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curl-6 on 27 August 2013
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dsgrue3 said:
curl-6 said:
dsgrue3 said:

No it isn't, it's a memory component. That's like saying the battery in your car is a component of the power of its engine.

What enhancements? The OP says it runs at the same fps with lower resolution textures...

Inaccurate analogy. RAM allows consoles to do more than if they had less of it, which is what "power" means. The ability to do more.

I'm not talking about Splinter Cell. Trine 2 and Need for Speed, the ones confirmed to beyond PS360 capacity, made use of GPU enhancements over their 7th gne equivalents as well as RAM enhancements.

No, not at all. RAM allows you to hold more in memory at runtime, it has no impact upon computational power itself. 

Sounds like a baseless assertion. Find me a source where any dev has said the titles cannot run on PS360 due to GPU.

"Power" does not equal speed alone. It refers to the machine's ability to perform tasks; more RAM is crucial to this as without the memory to store more tasks, you can't do them.

Need for Speed ran at a higher framerate, coped better with alpha transparencies, and drew more reflections. GPU tasks.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-need-for-speed-most-wanted-wii-u-face-off

Trine 2 ran at a higher screen resolution, had superior anti-aliasing, and more complex fluid shaders. GPU tasks.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-trine-2-face-off