My first impressions (from what I've read) are mildly positive. Nothing that indicates the giant bloated clusterfuck I was fearing... yet.
DDR5 is a kind of ram derived from DDR3 that can transfer data almost twice as fast. The improvement in performance is minimum (because ram data transfer is normally not an issue anyway), but noticable. I am assuming sony will use something along the lines of 6-7 GB DDR5 dedicated to graphics and 1-2 GB DDR3 for the OS and the rest of the shit;Vault101 said:If I might ask what's the difference?Adam Jensen said:That's better than any computer. PC's only have DDR3 RAM. Only GPU's have DDR5 memory.Notsomuch said:Yeah, that's almost as good as my computer! Wait...Adam Jensen said:8Gb of DDR5 RAM? That's INSANE!
Nope. Not GPU RAM. System RAM.rhizhim said:you mean 8 gb of GDDR5 ram on the graphics card. still quite powerful but not uncommon.Adam Jensen said:8Gb of DDR5 RAM? That's INSANE!
the radeon hd 4870 series has GDDR5.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDDR5
You are not the only loser here who thinks that.erttheking said:So...am I the only loser who thinks that the in built ability to record, screen cap and stream games is a fucking awesome idea?
Uh, they announced way back when that it's going to cost $400 dollarsTony said:This sounds uber crazy. I really hope it's not $700+ dollars though.
if this things more powerful than computers then I cant be smug anymore....and we cant have that XDTanakh said:[snip.
We need more detailed specs to call that, however it basically sounds like a high end AMD CPU/GPU hybrid with lots of high speed ram. A smart move on their part I must say.Vault101 said:if this things more powerful than computers then I cant be smug anymore....and we cant have that XDTanakh said:[snip.
Well they say that it'll only be $400. Nice compared to the PS3's $600Fishcactus said:Hmm...well, i'm surprised to find myself actually kinda excited about this.
The recording gameplay footage in the PS3 feature sounds awesome, and there is definitely a market out there for that. No more fiddling around with extra software and hardware, yay!
Just reading through some of the specs...i'm curious about how much this is going to cost. Sure, it might look promising, but how much is it going to have to be priced at to make a profit?
Still...I will be following this, despite the fact that I have no intentions of buying , haha
Ahh, thanks for the link, I must have missed that. I guess Sony have learned their lesson then, if it's turns out to be true.erttheking said:Well they say that it'll only be $400. Nice compared to the PS3's $600Fishcactus said:Snip
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.400423-Japanese-Newspaper-Playstation-4-Will-Have-a-400-Price-Tag
One can also hope they will continue their open platform as far as HDD's are concerned. I've had it with proprietary hardware.RicoADF said:We need more detailed specs to call that, however it basically sounds like a high end AMD CPU/GPU hybrid with lots of high speed ram. A smart move on their part I must say.Vault101 said:if this things more powerful than computers then I cant be smug anymore....and we cant have that XDTanakh said:[snip.
Agreed, one of PS3s big plus points to me was its comparability with standard tech, no need to only get Sony headset, hard drive etcDeaDRabbiT said:One can also hope they will continue their open platform as far as HDD's are concerned. I've had it with proprietary hardware.RicoADF said:We need more detailed specs to call that, however it basically sounds like a high end AMD CPU/GPU hybrid with lots of high speed ram. A smart move on their part I must say.Vault101 said:if this things more powerful than computers then I cant be smug anymore....and we cant have that XDTanakh said:[snip.