| OdinHades said: 360 is PowerPC. Xbox 3 is x86 if the rumors are correct. So it's not the same architecture. Not at all. |
That very well could be.. One thing the Xb360, Ps4, and New Xbox have in common is games will be designed around the GPU.. Unlike the PS3 in which games had to be optimized around CELL..
Being that the ps4 and New Xbox are likely to have the same GPU ( a Radeon chip of the same model or very close model) the GPU's will have the same ( or at least very close ) in terms of graphical fill rates.. The limiting factor will more or less be the GPU for graphics and frame rates on both consoles..
My experience from building custom PC's is it only takes a mid range cpu to fully utilize a mid to high end graphic gpu ( such as the Radeon)...This is the main reason I feel games will be very close in quality because they rely most heavily on the fill rate of the gpu.. Mating a more powerful cpu with the same gpu doesnt improve the performance of the gpu when it was already being fully utilized
Despite the likely possibility of faster GDDR on the PS4 the speed is sorta slowed by the system bus to an extent which is why MS's solution is to put small amount of memory ( much faster, more exspensive then GDDR5 ) called ESram directly on the GPU die which speeds up the system bus making it nearly as fast as the bandwidth of the GDDR5. It doesnt take much esram because the data will not reside there more then millionths of a second.. So two ideas: I mean - put faster memory on a slower bus and the memory still has to wait on the bus..or speed up the bus to more fully utilize slower memory- its sorta a 'wash' in terms of real world application and performance..
I don't think its abnormal to compare specs but in the end I think the reality is the two consoles will be very close in terms of game quality. Both systems will be leaps above the current systems.. 1080p on every game will be expectable.. More powerful consoles dont typically win.. And they tend to cost more to make.. Sony is walking a fine line.. MS has already said no money will be made on the New Xbox -itll be sold at launch at 'cost'... Is Sony selling at cost?
In the end itll be nice to see two great consoles released for all of us.. The Wii U isnt selling bad especially consindering the world economy isnt good.. But i also think more people will buy xbox and ps4 this time around.. I dont mean the wii u will come in last.. But i think it could another 'close' generation.. Sony isnt as worried about how many consoles they sell like the fans obcessed with the PS3 outselling the Xbox.. Does it matter more to the Sony office they've reported Four straight years of loss in the game division? Sony is more about returning to being profitable- which is just on reason they ditched CELL.. Games will make the money and now itll cost less to make those games- its another reason game price wont go up anytime soon..
If the New Xbox is x86 its sorta win -win.. Since we know the ps4 already is.. Developers will port games cheaper, faster and the quality will be very close in terms of graphics.. Only down side- more exclusives could go multiplatform being its all x86
