Will the PS4 represent 50% better performance than the X1

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Machiavellian said:

I was reading the article from Eurogamer on the PS4 games and I have to say that there probably will not be a big difference between the PS4 and the X1.  If you compare the games that were running on PS4 hardware and games running on X1, it would be hard to state any realy performance advantage from the PS4.  In fact a lot of their games suffered issues and dropped frames to 20FPS   I believe in the long run, the seperation between the 2 consoles will always be the developers working on the projects then any actual hardware advantage.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-hands-on-with-playstation-4

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-hands-on-with-xbox-one

While I will confirm Sony has the better GPU, they messed up again.  GDDR5 RAM is great for graphics, it should make nice pretty pictures – But unfortunately, it comes at a cost - huge latency.

I'm not talking about twice as bad, or even 5 times, but 7-10 times as much latency as DDR3 memory.  It will cripple all the other advantages they put in it – like the wider bus width, speed, etc.  It’s really a shame.  It will effect everything thing that isn’t just a picture (AI, Game play, etc.)

It reminds me of a business person making a decision that doesn’t understand the consequences.  Like the people that messed up the cell, or the person that stopped the first Kinect from having it’s own processor.

The best estimates I have seen is that, because of these blunders, for most games the PS4 will run just a little bit behind the Xbox One.  Hence, what you are finding with the lower rate.