Pretty unexpected, but really cool if it's true! Adding some additional customized hardware is definitely easier than trying to turn a low-frequency design into a higher frequency one.

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They're not throwing the generic design in there, but it's also unlikely that they're modifying the actual CPU core. The APU consists of CPU cores, GPU and memory controller. The chip is obviously...

GDDR5 is just reasonably cheap and fast memory. It's nothing new, since graphics cards have used it for years. It's a first for consoles, though. The point of having high-bandwidth memory like this...

As far as I'm aware, that kind of memory is not even commercially available. Unified memory, or "Unified Memory Architecture", in the PS4's case means the sharing of the 8GB GDDR5 between the CPU and...

Sorry, but unified memory doesn't have anything to do with combining different memory types in a single location. Unified memory specifically refers to a single memory pool that's accessible to...

Okay, I'll give this a try:

Ok so we have 8gb of ram. That's pretty good for today's standards but what is all this talk of Unified and GDDR5 vs standard GDDR3 type ram?

Shepard had a slight...

Actually, Jaguar is not based on Bulldozer/Piledriver. It's based on the Brazos family which was/is AMD's answer to Intel's Atom. AMD themselves have said that Jaguar offers around 15% higher IPC...

The PS4 hardware looks like a mixed bag, from a performance perspective. The best part of it is obviously the 8GB of shared GDDR5 RAM. That is 16 times more memory than the old consoles and should...

Actually, the G80 (GeForce 8800) was Nvidia's first unified shader architecture.

As for the graphical leap that will come with this generation of consoles: Comparing it to what PCs do today isn't...

You'd get much better results by doing the following:

- Exchange the AMD CPU for an Intel Core i3-2100 (or 2120/2130, if the price difference is small). Despite being dual core, it's generally...

Yeah, the main problem with mods is probably the 1GB VRAM that most 5870's have. Here are a few results from my rig that I posted on another forum. It's without mods, but with a few ini tweaks that...

It's not very taxing on the GPUs, though. A single HD 5870 is good for 1920x1200 with Ultra settings, 4xAA/8xAF and 90 degree FOV. It's expected, though, since it's a console game with pretty small...

The models are not really dependent on the engine. The engine is already capable of high enough polygon counts for detailed models. Hell, I still consider the original Crysis' main characters to be...

Well, I didn't say it was all that high, just that I thought it might be higher than Crysis 2. ;) Crysis at "Very High" is often around 2 million polygons per frame and sometimes around 3 million and...

My guess is that Crysis also could be displaying a generally higher polygon count, due to jungles being more geometrically complex than buildings. As far as I know, the original version of Crysis 2...

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Can't say I'm dissatisfied, given the fact that I live in the countryside. :razz: [It says Gothenburg in...

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Processor: 7.6
Memory: 7.6
Graphics: 7.8
Gaming graphics: 7.8
Hard disk: 7.7

This machine is almost 2 years old now, but is still going very strong. Who said you need to upgrade every...

Well the HD5470 is not even close to any of the 8800 GTS models, so if that rumor turns out to be true, the game is probably not going to run well for you.

That said, I'd be surprised if an 8800...

This doesn't exactly confirm that they'll use the Cell. It could just as well mean that they'll use much more conventional parts and stay out of the semiconductor manufacturing (i.e. oursource...

This thread seems to be distinctly non-technical, despite all the talk about technical superiority.

What do we actually know regarding the technical details of each engine? I see a lot of talk...

Haven't they said all along that there wouldn't be any AA, or is my memory playing tricks on me?

Would love to try it out, but I don't have a 360. Will have to wait for a PC demo (or the retail...

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2006 Mercedes CLK 350

I've owned it since June this year. Nice, good looking car and quite fast as well. Gas mileage with the 7-speed gearbox is pretty good.

There's hardly anything drastically new about Sandy Bridge. Having the GPU on the same die isn't all that different from having it on package (like current Clarkdale CPUs do). Anyway, I wanted to...

It's pretty hilarious that you kep saying that you "know about the tech", when you obviously don't. As Ryunosuke already said, there's nothing preventing you from putting a few discrete GPUs in a...

That PSU will be enough and then some, as long as it delivers what it promises. For reference, my machine consisting of a Core i7-860 (stock) and a HD 5870 maxes out slightly north of 400W at the...