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NextGen_Gamer said:

My realistic, most likely scenario prediction for PlayStation 4 specs and a Fall 2019 release date:

 

  • 7-nm GlobalFoundries or TSMC process
  • Single-die APU style chip
  • 8-core/16-thread AMD "Zen 2" cores (these cores are spec-complete & on track for release early 2019, according to AMD)
  • *This would represent the same actual core count as PS4, but with VASTLY improved performance per core, plus a doubling overall of threads
  • 64 CPU / 4096 Stream Processors GPU based on AMD "Navi" architecture
  • *This would be a ~50% increase in shader unit count from the Xbox One X GPU - not too outrageous. Along with being an improved architecture overall, it should allow PS4 to hit native 4K in all titles with no issues.
  • 16GB 16Gbps GDDR6 RAM, giving 512GB/sec memory bandwidth
  • *These exact chips are already in mass production at Samsung for release later this year with discrete GPUs. So by fall 2019 prices should be easily mainstream enough for Sony to manage. 512GB/sec of bandwidth sounds like a lot, but really it's not a massive jump over the XBX's 326GB/sec
  • 2TB 5400 RPM 2.5" Hard Disk Drive
  • *Yes, another generation with a 5400 RPM laptop drive. SSD prices will still be too high to include a large enough drive. Considering how big games already are (nearly 100GB for GTA V now), by 2019 things will only be worse. 2TB is the MINIMUM that both Sony/MS should shoot for.
  • Odds and ends: HDMI 2.1, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11ac & 802.11ax Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5
  • *By fall 2019 all of these will be standard on every device, so I would hope Sony would include them...

 

Finally someone that made a prediction with worst specs than me :) thank you.

We have similiar prediction, except I think we will not see any extra cpu threads and that ps5 will have 4608 gpu cores or what you call them "stream processors". You made a very good prediction.



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