I call BS but if that's the case then that's the console I'm going with. Unless it's released a year later in which case I don't think I can be bothered to wait.

Hmmm interesting question...

Based on hardware specs alone i would say no, but a solid 30fps would be attainable (which is good enough imo).

Theres also quite a few other things to consider..we simply dont have enough info to go on. Like what kind of tweaks the gpu will receive? What exact cpu would it have? Core count and speed means nothing compared to the underlying architecture. Exact memory specs are mystery as well. You also have to take into account that the game will be much better optimized for the hardware..which can yield massive performance boosts....

If we take all the variables into account...and assume the most positive scenario then only would I say yes.

Yeah, if they said it was a 7450, everyone would be still foaming at the mouth even though the card is a piece of shit.

Well it makes sense...

7450 > 6970...for some VG chartz users that alone is bragging rights right there.

And it makes me facepalm everytime. I'd take a 4870 over a 7450 anyday. Or even a 7770.

@bolded:  Adoption rates span several years from market introduction... 

HDTVs (as well as the first HD broadcasts) were first available to consumers in the US in 1998, but it wasn't until several years later that they became widely adopted into households, hence why the Dreamcast, PS2, GC and Xbox weren't designed to support 720/1080 resolution.  It wasn't until 2005 when HDTVs were far more prevalent in homes that the Xbox360 supported HD resolution.

If 2160p TVs are introduced into the market in 2014/15, it will be at least 2020 before they are purchased en masse by consumers.  By that time we will be into/expecting the 9th generation of game consoles. 

And this is regarding movies and content viewing, not games, which is a far more taxing beast.  As it is, the difference between 720p and 1080p is over a million pixels (720p = 921,600 pxls / 1080p = 2,073,600 pxls).  There is a lot more rendering for that increase in resolution.  Even just a 2K HDTV (2,048 x 1,536p) = 3,145,728 pxls.  The res you're talking about (3,840 x 2,160p) is a whopping 8,294,400 pxls.  Needless to say, it would be absurd to expect games on consoles to run in that res anytime soon.

Are you talking about the console as a whole? PS3 released with a 380 Watt PSU:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_hardware

>_>

And you people wonder why PC gamers are known as the elitist pricks of gaming forums.

So some people don't understand GPU gens. Why must you mock them? WHY!?

Cause they come in to threads like this without knowing any details and say "7000 series GPU? Impressive!"

Because a google search and a quick look on a table would educate them.

If they can't do that then they're worth mocking!