Barkley said:
The power difference between the originally leaked 4.2tflops and the 6tflop scorpio is roughly equivelent to XBO v PS4. XBO: 1.31 Tflops PS4: 1.84 Tflops Difference: 40.45% Neo(original rumour): 4.2 Tflops Scorpio: 6 Tflops Difference: 42.85% Neo(new rumour: 5.5 Tflops Scorpio: 6 Tflops Difference: 9.09% |
It's worth noting that other factors come into play (there's more to a console's power than just the GPU, and more to a GPU than just flops), but this outlines my general point. Bar surprising hardware shifts from either Sony or MS (e.g. suddenly putting a tremendous amount of value on the CPU again, which seems especially unlikely given the Scorpio and Neo's focus on compatibility with the PS4 and X1), or major bottlenecks (which we can hope neither Sony or MS are silly enough to run into), anyone not impressed by the current end-result differences between the PS4 and X1 probably shouldn't care much if the Neo is 4.1/4.2tf, or 5.5tf. The differences in the systems that would be built around those two should vary even less than between the Neo and Scorpio.
For those of us that do value that current difference enough (enough to pay extra), all aboard the Neo wishful thinking train! Choo Choo :p
