful than the 360 gpu which was 250 gflops. and look at how that turned out. a 720p machine at launch with CoD and BF4 running at 720p, imagine PS5 games launching at 1080p in order to deliver next gen graphics. 5x is simply not enough. And FYI, GCN had major improvements over the arch the xbox 360 gpu was built on. no one bothered to add that up and say but what about performance in Terascale FLOPS!!!

Try to read it this time. It helps to read past the first sentence.

1.8GCN vs 9.2RDNA you cant make that 5x comparison. For one the ps4 used the much older GCN 1.0 architecture which is less efficient than the GCN used in the much more recent vega cards. The 5700XT(9.7TF~) despite having 33% less stream processors than VEGA7 (13.4TF~) produces similar gaming performance as per digital foundry. Comparing it to GCN 1.0 which first arrived in 2011 in the form of Tahiti and the ps4 was derived from pitcairn which is GCN 1.0. Clock for clock RDNA is around 60% more efficient than GCN 1.0. You would only need around 1TF under RDNA to match the 1.8 of GCN 1.0. A 5x increase you would only need a 5.4TF navi card to match the same performance as a 9TF GCN 1.0 counterpart. To get a 8x increase over GCN1.0 compared to RDNA you would only need a 8.4tf GPU vs a 14.4TF GCN 1.0 GPU.

Someone make sure I've got the numbers right I'm suffering from a migraine.

 

[Tsaki]

Because I’m still waiting for a dev kit from Microsoft and PlayStation have provided there dev kit on time. Would love if Microsoft provided there dev kit but still waiting. So PS5 is the dev kit we’re working on

You wouldn't happen to have a photo of the devkit and you wouldn't accidentally upload it to the forum, right? (you could even put black bars to hide the fine details, we wouldn't mind)

 

[SCFC_]

OH OK so similar to Tommy Fisher situation. So not verified but not banned. OK thanks for the response.

I wouldn’t lie because what would i gain out of lying?

 

[Rossco EZ]

I did but I said i could get in trouble with the company I’m with if i post more just incase there is a person that works in the same company as me is here. Maybe i should stop because I’ve had one too many gins

KEEP GOING WHAT DO YOU KNOW

 

[SCFC_]

You wouldn't happen to have a photo of the devkit and you wouldn't accidentally upload it to the forum, right? (you could even put black bars to hide the fine details, we wouldn't mind)

If i knew how to do that i would it’s not like i haven’t been paid for overtime

 

[nowhat]

I wouldn’t lie because what would i gain out of lying?

...new to the Internet?

 

[Mr Moose]

What, in your opinion, is the reason MS has sent so few devkits to 3rd parties?

Is this true? Hmm, I would guess they've given a ballpark of the specs with PCs since their OS will be Windows 10(?)/DX12 so they don't need to send out too many kits, maybe.

 

[R600]

I wouldn’t lie because what would i gain out of lying?

Yea, I mean, that makes sense...Thats why no one has ever lied on the internet.

 

[SmokSmog]

7800GTX and RSX werent using unified shaders, so I dont know how to calculate flops. But I think PS3 GPU was weaker than people realize. Back then I had 8800Ultra, and PS3 multiplatform games run much better on my PC. For comparison FEAR 1 run at 720p (no AA) 20-30fps on PS3, and solid 60fps at 1080p on my PC with MSAAx4 on top of that.

You are right, 8800GTX was generation ahead compared to ps3 RSX . RSX was slower than 7900 GTX

8800gtx released short before PS3.

 

[TGO]

will the corona virus impact the console launches in anyway? 1000s dead apparently.

Only 18 people have died and they was all over 80 years of age.

 

[SCFC_]

Yea, I mean, that makes sense...Thats why no one has ever lied on the internet.

Well I’m in my 30’s and i ain’t that sad/stupid to make up anything. It’s fine if you don’t want to believe me

 

[vivftp]

Well I’m in my 30’s and i ain’t that sad/stupid to make up anything. It’s fine if you don’t want to believe me

I'm gonna need you to tell us everything you know about ReRAM in the PS5.
Thnx

 

[R600]

I wouldn’t lie because what would i gain out of lying?

Yea, I mean, that makes sense...Thats why no one has ever lied on the internet.

 

[cragarmi]

This is true about the dev kits from Microsoft

Out of interest how long have you had your kits ? Give a number in nearest multiple of 2 months if your worried about anonymity.

 

[nowhat]

Well I’m in my 30’s and i ain’t that sad/stupid to make up anything. It’s fine if you don’t want to believe me

I mean, at this point I don't trust anyone anymore, I've gone all Fox Mulder. Just give us the official specs already FFS, I'm tired of a wild insider appearing every couple of days.

