AMD Sea Islands aka 8000 series GPUs will be featured in next generation consoles

[Crono141]

Andrespetmonkey said:

Crono141 said:

BenVTrigger said:
And people have been trying to argue that Nextbox and PS4 wont be considerably more powerful.

Ive been saying it all along and I hold to it. Next gen systems will be extremly powerfuk

This'll be the gen after this one.  No console has ever releases with cutting edge PC tech.  If Sony and Microsoft wanted a 8870 in their consoles, they would have to start designing them today, not 2 years ago.  Look at cutting edge pc tech from 2 years ago, that'll be about the best you can expect from a console.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the GPU in the Xbox 360 is based on the (high-end at the time) X1900 XT, which was released in 2005, same year the console released. Same deal with PS3's GPU I think.

You're right about the 360, though it was based on the same architecture as the x1800, not 1900xt.  The RSX is a scaled down 7600.  Also came out in 2006.

 

I stand corrected.  I still don't think they'll go about this generation in the same strategy though.  No one wants another 500-600 dollar home console on their hands, that only just now in their dying throes have reached a mass market price.