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[Dedication Through Light]

DF speculated that the next DS is going to use nVidia Tegra, while the PSP2 should use PowerVR series 5 GPU. If this is true, the PS4 would use its successor, the 6th series.

What type of graphics/possibilities could the next nintendo handheld deliver using the nvidia processor.

Seeing the cost of the PS3 with its initial release, I guess I better start three savings accounts, one for the PS4, one for the next PSP, and one for games for both platforms for launch.

 

[gofreak]

:lol All other news on that site are Sega related. Chances that this guy is some delusional Sega fan making stuff up, seem pretty high now.

Yeah, this is the vibe coming off the B3D thread too...

 

[TurboLibre]

Dun dun duuuuuuun. This gen going to be a 6 year cycle? Color me

Spoiler

not

surprised!

I thought they have always said that the PS3 will have a 10 year lifespan, not that it will be ten years before the next generation arrives.

 

[dark10x]

Oh shit, now Lazy8s will own his first PlayStation console!

 

[Goron2000]

This news scares and confuses me.

 

[lowrider007]

not really, as gofreak has pointed out

So your telling me if this is true all the stuff we've purchased on the PSN isn't going to be compatible with the PS4 ?

If this is confirmed I'm becoming the biggest 360 fanboy on this board !!!

 

[FoxSpirit]

Assuming this is true... is this a good move? I mean, they only have been making mobile chips for ages.

And if this ends up as accessible as the Cell... yeah, devs would love that. Multiplat never so easy? :lol

 

[panda21]

The PlayStation 4 shall use a high end variant of the Series 6 line. Performance, specifications and features are at this time unknown. The Series 6 shall receive an official announcement from IMGTEC sometime in 2010, with initial models targeting the smartphone and netbook sector.

do they make radically different specced ones for phones/netbooks and higher end cards all in the same line?

cos ps4=2010 smartphone doesnt sound too hot

 

[El-Suave]

"We're on it!"

Spoiler

or "Still shitty"?

 

[obonicus]

For reference, fgnonline has previously reported on Sega's return to the console business. They then announced Sega's 'change of mind' when their story didn't pan out.

 

[Why For?]

?

Not sure if serious...

What do you mean?

Am I missing something? I want my PS3 games to play on the PS4 when I get one, wouldn't using Power VR make that hard?

 

[Cheeto]

"We're on it!"

Spoiler

or "Still shitty"?

"We're waiting for word on which crappy PC gpu this lines up with"

 

[Zombie James]

For reference, fgnonline has previously reported on Sega's return to the console business. They then announced Sega's 'change of mind' when their story didn't pan out.

Well there we go.

 

[Chrono]

Still 6 years left though?

Huh?

 

[Danthrax]

2012 sounds about right, but I'm not sure about anything else in the OP

I mean, essentially Dreamcast 2 tech? Really?

 

[gofreak]

do they make radically different specced ones for phones/netbooks and higher end cards all in the same line?

cos ps4=2010 smartphone doesnt sound too hot

I'm not completely familiar with this territory, but it seems to me that there's always a section of people out there who keep expecting and hoping powervr's 'next' gpu to be the next big hotness.

Tying that next gpu to a next-gen console via rumours is one way to fuel that hope...

 

[expy]

FGNOnline?

 

[thuway]

In terms of raw polys and all those other buzz words, what does this mean for next-gen graphics in our PS4s?

 

[Cheeto]

In terms of raw polys and all those other buzz words, what does this mean for next-gen graphics in our PS4s?

So many flops your head will spin

 

[Dedication Through Light]

I thought they have always said that the PS3 will have a 10 year lifespan, not that it will be ten years before the next generation arrives.

I think 10 year, if we look at the PS2, essentially means having a system that is still supported with new software titles concurrently during the beginning to mid life cycle of the predecessor.

 

[LCfiner]

The Dreamcast was an impressive leap forward?

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really? you don’t think the DC blew the fucking doors off the PSX and N64? It was an incredible graphical jump and it took around 2 years till the PS2 came out to match it.

 

[Log4Girlz]

I bet it's made of the giggle of kittens.

4 gigglebytes of ram.

 

[Jaruru]

"Official" words in "Rumor" thread. how fun

 

[dragonfart28]

Real gaming is back!

Spoiler

rumor!

 

[FoxSpirit]

really? you don’t think the DC blew the fucking doors off the PSX and N64? It was an incredible graphical jump and it took around 2 years till the PS2 came out to match it.

With worse AntiAliasing (aka none) to boot.

 

[thuway]

do they make radically different specced ones for phones/netbooks and higher end cards all in the same line?

cos ps4=2010 smartphone doesnt sound too hot

This. Sony cannot be seriously thinking of releasing an underpowered PS4 in the wake of MS's next box. We all know Nintendo will deliver modest power, MS will go for the strongest ATI card available at the time, and Sony will....?

 

[Chrono]

So your telling me if this is true all the stuff we've purchased on the PSN isn't going to be compatible with the PS4 ?

If this is confirmed I'm becoming the biggest 360 fanboy on this board !!!

What the hell? gofreak shot this down already, and it was pointed out in the post your'e quoting.

This. Sony cannot be seriously thinking of releasing an underpowered PS4 in the wake of MS's next box. We all know Nintendo will deliver modest power, MS will go for the strongest ATI card available at the time, and Sony will....?

No way. Nobody is going to do that next-gen, or any gen after that.

 

[DeadTrees]

For reference, fgnonline has previously reported on Sega's return to the console business. They then announced Sega's 'change of mind' when their story didn't pan out.

Yep.

