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[GarthVaderUK]

This thread sure has been entertaining in retrospect.

We live and

Spoiler

probably won't

learn.

 

[Red]

We live and

Spoiler

probably won't

learn.

It's the same every time, why fight it

 

[Windom Earle]

Do you mean this post?

Jo daaaamn!

 

[metareferential]

The funny thing is that the "ram is cheap nowadays you can buy 32gb at newegg for the price of a Bigmac" comments were spot on (at least for Durango). Sony completely knocked it out of the park.

Ahahaha.

 

[RyanReedyMusic]

Gotta love all the crow eating going on here lately. HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Lonely1]

Lesson learned in this thread?

Just because you're a hardware enthusiast that builds pc's in your own spare time doesn't make qualified to be an expert in Research and development for consoles.

Armchair tech gaf got owned. HARD

We have yet to see the impact of that decision (as in cost, power consumption, etc).

 

[AAK]

You know what; I'm glad Crytek was very vocal about it, and I'm glad Sony is taking input from developers. It's a win-win for everyone.

I wasn't a believer but now I am and I'm loving it!

But.... the price

 

[Fried Food]

The first page of this thread is so good. I want a "Where are they now?" montage of all the posters on the first page.

 

[Binabik15]

This is almost like the epic necrobump super hero fighting game thread. Hide yo crows, hide yo wives.

 

[FACE]

Someone link this thread to Tiago, this is his twitter page: http://twitter.com/crytek_tiago

 

[darkwing]

lol reading through the thread is awesome

 

[FinKL]

Blast from the past. Very interesting reading people's take on the original comment and what we got.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Hmm. According to my subscriptions page, I replied in this very thread. Can't seem to find my post though. Will be interesting to see what I posted.

If 8GB of ram can give us multitasking and save states I will cream my pants.

-In game video player with PIP
-In game video chat
-In game web browser
-In game recording

Wait, fuck this shit. I'm just setting myself up for disappointment.

 

[Yoshichan]

WOW.

 

[Labombadog]

Hahaha. This is what I posted when this thread came up.

hahaha i seriously bust out laughing when I read this. wow.

I EAT CROW GAIS

 

[Foxix Von]

I'm all for more ram in the next consoles but 1 that's an excessive amount for a console and 2 that's never going to happen.

Well.... shit.

Someone get me some honey mustard, I need to choke this sumbitch down...

 

[Labombadog]

Well.... shit.

Someone get me some honey mustard I need to choke this sumbitch down...

Dinner for two. Please!

 

[dark_prinny]

And Sony listened...

 

[charsace]

8GB is great however how much of that is reserved for the OS and background recording, we don't know yet.

Its gonna be a lot. Especially if the system has 480p or more recording res. Plus you have to dedicate some hardware resources to it.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

No way that's happening. I'll be shocked if we get more than two gigs of RAM.

hahahaha oh my.

 

[Kikarian]

Crytek should wish for more things.

 

[pestul]

Phew.. I only mentioned some crap about flash memory so no crow for me. At that time I would have been shocked if any system had more than 4GB though.

 

[TacticalFox88]

The First page is so lulz worthy hahahaha

 

[BattleMonkey]

Crytek should wish for more things.

Can they wish for a $399 price point? Because wishing for things usually has a price attached.

 

[Kouriozan]

Yeah this thread was created in 2011 and technology is moving really fast.
Still funny

 

[CadetMahoney]

Crytek should wish for more things.

$399 price point?

They wish!

 

[LCGeek]

Its gonna be a lot. Especially if the system has 480p or more recording res. Plus you have to dedicate some hardware resources to it.

This is my only beef. Rendering and playing can hit the fps if you don't do it right. Same for how you're writing to a device. They are going to need a decent bit of space permanently for this.Anything HD level and for more than few minutes adds up espceially in a raw format.

