JRPGfan said:
setsunatenshi said:
with a much bigger power difference than the one between ps4/xb1, how can you say it won't be as big as then? if anything it will be much, much bigger.
and variable refresh rate only matters if your display is able to support it, i'm pretty sure my tv isn't, same for 99% of the people out there. you are making a lot of assumptions without anything to really back them up. history tells that graphics get pushed ahead of frame rate the majority of times, the idea would be to have powerful enough hardware not to have to compromise either vs the competitor.
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4,2 vs 6 Tflops = 30% differnce.
9,2 vs 13 Tflops = 28% differnce.
Its the same in terms of power.
#2
However with diminishing returns, and consoles at 6Tflops almost being able to run most things at 4k anyways, I think the differnces will be minor.
It matters more at lower resolutions. You can easily spot the differnce between a 720p image, and a 1080p. Its alot harder with 1440p/1800p vs 4k (2160). Power matters less and less, in terms of sharpness, with increase of resolutions. You wont have 1 be blurry, while the other is sharp, the differnces wont be that big.
#3
"variable refresh rate only matters if your display is able to support it, i'm pretty sure my tv isn't, same for 99% of the people out there."
True... this will be the "next" big thing to get as a console gamer, a TV that has variablel refresh rates. So you avoid screen tearing, and have less noticeable lag, while playing.
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1- you are disregarding IPC improvements in the newest RDNA tech vs an extremely old architecture used in the ps4 generation (by today's standards). that by itself blows past the 30% actual difference between the 2 rumored specs. this is why people keep saying "flops" is not a good measure of power comparison
2- ray tracing will be a performance killer, you can look at current pc benchmarks to see that. the difference will be much more noticeable than the pixel count of current gen, which i agree, i don't particularly mind the 1440 upscale vs 4k done in the 2 consoles
3- yep, exactly
