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setsunatenshi said:
TurboElder said:

 I'm a programmer. GDDR5 is enough.

You could just as well be a house maid, it would carry the same weight to this topic.

GDDR6 will be released in 2018 (the Volta cards should already be using it) and HBM2 is already out.

When we are looking at new consoles with games targeting 4k native resolutions, either an absurd amount of GDDR5 DRAM would be necessary (with the ram prices being at an all time high) or the simplest answer would be actually embrace either HBM2/GDDR6, using smaller dies, lower power, lower cost and much higher memory bandwidth. Even more when these new consoles would need to be around by 2025+

So even if theoretically there would be an amount of GDDR5 that could do the job, it's not possible when taking into consideration the costs, size and power draw of the consoles as well as next gen gaming needs.

You don't know what you are talking about. You don't understand how the memory in consoles works. Please educate yourself before posting BS.

Last edited by TurboElder - on 09 November 2017