[EurogamerDF] Orbis Unmasked: what to expect from the next-gen PlayStation

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disolitude said:

Nsanity said:

VGKing said:
Sounds powerful, but pretty affordable. That 4gig DDR5 ram is what will really set it apart from the Next Xbox.

 

"We also have hard data on Orbis's memory set-up. It features 4GB of GDDR5 - the ultra-fast RAM that typically ships with the latest PC graphics cards - with 512MB reserved for the operating system. This is in stark contrast to the much slower DDR3 that Durango will almost certainly ship with. Microsoft looks set to be using an offshoot of eDRAM technology connected to the graphics core to offset the bandwidth issues the use of DDR3 incurs. Volume of RAM is the key element in Durango's favour - there'll be 8GB in total, with a significant amount (two sources we've spoken to suggest 3GB in total) reserved for the OS"

lol his statement makes no sense to begin with. GDDR5 is a derivative of DDR3 and is meang for GPU use and has terrible timings.

For computing tasks and simple read and write access, DDR3 > GDDR5 any day.

well what are the benefits to having GDDR5? there has to be some kind of benefit there for them to use it

 

and everybody else seems to like the news of it having GDDR5 so wtf! lol