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I am still not sure why Sony cant do the same with BC as MS can.
MS has shown its actually possible as they have done it.
Last gen Sony tied the PS4 Pro to using 36CUs to help with BC, allowing them to turn off half th GPU to mirror the PS4 GPU.
MS however with the XOX wen't bothered with that and added a GPU without the need to have to tie the CU count in any way, and not only that but moved from a RAM set up on the OG Xbox of using DDR3 RAM and a pool of ESRAM to a pool of 12GB of GDDR5 RAM.
No problem with BC for the XOX.
And again this next gen we see MS smashing Sony on BC.
Is this just Sony not caring about BC? Or do they not have the technical ability like MS to do it?
I realize MS are the software kings and have far more resources and knowedge than Sony in this area, but surely its not at that level to get BC going is it?
I mean, basically every PC game made is back compat. A new GPU comes out, the game plays on it. A new CPU comes out, it plays on it. Different card manufacturers, with different CU numbers and different clock speeds? Not a problem. Three different Pcs with different amount and types of RAM?
Not a problem. Game runs.
So what the fuck is going on GAF?
MS has shown its actually possible as they have done it.
Last gen Sony tied the PS4 Pro to using 36CUs to help with BC, allowing them to turn off half th GPU to mirror the PS4 GPU.
MS however with the XOX wen't bothered with that and added a GPU without the need to have to tie the CU count in any way, and not only that but moved from a RAM set up on the OG Xbox of using DDR3 RAM and a pool of ESRAM to a pool of 12GB of GDDR5 RAM.
No problem with BC for the XOX.
And again this next gen we see MS smashing Sony on BC.
Is this just Sony not caring about BC? Or do they not have the technical ability like MS to do it?
I realize MS are the software kings and have far more resources and knowedge than Sony in this area, but surely its not at that level to get BC going is it?
I mean, basically every PC game made is back compat. A new GPU comes out, the game plays on it. A new CPU comes out, it plays on it. Different card manufacturers, with different CU numbers and different clock speeds? Not a problem. Three different Pcs with different amount and types of RAM?
Not a problem. Game runs.
So what the fuck is going on GAF?
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