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[DieH@rd]

https://twitter.com/digitalfoundry/status/334397605444468736

:O

 

[SteeloDMZ]

How much RAM does it take to make an interesting game?

 

[Courage]

At 1080p? Damn.

 

[Skyzard]

I got 5 more GB to go. Like what 1, for the system?

Double the GB, double the graphics guys.

How much RAM does it take to make an interesting game?

Is it missing coins you want to collect? This is a bang bang kinda game

 

[Daante]

Megaton?

 

[driver116]

Nice

Edit...So does this pretty much confirm 1GB for OS - seeing as rumoured dev kits had 4GB?

 

[acm2000]

oh here we go with the magic 8GB GDDR5 nonsense again

 

[Deleted member 22576]

That still seems like a lot.

 

[hemtae]

So does that mean that the 2GB cards will be in trouble come next gen?

 

[gaming_noob]

It already looked CG-quality to me. What more could they have added?

 

[Dennis]

GDDR5?

Where I come from we call it Jesus RAM.

 

[JAYSIMPLE]

yay they might be able to make next gen animations etc, or even a next gen game, that actually does something different to current gen games, with the extra 5 gig then.

 

[Shalashaska161]

It's going to be interesting to see what the leap between first and second gen PS4 games is going to be. And I'm not just talking about graphics.

 

[Iacobellis]

I got 5 more GB to go. Like what 1, for the system?

Double the GB, double the graphics guys.

Um, you can't dedicate most of the RAM just for graphics.

 

[sunnz]

I think its one of those things were they could lower the amount of ram used, but since they have so much to use they don't really have to.

If so, good.

 

[Tan]

Just think of all the mirrors we could have!

 

[robertsan21]

PS4 is a beast. Cant wait for it!!!!

 

[btkadams]

So, what could that extra ram improve? Could they end up boosting the framerate?

 

[Evolution_1ne]

oh here we go with the magic 8GB GDDR5 nonsense again

Because 2 GB of slow as shit GDDR3 is more than enough *amirite*

 

[onQ123]

We knew about the 3GB of ram already.

 

[Courage]

Does this mean a 670 wouldn't be able to play a game at max settings by this October? Unless Killzone is an outlier.

 

[KalBalboa]

https://twitter.com/digitalfoundry/status/334397605444468736

:O

That's kind of nuts. Makes you wonder what else the PS4 can pull off.

 

[The Praiseworthy]

Now I want to see how Shadow Fall 2 would look like

 

[acm2000]

It already looked CG-quality to me. What more could they have added?

1980s cg?

come on people, get a grip

 

[benny_a]

Um, you can't dedicate most of the RAM just for graphics.

Of course you can. That doesn't mean that is wise to do, but there is no reason why developers can't do whatever they want.

 

[GenericUser]

I will buy this console, no matter what, if they don't screw up.

 

[schwabdizzle]

We will not see full potential of these new consoles til at least a year or two in if that.

 

[stryke]

5GB reserved for OS confirmed.

 

[H_Prestige]

oh here we go with the magic 8GB GDDR5 nonsense again

Yeah RAM doesn't matter at all. 512mb was more than enough this gen.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Hmm, what is RAM designed for in terms of games?

Yeah RAM doesn't matter at all. 512mb was more than enough this gen.

What the fuck are you talking about. 512 was MORE than enough? LOL.

 

[uncledonnie]

Wasn't this well known already? I thought this news came out right after the PS meeting.

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Uncharted had monster textures with 256MB of VRAM. I wonder what sorcery they'll pull with 8GB, even when reduced for OS and game logic/audio etc purposes.

 

[anexanhume]

So this confirms even Sony first party devs were still targeting 4GB GDDR5, yup?

 

[daxgame]

Because 2 GB of slow as shit GDDR3 is more than enough *amirite*

yeah, it's more than enough to make good games.

 

[Uno Venova]

First posters try so hard sometimes.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

Hmm, what is RAM designed for in terms of games?

Secret sauce.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

9GB DDR5. Sorry. Maybe next-next-gen.

damnit

 

[Skyzard]

1980s cg?

come on people, get a grip

Don't worry, not everyone can spot the quality just from short videos like that.

 

[itsgreen]

Not that surprising considering they upped to 8 GB at the last minute...

 

[zainetor]

I so much salt alredy.
wonder how much ram needs to be used as normal ram by the system, to get good enough performance.

 

[Skyzard]

already so much salt.
I wonder how much ram needs to be used as normal ram, by the system, to get nice performance.

I bet around 1GB. They probably expected 4GB used 3, leaving 1. Makes sense anyway.

 

[macewank]

imagine how awesome the game will look when its SUPERCHARGED!

 

[CaptainTiptop]

So Shadow Fall was built on earlier devkits with 4GB RAM, right?

It'll be super interesting to see what GG, SSM and Naughty Dog can do with the PS4, dang.

 

[Noirulus]

So, what could that extra ram improve? Could they end up boosting the framerate?

Maybe, but they'll most likely be using the extra RAM to improve visual quality.

 

[eddfromtheriver]

I'm baffled that people are able to judge a game merely by judging a reveal trailer, makes me wish i had superpowers too.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Wasn't this well known already? I thought this news came out right after the PS meeting.

Yeah but some people didn't believe it.

 

[mrklaw]

This is good for later PS4 games but might not be ideal for launch titles. Presumably most of those will have been developed targeting 4Gb (3 usable?) and they won't get a big benefit from a late bump. Durango games might actually look better as the ram level will have been stable for longer.

 

[Liamario]

Can you alot the remaining ram to performance, thanks.

 

[Violater]

Lol so much salt and we are just on the first page.
Edit: Goddamit more salt

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Why won't most devs make use of SMAA instead of FXAA? Cuz FXAA is turrible.