Anybody think 8 gb of GDDR5 is a mistake for PS4

[Kynes]

ethomaz said:

Kasz216 said:
No. Had they gone with 6 GDDR5 and 2 DDR3 it would of been a better option... Or even a 4/4 split... but all that ram should be helpful especially as games move away from being pure gaming related.

8 was definitely a better choice over 4.

The new AMD APUs uses the HSA for shared memory... there is no option for two types of memory.... Sony have trouble with separated memory pool with PS3 and a shared memory like the used in the APU give to developers more options and control over what they develop... but I have certain you know that.

They can use whatever type of memory they want, they only have to change the memory controller. In PCS the APUs have only one type of memory because they are low performance cheap system chips, you don't want to use more than one type of memory, and you don't want to use a high cost type of memory as GDDR, that's why they don't use it, but one of the last rumors about next generation AMD APUs say that it's possible to have a low capacity pool of GDDR5 soldered on the motherboard to improve the graphics performance, and the usual DDR3 memory.