PlayStation 4 gives up to 5.5GB of RAM to game developers

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Machiavellian said:

Raven722 said:

Machiavellian said:

thismeintiel said:

Nsanity said:

Well, this was helpful...

"Anyway, I’m not saying how much memory is used"

http://retrocityrampage.com/blog/2013/07/522/

He already tweeted the article was false, so I'm guessing the numbers must be higher than what Leadbetter reported.  Of course, he's not going to give out specific numbers if Sony hasn't.  Apparently, insiders at Gaf have been alluding to 6GB, though.  Either way, it's still an improvement over the 3GB they originally had.

You need to read the whole thing, the DF article is not false because they get their info from the Sony documents.  What Brain is stating is that 1GB allocation.  In other words 4.5 dedicted for games then there is the 512 devs cn request, then the other 512 that is managed by the OS.

I'm going to trust someone who develops games over an article that does not reveal the actual sources and also already managed to get something wrong when they tried to explain how the flexible RAM works. Sony had to step in and correct them on that already. Basically, it was the opposite of what the article said. You also have several members of GAF who have provided very accurate information in the past saying that the console is actually allowing up to 6 gigs of RAM to be used and the other 2 gigs are for the OS.

Lets put it this way.  Sony had a chance to clarify everything and they did not.  The only clarified the 1GB flexibility memory part of the article.  Usually when a company goes into no comment mode, its probably because its nothing they can use as a advantage.  Its the same situation as MS not giving out specs for the X1 because they do not have an advantage in that area.

On Gaf, I have heard plenty and plenty of them have been wrong. So its 5, oh no its 6, in the end its not going to be what people though and just because some games are using 6 does not mean this is the norm or even how the end results will be.  We as gamers probably really do not need to know because it will not effect us at all

Personally I am only defending DF, I do not care how much memory Sony allocate for the OS and non gaming features.  I just want the console to be smooth in all the things it does.  When Sony come around and stop playing games and announce what else the PS4 can do, when we can see how memory will need to be allocated for when you are not playing a game.

So when Sony didn't comment on used games before E3 they were at no advantage?  I hope they announce 6 or 7 available at Gamescom lol