Wii U vs PS4 vs Xbox One FULL SPECS (January 24, 2014)

[JEMC]

Viper1 said:

JEMC said:

About the bolded, do you think that an HD79xx could be more credible if done with a 22 20nm fab process?

That is, if TSMC gets it right this time.

After all, the leaked specs are from 2010, when 22/20 nm fab processes where supposed to be mature by 2013.

No.  The law of diminishing returns shows that the drop from 28 nm to 20 nm won't yeild huge gains in thermals.

Thanks, it's what I expected.

Viper1 said:

HappySqurriel said:
Personally, I would expect Sony and Microsoft to release a system with a GPU which performed in a similar range to the Radeon HD7750 or HD7770.

As much as a GPU that is more in line with the HD 7970 would match what they did last generation, I'm not convinced either company wants to duplicate their strategy. There previous approach increased the price of their systems, lost them substantial money, it lowered the reliability of the XBox 360, and it cost Sony the bulk of their existing userbase.

Worse that that is that the GPU's in the PS3 and X360 only used 60-80 watts.   As I noted above, the 7950 and 7970 use 180-250 watts.  The ability to dissipate that much heat simply doesn't exist...economically.

By not economically viable, are you talking about using something like a closed WC setup like Corsair's H80/H100, but for the GPU?