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NVIDIA: PS4 GPU 3x less powerful than Titan, but more powerful than Xbox 720
- Thread starter gembel
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Let's not shit up this thread, alright?
1st Course
Member
PS4 GPU is already confirmed to be 1.8 Tflops, Xbox is still a rumor though.
Unless I'm horribly mistaken they -may- know because of the process that had AMD and Nvidia competing to supply the GPU for the consoles, which they ultimately did not get/backed out of. They may be in a position to know at least something about what AMD got the job with.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Why is always talking about PS4? I don't really understand their point.
Huh? So I can just buy a titan and start playing games on it with out any additional effort?
I don't get why Nvidia keeps feeling the need to flaunt these kind of numbers. We get it already.
The real question is that if they're already releasing GPUs that are 3 times as powerful as consoles and consoles are almost always the baseline for major releases, what hardware are they going to be releasing 2-3 years down the line? I really don't think there's going to be much of a market for the highest end hardware at that point, and that's just gonna lower as the generation goes on.
Just to jog my memory, current gen is something like a 7800 GTX equivalent and it got passed in terms of power by the 8800 GT, right?
The real question is that if they're already releasing GPUs that are 3 times as powerful as consoles and consoles are almost always the baseline for major releases, what hardware are they going to be releasing 2-3 years down the line? I really don't think there's going to be much of a market for the highest end hardware at that point, and that's just gonna lower as the generation goes on.
Just to jog my memory, current gen is something like a 7800 GTX equivalent and it got passed in terms of power by the 8800 GT, right?
drives me crazy
Nvidia's portable is going to make the Vita look like the DS sales wise.
Uhm what?! lol
can't you put off masturbating for the extra 9 seconds it takes to switch to native resolution?
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
All that graph says to me is:
Console: bought/relax for 6 - 10 years
PC: Upgrade/upgrade/upgrade/upgrade/upgrade ...
Console: bought/relax for 6 - 10 years
PC: Upgrade/upgrade/upgrade/upgrade/upgrade ...
I don't care about power. In fact, I would prefer if power was used solely for better AI, and the money that we've been using for gorgeous setpieces get put towards better soundtracks, stories, etc.
Anyways, I realize PC gaming has it's merits. I've got an okay gaming PC myself, although with next gen coming I need to upgrade my CPU and ditch the SLI 450s. However, there's some kind of... Atmosphere around playing console games. Especially older consoles that were just pop in the disc and go.
Anyways, I realize PC gaming has it's merits. I've got an okay gaming PC myself, although with next gen coming I need to upgrade my CPU and ditch the SLI 450s. However, there's some kind of... Atmosphere around playing console games. Especially older consoles that were just pop in the disc and go.
It's interesting that they give such an honest evaluation of the 360 and PS3 GPU's relative performance, given that they supplied the latter.360 was ahead of it's time.
PS3 budget GPU
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
I like how they know the specs for the 720.
8GB GDDR5
VR needs lots of raw power to use correctly, that coupled with stuff like 4k monitors (which Intel are apparently pushing in 2014) will mean a need for more power.
nhlducks35
Member
Well their GPU series in 2016 (Volta) has a 1TB/s bandwith...
mugurumakensei
Member
To the metal always makes me laugh when most devs are using some middleware where half the game logic is running in some kind of VM for LUA, UnrealScript, or Javascript.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
but carmack said
LQX
Member
Off the chartz.
More than not it will be 6-7 years. I think that's why Sony put 8g ram for 'future proof'.
RukusProvider
Banned
All that graph says to me is:
Console: bought/relax for 6 - 10 years
PC: Upgrade/upgrade/upgrade/upgrade/upgrade ...
choice. choice. choice.
I hope they Bring back the 5 year cycle, this generation has ovestayed its welcome and the market knows it.
And bringing in the Wii U to simultaneously shit on it.
shinobi602
Member
What? the PS4 GPU would be as powerful as a $1000 GPU?
With Carmack's analogy, PS4 can reach 66% of Titan's power.
Which is not bad at all seriously.
with price, of course.
Yeah.. the bottom of the chartz.
All I'm hearing from NVidia is "Yeah, we don't know what the hell's in either one, but here's our best guess". I'm fairly sure they don't have any "inside information" on the exact system specs of XBW (XboxWhatever). Hell, we don't even know the exact specs of the PS4 hardware, only generalized info.
Just to make that clear, in my first post in the thread I don't mean to imply that Carmack is wrong. However:
1) what he said has no bearing on what NV is doing here (comparing hardware capabilities)
2) even adding in the full "Carmack factor" (2x) -- which I think is rather high given the relative lack of architectural difference this time around -- a Titan is still more powerful.
Beerman462
Member
That atmosphere largely died for me this generation, else I'd still be a mainly console only gamer. I still get that with older consoles though, which I love.
iamvin22
Industry Verified
A $400 console being capable of 2/3 of what a $1000 GPU is capable of doing is amazing.
gamethriller
Banned
Dumbest response ever read.
derExperte
Member
Well they didn't include the RROD and dying PhatPS3s in it so one could come to that conclusion.
All that graph says to me is:
Console: bought/relax for 6 - 10 years
PC: Upgrade/upgrade/upgrade/upgrade/upgrade ...
The interesting thing about this graph that's going to be ignored is the widening gap between PC and consoles at launch. I honestly wonder why/how the 360 and PS3 were on par with the high end GPUs and the PS4/Nextbox aren't.
You make it sound like videocard never go out bad. =X
But I also do agree that this gen's console had some high failure rate. I don't expect next gen would follow its footstep, however. (with all talk about efficiency over power craziness)