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[Truespeed]

Why not throw 1gb in it? Cell phones are coming with that, and I'm sure the extra room would help in the long run.

Probably because those "cell phones" cost $600 unsubsidized.

 

[-COOLIO-]

Awesome news. This bodes well for PS4 tech.

YEAA BOI

 

[newjeruse]

Patrick Klepeck am lie.

 

[Chakan]

Amazing news. I'll try to grab one at launch now.

 

[Man]

Shuhei Yoshida just reconfirmed on twitter:

yosp Shuhei Yoshida
そう、メインメモリが512MBで、VRAMが128MBです。

 

[Respawn]

PSV would need to support the .mkv file container first. something i don't see happening without a custom app or something. it's a shame my galaxy s doesn't support them, and the VLC app seems like it will never come.

I can play mkv files on my Samsung Captivate which is a Galaxy S phone. I use handbrake to transcode my vids. I have machete on there right now as an mkv file. Everything else is in mp4 but I just wanted t osee if it works and it does. Not sure what's up with yours. [running Froyo 2.2 and not rooted]

 

[Shalashaska161]

Man this thing is going to have some amazing looking games. Still gonna wait for the first revision though before I jump in.

 

[The Faceless Master]

GPS only in 3G model is a joke nowadays.

only VGA cameras? really? REALLY?

 

[Special J]

probably alot of developer pressure. more ram typically wont make the games look better especially on that resolution but greatly improve development speeds since they can be more sloppy with asset use.

 

[btrboyev]

The frame rate is nice on the cameras, I was hoping for at least higher res.

 

[gofreak]

Shuhei Yoshida just reconfirmed on twitter:

yosp Shuhei Yoshida
そう、メインメモリが512MBで、VRAMが128MBです。

Hahaha, he totally had a word in the marketing department's ear.

In Shuhei we trust, etc. etc. :3

 

[Jinfash]

FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS.

I guess nothing can excuse Resistance's performance now. For a moment I thought "What if the game suffered from a recent spec cut?"

 

[Mr_Brit]

probably alot of developer pressure. more ram typically wont make the games look better especially on that resolution but greatly improve development speeds since they can be more sloppy with asset use.

Lol.

 

[Zen]

Well, we don't know that yet, what kind of multitasking capabilities they have in mind for the OS and such. But it's plenty either way.

Unless Sony goes absolutely insane, there's no way that the Vita will come close to the OS overhead of a modern smartphone. That's not to say that Vita won't have multitasking ability, but the ram requirements will be nothing in comparison.

 

[FoxSpirit]

PSV would need to support the .mkv file container first. something i don't see happening without a custom app or something. it's a shame my galaxy s doesn't support them, and the VLC app seems like it will never come.

Werid, my S-II took this out of the box though I have to use mPlayer for proper subtitles. Did you try updating the firmware??

 

[Garjon]

Fair enough, I take my comment in the conference thread back. It just seems that certain developers (nihilistic) can't seem to be able to put it on the road. Interest in purchase rising. Still not a launch sale though (it'll take a monumentally good lineup for this)

 

[Curufinwe]

Hey look all that GAF bitching and whining and jumping to conclusions about RAM was for not. Well I lol'd.

Literally thousands upon thousands of wasted posts.

 

[Zombie James]

High Profile H.264 support, nice.

 

[Respawn]

This just makes it more curious why Resistance had such awful textures, after seeing that footage I thought it had definitely got downgraded to 256mb.

Not sure if serious since we've seen a bunch of VITA games other than Resistance. Uncharted alone has magnificent textures.

 

[Special J]

Lol.

lol.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Fair enough, I take my comment in the conference thread back. It just seems that certain developers (nihilistic) can't seem to be able to put it on the road. Interest in purchase rising. Still not a launch sale though (it'll take a monumentally good lineup for this)

who knows how early that footage was

 

[a1m]

 

[Chiggs]

Outstanding specs. The pc gamer in me is smiling.

 

[Argyle]

yes, unless you count the iphone and ipad.

360 also has 512MB of RAM.

Doesn't the Vita has more RAM (640MB total) than any iPhone or iPad? (512MB)

Even the 360 doesn't have as much RAM (counting the 10mb framebuffer EDRAM, that is 522mb total...even though really you'll need to resolve pretty much anything in there to main ram to use it)

 

[Instro]

Why not throw 1gb in it? Cell phones are coming with that, and I'm sure the extra room would help in the long run.

Cell phones do not use the same type of RAM as gaming consoles, nor does it utilize much of said RAM for gaming purposes. Unnecessary.

Anyway, this is cool news. Although I still really don't think that the difference between the 512mb and 256mb would have had a significant impact gaming wise, and presumably this amount ram will be used for better OS/browser and other non-gaming applications.

 

[patsu]

Should allow us to host FPS servers on Vita ! That way I can play with friends in the vicinity.

 

[Mr_Brit]

Cell phones do not use the same type of RAM as gaming consoles, nor does it utilize much of said RAM for gaming purposes. Unnecessary.

Anyway, this is cool news. Although I still really don't think that the difference between the 512mb and 256mb would have had a significant impact gaming wise, and presumably this amount ram will be used for better OS/browser and other non-gaming applications.

