PS4 specs?

Alpherah · 24 Oct 2011 at 09:45

Lucifurr said:
I don't think that Bluray belongs to Sony. There is Bluray disk association f which Sony is of the "board of directors" along with LG, Apple, etc. I would be surprised if the next Xbox didn't use Bluray.

Indeed, most definitely not a Sony owned product

People often bash the 360 for not using BR, but remember when the 360 launched, BR as a format (v1) was far inferior to HD-DVD in every way, and the read times were twice as slow as those found in the PS3 (which are still too slow). Not a viable medium for use in a game console at all.

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Pottsey · 24 Oct 2011 at 09:51

My bets are a muticore PowerVR rogue chip possibly with the RTX ray tracing chip expansion which should be ready in time. Most likely somewhere between 8 to 16cores for the GPU.

EDIT: This is assuming a late 2013 most likely 2014 timeframe. If we are talking early 2013 scarp the RTX ray tracing part.

buchtis · 24 Oct 2011 at 09:52

Thought Sony are going with an ATi GPU in their next console?

Pottsey · 24 Oct 2011 at 10:03

buchtis said:
Thought Sony are going with an ATi GPU in their next console?

I thought it was PowerVR. Sony used them in the most recent PSP then in September 2011 announced a further extension to licence further better graphic technology for the home consumer market.

http://www.imgtec.com/corporate/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=643

I guess it could be for something else other then a PS4 but the timeline fits.

wannabedamned · 24 Oct 2011 at 10:12

It'll be a Cell processor no doubt about that. Rest of the setup I dont know. Why would they scrap the Cell now its come so far? SDKs are miles from what they were in the early life of the PS3. When the developers were still learning.

PS3 had trouble walking in the beginning yes, But now its in a full sprint. Upping the hardware power while keeping the same architecture will be Sonys best move.

Swagger187 · 24 Oct 2011 at 10:24

Be interesting too see how close these specs are to the actual specs whenever that will be

Dark_Angel · 24 Oct 2011 at 10:40

Not enough main ram IMO. 2 + 2 makes more sense

SuperTronNarwhal · 24 Oct 2011 at 11:20

This gets posted every year.