PS5 Coming at the End of 2020 According to Analyst: High-Spec Hardware for Under $500

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CGI-Quality said:

PS5 or Xbox Next

$399 starting point for PS5

Specs: 

CPU: Zen 2 eight to twelve core @ 3GHz
GPU: Navi
RAM:16GB G6 (could use G5X, but I doubt it)
HDD: 4TB

$399 start point for Xbox Next

Specs:

CPU: Zen 2 eight to twelve core @ 3GHz
GPU: Perhaps Navi (a little foggier here)
RAM:16GB G6 (could use G5X, but I doubt it)
HDD: 4TB

The premium machines? Roughly 20GB of G6, a faster Zen 2, faster Navi GPU, and maybe a 6TB HDD (remember, they won't go but so crazy here given we're talking $600 at most).

I am thinking a single Zen 2 CCX/Chiplet for the CPU. So probably around 8 cores, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's 6 cores.
They will likely reserve a couple for the OS/Background tasks as well, so 8 might be more fitting.

We can't forget about AMDAHLS Law either.

But a Quad-Core Zen is still going to be a catastrophic upgrade over the 8-core Jaguars whichever way you go about it.

Nate4Drake said:

 I posted this on second page, but it was missed.

""Let's take XBox One base model and XBox One X as examples.    The biggest difference between the two is the GPU and Ram. The CPUs are quiet similar, not a big difference, apart from some optimizations and clock speed.   ""

 

Well. The Xbox One X's CPU is derived from the Xbox One's CPU, so there was never going to be dramatic differences between the two.
But the Xbox One X's CPU did learn a few new tricks... And many API functions were offloaded from the CPU and onto the GPU's command processor so that the CPU wasn't tasked with as much work.

So there is actually larger CPU gains than the raw numbers might otherwise imply.

CGI-Quality said:

A 4TB HDD will be nothing to implement (we're talking cheap things here). If it were a 4TB SSD, that would be different. We're also talking a bigger push for digital downloads, prompting larger HDDs.

No, there will not be 32GB consoles next gen, especially not of G6. Out of the question.

We are also on the cusp of next generation mechanical hard drives, the hard drive segment has stagnated in recent years... But that's changing.

Expect mechanical disks with 500MB/s sustained reads... With massive improvements in capacity. - So the need to jump over to solid state isn't there for all market segments just yet.