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

[JEMC]

drkohler said:

JEMC said:

I agree. Those 8GB of RAM, the HDD and the optical drive will use at least 20W.

And yes, some people are going to be very disapponted.

Look, the newest devkit has an 8core AMD processor in it. You can't shell out dev kits with such a processor and then release a box with lower cores cpu and yell "Fooled you". (Regardless that current PC software rarely uses 4 cores at its fullest). Add the point that Kinect2 probably requires 2-4 cores on its own, an FX8xxx processor is a logical choice (PS4 probably could get away with a 4-6core FXxxx processor). 125W TDP means that 8cores are fully running, something that probaly is not happening in real life at all. Add a refresh generation and clock a little slower and you are _way below_ 100W actual use.

The rule is simple: You want something that is 2-3 times as fast as an XBox360/PS3, you will generate more heat than an XBox360/PS3.

I think you don't get my comment. What I said is that people expect (re-read this thread and other on this site to see that it's true) some kind of hardware that is out of the realm of what is possible for a console (GTX680's and the like).

Yes, the latest rumors say that the nextbox will use an 8 core CPU. Fine. If you look back you'll see that I find it odd to change the 8 core Intel chip they were using for and AMD one because of the difference in performance: you can get a lot more from the Intel chip running slower than from an AMD one. And using less power!

And another thing. Modern GPUs use a lot more power than the CPUs. If they are mad enough to go with a 100W CPU, what kind of GPU will they use?Remember that the important thing here is balance: getting a combo CPU-GPU where neither becomes a bottleneck for the other.