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Flame on 24 February 2013
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Munkeh111 said:
Flame said:
Munkeh111 said:
Navane said:
Proclus said:
err.. duh? You expected Epic Games to show of UE4 on pc with specs not able to fully show of the engine features?


True, but it was supposed to be running on a single GTX 680. The PS4 with its 8GB of GDDR5 RAM is supposed be as powerful, if not more.

No, I'm not sure it can quite get upto a 680 power wise. With optimisation it probably could, but they haven't really had enough time to optimise

It'll be no where near a 680 (Or a 670).  Optimizing probably won't do much when the GPU is roughly 80% more powerful in comparison. 

Optimising will definitely do a lot, that is why consoles can survive and why the Steam box will struggle in comparison

If you had a PC of the same actual GPU, it would be nowhere near producing anything looking as good as Killzone Shadow Fall, optimisation, especially when you have full control over more than just the GPU can yield great returns


Optimization for the PC comes in the initial development of the game and very frequent driver update.  On top of that, PCs can over clock their GPU's for a performance boost granted they have adequate cooling and a sufficient power supply.  Kepler units are generally considered over clocking beasts.  It's pretty much a free performance boost.  

Optimizing isn't magic.  It will not make a GPU that's designed 80% weaker than another by its hardware spec to perform on par with the stronger, more expensive GPU. 

KZ looked awesome but unless the devs make it for PC too then who's to say if the PC couldn't keep up with the same hardware and windows on top.  The PS is using an x64 architecture, the same as most gaming PCs out there.