The sooner everyone ignores this site, the sooner Mr. Zachary Morris can go back to more honorable means of employment (e.g. taking it up the pooper in a dumpster).

 

[V_Ben]

This. Sony cannot be seriously thinking of releasing an underpowered PS4 in the wake of MS's next box. We all know Nintendo will deliver modest power, MS will go for the strongest ATI card available at the time, and Sony will....?

yeah. sony seem to like the idea of the bleeding edge of technology, so i'd naturally assume thats what their next console would be like.

 

[Hitokage]

So after all these years, it's revealed that Deadmeat was Zach Morris.

 

[Anerythristic]

We are going to get recession boxes. I am fully prepared for small, just enough cpu/gpu and ram tweeks and that is it. This next generation will be a step forward not a leap.

 

[thuway]

yeah. sony seem to like the idea of the bleeding edge of technology, so i'd naturally assume thats what their next console would be like.

Its what we've all come to expect from the company. Anything less and its not a Playstation, but a stop-gap.

 

[Ninja Moomin]

not really, as gofreak has pointed out

yes... sure they'll keep the exotic cpu... makes perfect sense.

they sure dug themselves a pit this gen.

 

[gcubed]

yes... sure they'll keep the exotic cpu... makes perfect sense.

they sure dug themselves a pit this gen.

the exotic CPU wouldn't have been nearly as difficult if they didnt pick a substandard GPU... the base of the Cell is basically the same chip as whats in the 360 (if not exactly, but without the extra cores)... the issue came into trying to squeeze out performance and make up for an old GPU

 

[Azure J]

In terms of raw polys and all those other buzz words, what does this mean for next-gen graphics in our PS4s?

PS4 flips for flops.

Spoiler

Seriously, I have no clue. The Powerzvr architectures are mysteries to me. *Pages Brain_Stew

 

[thuway]

We are going to get recession boxes. I am fully prepared for small, just enough cpu/gpu and ram tweeks and that is it. This next generation will be a step forward not a leap.

No fucking waaaaaaaaaaaay. If thats the case, count me out of next-gen.

 

[lowrider007]

What the hell? gofreak shot this down already, and it was pointed out in the post your'e quoting.

ok np I must of read that wrong, 360 fanboy conversion process halted, PS3 fanboy programme re-initiated and engaged.

Nothing to see here

 

[JudgeN]

the exotic CPU wouldn't have been nearly as difficult if they didnt pick a substandard GPU... the base of the Cell is basically the same chip as whats in the 360 (if not exactly, but without the extra cores)... the issue came into trying to squeeze out performance and make up for an old GPU

Exactly, the GPU in the PS3 is what dragging it down. I wonder what the PS3 would have been able to do if they had a 360 GPU in it instead of the RSX. Cell has shown us that if you "shine that shit up" it can do some amazing things.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Well it needs to be more powerful than the PS3, that way my school can continue to have a Playstation processing core for some of our bioinformatics

But anyway, 2010 will be interesting!

 

[Ninja Moomin]

the exotic CPU wouldn't have been nearly as difficult if they didnt pick a substandard GPU... the base of the Cell is basically the same chip as whats in the 360 (if not exactly, but without the extra cores)... the issue came into trying to squeeze out performance and make up for an old GPU

either way my point was that their upgrade path seems pretty much strewn with pitfalls.


whereas ms seems to be sticking with the same vendors... with to a layman seems like it poses less issues.

 

[thuway]

Does anyone have the roadmap on what Cell 2 is supposed to be? Surely Cell 2 cannot be that expensive?

 

[thuway]

either way my point was that their upgrade path seems pretty much strewn with pitfalls.


whereas ms seems to be sticking with the same vendors... with to a layman seems like it poses less issues.

They are just changing graphic vendors. More than likely, they will go with Cell 2 (whatever that will be), 4 gigs of ram (ram is way too cheap these days), a bluray drive, and XXXXX Graphic card.

 

[gcubed]

either way my point was that their upgrade path seems pretty much strewn with pitfalls.


whereas ms seems to be sticking with the same vendors... with to a layman seems like it poses less issues.

they are kinda locked in to the Cell if they really want BC. I'm sure most if not all PSN games would be more or less compatible with a PowerPC-based chip as I believe there are only a select few that utilize the SPE's to any extent.

As far as the next Cell, i think they made a pretty big leap in FP performance vs whats out in the existing PS3, and most likely the biggest changes would be the core processor would have more cores accompanied by possibly more SPE's

 

[Nirolak]

Does anyone have the roadmap on what Cell 2 is supposed to be? Surely Cell 2 cannot be that expensive?

It's supposed to have 4 main cores (as opposed to the PS3's 1) and 32 SPUs (as opposed to the PS3's 8):

 

[Combichristoffersen]

"We're on it!"

Spoiler

or "Still shitty"?

They'll probably still hate it. IIRC Gabe hates multithread coding, multicore processors and such modern humbug. Back in HIS day one didn't need more than one core clocked at 66 MHz.

 

[Anerythristic]

No fucking waaaaaaaaaaaay. If thats the case, count me out of next-gen.

This was not a good generation bottom line wise for Sony or MS. If they launch more 500-600 dollar consoles I will know we are heading for another gaming crash.

 

[Ze_Pershing]

Amazing!!! A little bullshit rumor and gaf flips. Hyper crowd.

 

[Blimblim]

I can't believe no one posted the superkyro yet!

 

[polyh3dron]

Hey at least it wasn't Richard Astley or William Smith.

 

[Durante]

If this is true how will the likes of Lazy8s and Deadmeat ever deal with their conflict of interests?