If MS switches to GDDR5 now, did Sony make a silly mistake?

[superchunk]

enditall727 said:

superchunk said:

enditall727 said:

superchunk said:
I think Sony's upgrade from 4GB to 8GB is the reason we didn't see a box yesterday.

so you think that ram changes the design of a console?

Of course. It changes the design of the motherboard and thuse everything else.

the amount of ram does not change the design of a console

 

C'mon now, superchunk..

Are you serious? You dont' think it increases the heat, wattage use, physical mapping of motherboard and placement of all that ish? They are adding twice the number or RAM chips. Its freaking obvious it will change the way its all layed out. Since the internals are changing, it should be freaking obvious that they'd need to change the casing in various ways.

This isnt' a PC with open memory slots. Its RAM built into the motherboard. More chips would require changing it all up to some degree.