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crissindahouse on 14 February 2012
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Viper1 said:
Slimebeast said:

I didn't say the Nextbox GPU would literally be based on the 7970 but it will be based on the 7000-series architecture. I use the 7970 as a reference as it's the strongest GPU in the series just like the X1900 was the strongest of the R500 architecture. Also it's easier to communicate by using a specific card that people know the specs of (like the GTX 580s running the Samarithan demo).

The Nextbox will not be as strong as the 7970 because that would mean it's 15. But just like the X360 GPU is around 0.7 x the Radeon X1900, the Nextbox GPU could be 0.7 x the 7970 and the end result is that the Nextbox is 10 times faster than the X360.

Btw, I do not compare consoles or GPUs by comparing FLOPs numbers, I use other parameters.

But even 70% of the HD 7970's power is far too much.   The cost, cooling, bus depth, wattage, etc...unless you want yoru console also serve as a stove top and sound like a leaf blower, that's not going to happen.

And the most powerful R520 card is the X1950 XTX.

Light said:
What about the Wii U??????

Will be supported.


i don't know how much watt a card with 70% of the 7970 will need second half of 2013 (i think a 7950 could be at 180 watt or so at max in one and a half year) but why are the costs too high? you said th 360 gpu is like a x1800 xl. this card did cost 450 euro in november 2005 in germany. the 7970 does cost i believe 550 euro atm. so the card costs 100 euro more now. a card with 70% of the power would cost much less now and even more less in 2013.

a 7950 does cost ~450 euro atm and has more than 70% of the 7970s power.

which means the gpu would cost microsoft less for the nextbox. ok we don't know anything about the console (tablet or not for example) but only speaking about the gpu price they could easily use such a card and put a lot more money for better cooling and so on without higher costs than 2005.