Pretty sure Vita uses LPDDR2 like any other phone.

 

[Respawn]

Cell phones do not use the same type of RAM as gaming consoles, nor does it utilize much of said RAM for gaming purposes. Unnecessary.

Anyway, this is cool news. Although I still really don't think that the difference between the 512mb and 256mb would have had a significant impact gaming wise, and presumably this amount ram will be used for better OS/browser and other non-gaming applications.

Was about to post something like this.

 

[Jin34]

Doesn't the Vita has more RAM (640MB total) than any iPhone or iPad? (512MB)

Even the 360 doesn't have as much RAM (counting the 10mb framebuffer EDRAM, that is 522mb total...even though really you'll need to resolve pretty much anything in there to main ram to use it)

To be fair those 10MB of edRAM on the gpu means a hell of a lot more than 10MB of the other ram.

 

[Zzoram]

Does this mean Vita can do PS3 graphics? Or is the CPU/GPU too weak?

 

[Garjon]

who knows how early that footage was

Why show it if it was old footage? That said, why show it at all?

 

[AgentChris]

This gif fully expresses the way I feel about this news. Also I can't freaking wait for PS4 now

 

[Electivirus]

The half of those specs I can actually understand are still drool-worthy!

 

[FairXchange]

Wow, that's actually some really good news.

I plan on buying the Vita whenever it's available in NA, this only bodes well for the longevity of the hardware.

 

[iceatcs]

To be fair those 10MB of edRAM on the gpu means a hell of a lot more than 10MB of the other ram.

Yeah it read/write much faster but still 10MB.

 

[Confiture]

Day 1.
But I think we can forget about a price cut now

 

[Instro]

Pretty sure Vita uses LPDDR2 like any other phone.

Well then I stand corrected if that's the case, not something you usually see in gaming hardware from what I know. May also explain why they went with 512mb if its a slower/lower grade of RAM.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Why show it if it was old footage? That said, why show it at all?

to get people excited about a new game. There are some people that do like Resistance a lot and will just be excited that it's coming, then there are the more savvy people who should realize that it's probably old ass footage.

Gamers complain when we get titles announced with only a logo, but now we're getting mad for them being willing to show us something. Hellz nah.

 

[olimpia84]

me likes this

 

[sfedai0]

Oh man, suddenly getting a tablet is going the wayside. VITAAAAAAAAA.

 

[xemumanic]

AWESOME!

...................but wait

Why isn't it just unified? Or is there some detail I am missing?

 

[Mr_Brit]

Well then I stand corrected if that's the case, not something you usually see in gaming hardware from what I know. May also explain why they went with 512mb if its a slower/lower grade of RAM.

No idea. LPDDR2 is relatively cheap as well and is in mass production and used by tons of consumer devices. They seemed to have cash to spare for useless gimmicks like cameras and GPS so it's strange they didn't put extra VRAM in there.

 

[FoxSpirit]

Cell phones do not use the same type of RAM as gaming consoles, nor does it utilize much of said RAM for gaming purposes. Unnecessary.

Anyway, this is cool news. Although I still really don't think that the difference between the 512mb and 256mb would have had a significant impact gaming wise, and presumably this amount ram will be used for better OS/browser and other non-gaming applications.

Not to mention, my SGS-II baseline RAM-use:
330 MB. And there is only a single widget running which updates the weather every hour.
Enter the SMS area: 360 MB
The Samsung keyboard alone eats over 50MB of RAM.

If I substract the memory used by all the services, the OS itself eats up over 250MB of RAM all by itself.
HUGE.

 

[patsu]

Besides running non-games, and hosting mini game servers, more RAM is helpful for in-game user generated content too.

 

[gofreak]

AWESOME!

...................but wait

Why isn't it just unified? Or is there some detail I am missing?

The VRAM may be a different type of memory optimised more for the GPU.

Plus in either case it gives each set of processors lower latency access to its own memory, more bandwidth, less contention etc. There are advantages to non-unified setups.

 

[Tobor]

GPS only in 3G model is a joke nowadays.

only VGA cameras? really? REALLY?

GPS and 3G are on the same chip, it's all or nothing. Same as the iPad, and anything else that has a 3G and Wifi only model.

 

[staticneuron]

To be fair those 10MB of edRAM on the gpu means a hell of a lot more than 10MB of the other ram.

But not more than 128MB of the other ram. lol.

 

[Gav47]

http://i.imgur.com/X9TjN.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]
Does she bite her lip in every gif?

This pretty good news, it makes me want an iPad less. I know the resolution of the screen isn't amazing for web browsing but it will suffice for watching a few youtube videos and quickly checking emails around the house.

 

[Jomjom]

I wish they had shown a little bit about what the 3G would do exactly.

 

[xemumanic]

The VRAM may be a different type of memory optimised more for the GPU.

Plus in either case it gives each set of processors lower latency access to its own memory, more bandwidth, less contention etc. There are advantages to non-unified setups.

It's just that this makes me think of the PS3, and it's non-unified memory architecture really hurts it. But then, we all at first has heard 512MB unified, so this is better then that.......I guess???

Oh well, it's not a sore spot, that's for sure.