Could Volcanic Islands based AMD with a 22nm SOI design featuring 2304 to 2560 stream processors be

almoststew1990 said:
A 6670 is overkill for those tasks. Think about the size and TDP (and therefore heat output) of a 6670- why would MS go for that when it could have used a far cheaper, cooler and less power hungry chip for the job?

In addition, we all thought the 6670 was the full GPU for gaming right, and now it might be only the ancillary graphics? What about the game demos- were they run on 6670 equivalent or 7850 equivalent? I guess we don't know yet!
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Potentially overkill - I'm a bit out of touch in regard to how well the lower end AMD cores handle things like high def video post-processing and/or what requirements some of the other OS features have. The TDP, etc. of the desktop version and whatever version is implemented in the SoC though could be quite different.
 
arcon33 said:
It's the superFX chip from the SNES days! MS have secretly been buying up all copies of Starfox on eBay an fusing them together with the XB1 soc to make a powerhouse of a system :)
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Ahh do you think they used Micro Machine carts to get 8 players working for the XO?

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Thing is if this turns out not to be true I'll be really disappointed so microsoft shouldn't play up to it if it's nonsensical as it'll hurt them more than ever.
 
Rroff said:
Potentially overkill - I'm a bit out of touch in regard to how well the lower end AMD cores handle things like high def video post-processing and/or what requirements some of the other OS features have. The TDP, etc. of the desktop version and whatever version is implemented in the SoC though could be quite different.
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If it does have a quite different TDP etc then its performance will be quite different too, and we don't have as much reason to be excited / sceptical?
 
at the end of the day a 6670 is really really weak. If there is only that then hard to see how forza is running at 60fps.
 
bemaniac said:
Thing is if this turns out not to be true I'll be really disappointed so microsoft shouldn't play up to it if it's nonsensical as it'll hurt them more than ever.
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This is in no way related to a MS statement just some fan fiction, wont hurt MS if (lol) untrue, just the people who believe!
 
bemaniac said:
at the end of the day a 6670 is really really weak. If there is only that then hard to see how forza is running at 60fps.
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The GPu as we know it is pretty much between a 7770 and a 7790 with a few custom parts and lower clock speed, dont forget its running its own APIs so is not a like for like for how it would perform on a PC.
 
bemaniac said:
at the end of the day a 6670 is really really weak. If there is only that then hard to see how forza is running at 60fps.
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Remember that the nvidia 7900 in the 360 Is desperately weak by todays standards, and yet that manages 60fps on forza 4 and GTA V at 30fps just fine (I assume). However, the 7900 was a top end card at the time, and has lasted just shy of 10 years. The 6670 is a low-mid range card, so that probably won't last 10 years. Ironically the ps360 8 year lifespan is one of the reasons pc graphics cards are not improving very much and now consoles have to use these mediocre cards!
 
This thread is the most entertaining one I have seen in a long time, the more it goes on the more absurd it gets yet strangely more believable and unbelievable at the same time, to the point where I'm considering cancelling my ps4 pre order and going with XB1, i need to snap out of this nonsense
 
arcon33 said:
This thread is the most entertaining one I have seen in a long time, the more it goes on the more absurd it gets yet strangely more believable and unbelievable at the same time, to the point where I'm considering cancelling my ps4 pre order and going with XB1, i need to snap out of this nonsense
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That's the thing about this. It is unbelievable, and incredibly unlikely, but there is the possibility, a teeny tiny one, that this could be right. I highly doubt it though.
 
beachBOYken said:
hi

Just come across this thread and I'm confused is this 6 pages of BS or is there some truth in this extra power from some volcano?
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I'm 99.9% certain there is no truth in the rumours about the extra graphics chip. I wouldn't mind if it were true (who doesn't want more power?), but it won't be.
 
I wonder if this is all a ploy secretly initiated by Microsoft to get people to cancel PS4 orders and pre-order the XO, only for everyone to find out it's not true via an iFixit teardown after having already bought the console :D
 
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