The fact we have confirmation that a console next gen will be built for this is encouraging to me. As heavy pc mindset who does this making this mainstream only engages people to get more in to games from a personal stand point. Some of the pcs biggest games enjoy communities where videos of various aspects casual to serious can be seen. Making a majority of all gamers able to join in on a platform if they want is a true positive step in to the next generation. This is something a pc cannot enjoy due to how hardware platform works.

 

[BeauRoger]

Epic thread revival

 

[Curufinwe]

I wanted to bump it last night when GAF came back after the 8 GB announcement, but it was still locked.

Yeah this thread was created in 2011 and technology is moving really fast.
Still funny

People who claimed 8 GB was impossible weren't so wrong if they were assuming the next consoles would launch in 2012.

 

[Cornbread78]

I love all the reflection bumps today, lol

 

[Portugeezer]

Ok Crytek, I'm ready to eat.

Best crow ever. NOM NOM NOM!

 

[tapedeck]

Sony made the mistake of going with the most exotic shit possible. Things that were almost impossible to reduce the costs on. If you take a hit on something like GPU, RAM, etc. - your costs will significantly lower. Sony can easily release a -

Multi Cell
8 gig Ram
GTX 580 equivalent or better

at 399 in 2013.

What.

No, just no. Unless you want to pay up to - or more than $800

Good one.

You've got to be joking lol.

Assuming they would be able to pull something like that off... their loses in production would be huge and for a long time.

There's just no way.

looks like thuway backed off his early predictions cause of the rumors, for shame.

 

[Minion101]

It's still crazy the PS4 has 8gigs of fast ram. I never would have believed it.

 

[LightofRohan]

This thread is awesome. I swear I posted on it also...

Well Crytek got their wish

Now they can make the super prettiest mediocre shooter evar!!

Unless it's PC exclusive than it's the most amazing game experience you can have in your life! Master race delivers! Then we make fun of Killzone for being another boring shooter.

 

[Soi-Fong]

Many crows died yesterday...

 

[USC-fan]

Welcome to next gen. The gen of RAM.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Not only 8 gigs. 8 gigs of some of the fastest shit money can buy.

 

[Ushae]

Lots of crow eating here haha! Good thing I kept my mouth shut the entire time.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Still no 16? YAWN.

 

[i-Lo]

Still no 16? YAWN.

What are you? Poor? Measly pedestrian 16? Crytek said they can do really amazing things with 32GB.

 

[Toa TAK]

This is an amazing thread.

So now, is GAF humbled?

 

[TCRS]

This is an amazing thread.

So now, is GAF humbled?

 

[-SD-]

https://twitter.com/CRYTEK_TIAGO/status/304564772723105792

 

[Aguirre]

https://twitter.com/CRYTEK_TIAGO/status/304564772723105792

^_^

 

[shinobi602]

https://twitter.com/CRYTEK_TIAGO/status/304564772723105792

Lol, touche Tiago, touche.

 

[RoKKeR]

Jesus, this thread is now a gold mine. The "Haha, oh wow" picture had me almost in tears when I scrolled past it.

 

[DBT85]

Its gonna be a lot. Especially if the system has 480p or more recording res. Plus you have to dedicate some hardware resources to it.

Well it's got dedicated hardware for the video encoding and decoding. They said that already.

15 minutes of 720p video shouldn't be that large in file size, certainly less than 1GB, though I doubt they would store it in RAM.

 

[link1201]

After reading through some of the earlier comments , I am getting hyped again for the upcoming consoles. We may not get everything we want but looks as though we're getting more than a good portion thought we would.

 

[teh_pwn]

2 GB video RAM, 2-4 GB of system RAM.

My PC already has more.

I don't see what the fuss is over lots of system RAM. Email checker PCs for $400 come with 6-8 GB. Consoles don't use the same RAM and it's uber expensive? Fire your supplier and engineer a damn solution. Not sure why $100 in COGs is suddenly not worth designing around when you're planning on making 50 million units, lol.

High 5, 2011 self.

 

[vpance]

https://twitter.com/CRYTEK_TIAGO/status/304770683131531265

Bwahaha! Mission accomplished!