superchunk on 24 July 2012
| Viper1 said: That's still likely but what I'm pointing out isn't about the cost of those chips but how meat heat they generate. While the CELL was expensive, it didn't run all that hot comapred to a high end GPU. Look at the difference in the GPU between the PS3 and the rumors for PS4. PS3 GPU - 70 watts. The ability to dissipate heat hasn't advanced much so there just isn't any way possible for them to include a GPU that runs that hot. |
Makes sense. However, the point of the rumor isn't that it will be a standalone GPU but part of an APU that is intended for high-end laptops.
However, it will likely have a lower-end 7xxx GPU than the 79xx. Probably almost entirely due to heat.
