Slimebeast said:
Wow, will the Scorpion really use the Zen? But Neo is only using the same CPU as the PS4, only a bit higher overclock. But on the other hand, CPU is not so important. Btw, I thought the RX480 was 6TF, and he draws "only" 150W. Maybe they can get 6TFLOP out of an underclocked AMD Vega, using only 110W. How much power do you think the GPU can draw at maximum to be able to be used in a console, in the Scorpion? What's reasonable before they think the console becomes too hot and loud? 100W? 120W? |
Depends on how big you want to make the PSU & Cooling unit. Theoretically you could make it however big you wanted.
PS4 's CPU+GPU used like 130watts today on the launch models, but revisions got it down to like 90watts.
The bigger the cooling unit & PSU, the higher the costs of those, the bigger size wise they are, the more space will be needed, which increases the case costs.
The reason chips usually arnt bigger (is the exponential price increase in chip price vs size) is also it effects everything else in the system.
Scorpio isnt going to be a cheap console.
Also the RX480 is only 5.5teraflops, MS would probably need a bigger GPU part to reach their goal of 6+ teraflops.
