#4507730

PhazeDelta1

2013-01-23 09:45

If the rumors are true, the influx of cash from these consoles might just help AMD with their money issues.

#4507734

k1net1cs

2013-01-23 09:54

If they have the extra production capacity for it, then yes. If they have to add another to the existing capacity, then it's a bit of a gamble.

#4507792

Pill Monster

2013-01-23 12:38

If the rumors are true, the influx of cash from these consoles might just help AMD with their money issues.

Exactly what I was thinking also....hope it turns out to be true...

#4507808

PNeV

2013-01-23 13:01

Another set of consoles with the word Jaguar in it...oh no... http://www.8-bitcentral.com/images/atari/jaguar/jagBox.jpg

#4507810

Pill Monster

2013-01-23 13:07

^Lol

Yes, would be good if true! The big question is though, what GPU will the consoles use? An AMD GPU would certainly help AMD out even further! If the PS4 has a faster GPU, will the difference only be small (like a GPU core speed bump), or will it be rather large? If the latter is true, what will that mean for PC gamers in terms of console ports?

I thought they were using AMD 6xxx GPU's, pretty sure I read that somewhere....

#4507812

CronoGraal

2013-01-23 13:10

So basically it'll be down to brand preference rather than actual hardware? Altho I've never liked the Playstation controller so that might also play a role.

#4507814

Neo Cyrus

2013-01-23 13:22

So basically it'll be down to brand preference rather than actual hardware? Altho I've never liked the Playstation controller so that might also play a role.

Naw, as the article says that Microshaft are going to be somehow stingier than Sony (I didn't know that was possible) and using an ever worse GPU.

#4507829

Speed Weed

2013-01-23 14:04

Will Crysis 3 run at a decent speed on the PS4?

#4507845

StewieTech

2013-01-23 14:25

Alright let´s play some Jag!... Do the math!

#4507848

Noisiv

2013-01-23 14:28

If the rumors are true, the influx of cash from these consoles might just help AMD with their money issues.

4.70% of entire AMD are Consoles + Professional graphics. $80M of REVENUE for console royalties in 2012. is barely enough to keep Graphics Division afloat. Now add say another $100M of revenue for 2013 (bulk of cash on Xbox360 was made AFTER several price cuts, but then again AMD should now supply both CPU and GPU), and you are still far from filling the $1B+ revenue hole. So yes consoles will help, but they can't make or brake current AMD. Financials aside, it will be exciting to see developers utilizing all 8 cores, 4GB+ RAM, tightly packed AMD architecture, overall benefits to image quality and repercussions of all this on Desktop and console ports.

#4507864

schmidtbag

2013-01-23 14:45

I thought it was confirmed that the GPU was going to be AMD based. Sony and MS seemed to have a problem with nvidia.

#4507872

Noisiv

2013-01-23 15:00

I thought it was confirmed that the GPU was going to be AMD based.

until you (didn't) read OP 😀

#4508017

JJayzX

2013-01-23 17:49

you guys keep looking at power for port compatibility when that is not the problem. the problem was the different architectures they would use. now if they both use the same as a pc then crappy ports should diminish.

#4508028

Denial

2013-01-23 17:56

you guys keep looking at power for port compatibility when that is not the problem. the problem was the different architectures they would use. now if they both use the same as a pc then crappy ports should diminish.

Maybe for the performance aspect although I think the compatibility requirements for DX will have an even bigger effect on performance of ports. But for controls, game design and interface it's still going to be bad unless they start building better development tools. I mean to me, the biggest issue with most console ports is the incredibly low FOV, the most difficult to navigate interface menu's and clunky control schemes that leave you feeling like you have little to no control.

#4508046

naike

2013-01-23 18:19

Wouldn't using a pc like CPU be a performance/longevity problem for the console? I thought what made consoles so strong in comparison to PCs (relatively speaking of course) in the past, was that they had "custom" designed CPU architechtures and stuff?

#4508153

(.)(.)

2013-01-23 20:06

Wouldn't using a pc like CPU be a performance/longevity problem for the console? I thought what made consoles so strong in comparison to PCs (relatively speaking of course) in the past, was that they had "custom" designed CPU architechtures and stuff?

Im just guessing, but i think the custom cpus just make things unnecessarly difficult for developers, so using a pc standard architecture might make the transistion to new consoles easier. My guess anyway.

#4508208

seaplane pilot

2013-01-23 21:11

They want expendable, like the iPhone's

#4508243

dark_surge

2013-01-23 21:51

I just hope they give them enough RAM this time around. That seems to be the issue the current generation of consoles are having that keeps growing as time goes on. Skyrim for PS3 is the biggest example but I wonder how many other games had to be scaled down just to fit in that small memory space.

#4508258

naike

2013-01-23 22:04

Especially with the price of memory being so low I can't imagine it would be a problem to add 4GB or more, though I don't really think over 4GB is necessary.

#4508395

Koniakki

2013-01-24 00:08

Well, if they can overkill with the specs at a good or at least at a bit premium price, well I'm all up for it. Assuming it will be used somehow. 😀