But seriously, people do lie online. It has nothing to do with age.

 

[SCFC_]

I'm gonna need you to tell us everything you know about ReRAM in the PS5.
Thnx

Goku

 

[pawel86ck]

Well I’m in my 30’s and i ain’t that sad/stupid to make up anything. It’s fine if you don’t want to believe me

Can you tell us something more about PS5 SDD? It's faster than 3.5GB/s and maybe has HW data decompression?

 

[Niked]

Well I’m in my 30’s and i ain’t that sad/stupid to make up anything. It’s fine if you don’t want to believe me

You know what, give us a photo with the specs and cover all the details that can expose you.... Done... Otherwise Gtfo

 

[vivftp]

Goku

I don't speak that particular dialect of nerd

Can you phrase it in terms a Star Trek fan might understand?

 

[SCFC_]

Can you tell us something more about PS5 SDD? It's faster than 3.5GB/s and maybe has HW data decompression?

Like I said in a few pages back, it’s the fastest SSD that Sony have ever made. Faster then any SSD that is on the market atm.

 

[NeroDaGod]

I don't speak that particular dialect of nerd

Can you phrase it in terms a Star Trek fan might understand?

It’s over 9000

 

[SCFC_]

I don't speak that particular dialect of nerd

Can you phrase it in terms a Star Trek fan might understand?

Goku is really fast isn’t he?

 

[bitbydeath]

The document doesn't specify, and as he wouldn't tell me what's in the current kit it's difficult to say. But the fact that the documentation doesn't specify, and we know they are using RDNA? for final unit.

At least it isn't as vague as 4x as powerful...

Do you have the document?
Don’t suppose you could share it with a mod for verification?

 

[Dolodolo]

Goku

How does the developer know that Sony is going to buy Finnish twins ?

 

[vivftp]

It’s over 9000

Goku is really fast isn’t he?

Oh shit, I get ya. So the 5400 RPM drive in the current gen is like impulse speeds. The SSD in the next gen consoles is like warp drive. And the ReRAM is like transwarp speeds!

Oh how I'd like to see some transwarp speeds in the PS5

 

[SCFC_]

You know what, give us a photo with the specs and cover all the details that can expose you.... Done... Otherwise Gtfo

As long as there isn’t any dev’s that work in the same company as me then I’ll happily share a photo of it

 

[SCFC_]

Oh shit, I get ya. So the 5400 RPM drive in the current gen is like impulse speeds. The SSD in the next gen consoles is like warp drive. And the ReRAM is like transwarp speeds!

Oh how I'd like to see some transwarp speeds in the PS5

I’m just Super happy that the speed they’ve provided is a game changer. How it took till 2020 is beyond me

 

[NeroDaGod]

I’m just Super happy that the speed they’ve provided is a game changer. How it took till 2020 is beyond me

could you elaborate the ways in which this speed ‘changes the game?’

 

[Mr Moose]

Can you tell us something more about PS5 SDD? It's faster than 3.5GB/s and maybe has HW data decompression?

Isn't it rumoured to be 5-7GBs or am I talking out of my butt? Probably the latter lol.

 

[Dolodolo]

How does the developer know that Sony is going to buy Finnish twins ?

Hey ^)

 

[Niked]

As long as there isn’t any dev’s that work in the same company as me then I’ll happily share a photo of it

 

[cragarmi]

Do you have the document?
Don’t suppose you could share it with a mod for verification?

I do not have the document unfortunately, I do not work in the game industry so I can only go on what my friend told me, but he has no reason to lie to me. But if you were writing such a document you wouldnt write ' we are targeting 13 RDNA TFs' would you?

 

[R600]

I do not have the document unfortunately, I do not work in the game industry so I can only go on what my friend told me, but he has no reason to lie to me. But if you were writing such a document you wouldnt write ' we are targeting 13 RDNA TFs' would you?

I agree. If they put 13TF as target, then its 100% sure RDNA.

 

[RookX22]

What I would like to know is what the dualshock 5 feels like. Like is it heavier than the ds4 since it has all this new tech in it, feel more substantial ?

 

[SCFC_]

could you elaborate the ways in which this speed ‘changes the game?’

ACK takes less then a second

 

[Insane Metal]

ACK takes less then a second

What's ACK?

 

[TGO]

As long as there isn’t any dev’s that work in the same company as me then I’ll happily share a photo of it

 

[TLZ]

What's ACK?

Assassin's Creed Kringle?