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

[darkknightkryta]

dahuman said:

darkknightkryta said:
Why are people saying 180 watts for the GPU would be too much? The PS3 had a power supply of 380 watts when it launched. There's plenty of overhead for other components.

you are forgetting other parts, HDD, CPU, cooling system, heat off the motherboard, case size, etc etc. 180W for the GPU is more desktop computer category.

You know what I realized?  The new wattage of the GPUs are 130-160, they can get the GPU in that range.  I couldn't find the wattage of the RSX but I think it's within that line, plus the CPU will be pretty small on the power consumption (I'm talking out of my ass here but I don't see it being higher than 90 watts).  It'll be pushing the limits a bit but they can fit it in the PS3's case and power supply.