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krippaz on 20 July 2014
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VanceIX said:
KBG29 said:
PS4 has a lot of advatages over a 7850 or 7870. It has the 8 ACE / 64 Queues setup only seen on the R9290x. It also has access much more RAM than any variation of the 7850 or 7870 ever did. It is also connected in a way vastly supirior to PCI-E.

The PS4's ability to utilize more memory, comunicate faster CPU <-> GPU, Perform GPGPU operations, and fully utilize every CU in the GPU make it punch above either of those cards, and this even before the improved development enviornment.

Anyone that thinks their GTX 660/760 or 7850/7870 is going to outperform PS4 for a long time to come will be in for a surprise. Not saying they won't be able to play the game, just they won't be able to reach PS4 level graphics on multiplats in the next year or so.

The 760 is already better than the PS4 architecture. Graphics cards all have dedicated 2-3 GBs DDR5 memory, which keeps them up to speed for the most part with the PS4, and core for core Intel PC processors have a huge advantage over performing tasks than the PS4's 8 cores do. Just because the PS4's GPU has access to a bit more "dedicated" memory, doesn't change the fact that the real-world performance is equivalent to relatively weak mid-end cards.

WThe reason I put "dedicated" in quotations is because it really isn't dedicated for the graphics. The RAM is shared with the CPU, which eliminates a good portion of it in actual use (and with only 5.5 GB available for game use, that could be a serious issue). With PC, the graphics card always has access to 2-3 GB DDR5 of dedicated memory, and then the system has 8 GB DDR3 more for the CPU to utilize.

Yes new Card will be better but what KGB29 Said still hold true. I have a state of the art PC , but still love Vita :).