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Kyoufu

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having the actual specs that i wanted that actually made excited for this gen, double digit tflops, high amounts of ram etc. What got me hyped this gen is to see both ms and sony go all out and not compromise thanks to the available to hardware. I mainly play on playstation, so it sad to see sony compromise and go for the afforable route again.

What's the difference between 9TF and 10TF? How will a double digit TF GPU change your experience from disappointment to "next-gen"? Why are you so fixated on TFlops? Why do the rest of the system features not matter? What about the games? lol. Consoles are always a compromise. They have to be affordable, but you make it sound like they baked a potato when in reality they've got dedicated Ray Tracing hardware, a powerful GPU with who knows what customisations, a powerful modern CPU and a high bandwidth SSD.

That's one fine looking potato. Mmm.
 

JahIthBer

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Because it's probably not the PS5 chip. He clearly says in the interview. " . "There is ray-tracing acceleration in the GPU hardware,"
Right, but people thought this was the PS5 chip for the longest time is my point, now due to SX 12TF talk & what Cerny said, people are ignoring the BC aspect of it lines up perfectly. This is a speculation thread, so it shouldn't be illegal to say maybe Sony is going for that $399 ballpark again.
 

Grayson

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Right, but people thought this was the PS5 chip for the longest time is my point, now due to SX 12TF talk & what Cerny said, people are ignoring the BC aspect of it lines up perfectly. This is a speculation thread, so it shouldn't be illegal to say maybe Sony is going for that $399 ballpark again.
You could say it but it conveniently ignores what the chief architect said. Not illegal but ill informed.
 

Expy

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Right, but people thought this was the PS5 chip for the longest time is my point, now due to SX 12TF talk & what Cerny said, people are ignoring the BC aspect of it lines up perfectly. This is a speculation thread, so it shouldn't be illegal to say maybe Sony is going for that $399 ballpark again.
Speculation is fine, within the guidelines set by the moderation staff. And with a pretty good stream of moderator posts in this thread, there are quite a few guidelines.
 

senjutsusage

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Oct 28, 2017
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You're not above anyone on this forum, we are equals. Please refrain from using text in such a way as to infer that your points are more important.

It's called emphasis, and I will now be ignoring you. I will use the features the forum gives me access to. You are in no position to dictate to me what I should and shouldn't do.
 

RoboPlato

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Right, but people thought this was the PS5 chip for the longest time is my point, now due to SX 12TF talk & what Cerny said, people are ignoring the BC aspect of it lines up perfectly. This is a speculation thread, so it shouldn't be illegal to say maybe Sony is going for that $399 ballpark again.
The point I'm at is that this could be a $399 PS5 or the PS5 could be $499 and have better specs. Either situation is fine with me. Obviously I would prefer higher specs but if they can deliver the system at a good price then it'll do well and probably run games just fine. May just have more instances of reconstruction or 1800p which isn't going to be a big deal.
 

Evodelu

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Ah i see, still Ariel/Oberon are suspiciously close to what PS5 needs for BC. Why it has no RT or possible RDNA 2.0 features is odd.
You're absolutely right. Oberon/Ariel has details which link it with PS5 to a solid degree, we can't escape that. That's a basic fact.

Colbert is also right that extensive testing on a chip that won't end up in the PS5 is odd. That said, we know that Oberon/Ariel lacks features consistent with what we know of the PS5 GPU. We have to reconcile things. I and others have theories, but we won't know for sure until Sony reveals the PS5 in full.
 
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Just because some mods aren't posting doesn't mean we aren't watching. There's been a LOT of warnings and bans being handed out and some people still aren't catching on. Please stop with the hostility towards others, the not so sly console warring, and the outright trolling masked as "jokes". It's getting a bit ridiculous in here lately.

Yes, thank you. It's hilarious to watch folks try to reshape their arguments after the mod team enters. They wait 10 minutes like..

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AegonSnake

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Man this rumored computational gap is driving this thread mad. Honestly, both PS5 and XSX seem to be giant leaps from the current generation, so we shouldn't worry about anemic hardware.
i wouldnt call a 4.5x jump in raw graphical processing power a giant leap. we are coming from an 8x leap from last gen which was already kind of limited. everyone was cutting corners everywhere. unreal engine 4 removed horizon looked great but there was very little interaction. you can watch their behind the scenes footage and they cut the flying and coop out of the game because they couldnt deliver great graphics at the same time. who knows what they will cut next gen.

for the record, before anyone brings up rdna improvements, the ps3 was using an extraordinarily poor rsx gpu which wasnt even on par with the amd gpu in the 360. clearly, amd was able to get more out of its flops when going from terascale to gcn. we just take those arch improvements for granted every gen.

It seem that patent is just for a interchange data with a coprocessor it had nothing to do with RT.
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well, this is still good news. we know ps5 devkits have rt so maybe oberon isnt the ps5. or maybe oberon is the ps5's lockhart lol.

yes, im getting desperate....
 

chris 1515

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You're absolutely right. Oberon/Ariel has details which link it with PS5 to a solid degree, we can't escape that. That's a basic fact.

Colbert is also right that extensive testing on a chip that won't end up in the PS5 is odd. That said, we know that Oberon/Ariel lacks features consistent with what we know of the PS5 GPU. We have to reconcile things. I and others have theories, but we won't know for sure until Sony reveals the PS5 in full.


The testing here is just some software regression test, I highly doubt they don't use this sort of test for each version of a devkit.

I read the test.

i wouldnt call a 4.5x jump in raw graphical processing power a giant leap. we are coming from an 8x leap from last gen which was already kind of limited. everyone was cutting corners everywhere. unreal engine 4 removed horizon looked great but there was very little interaction. you can watch their behind the scenes footage and they cut the flying and coop out of the game because they couldnt deliver great graphics at the same time. who knows what they will cut next gen.

for the record, before anyone brings up rdna improvements, the ps3 was using an extraordinarily poor rsx gpu which wasnt even on par with the amd gpu in the 360. clearly, amd was able to get more out of its flops when going from terascale to gcn. we just take those arch improvements for granted every gen.


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well, this is still good news. we know ps5 devkits have rt so maybe oberon isnt the ps5. or maybe oberon is the ps5's lockhart lol.

yes, im getting desperate....

Or it is some test for different version devkit. This is just some software regression test.
 

ArabianPrynce

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What's the difference between 9TF and 10TF? How will a double digit TF GPU change your experience from disappointment to "next-gen"? Why are you so fixated on TFlops? Why do the rest of the system features not matter? What about the games? lol. Consoles are always a compromise. They have to be affordable, but you make it sound like they baked a potato when in reality they've got dedicated Ray Tracing hardware, a powerful GPU with who knows what customisations, a powerful modern CPU and a high bandwidth SSD.

That's one fine looking potato. Mmm.
HAH, i am admitily competitive. Like Aeogonsnake mention the ps5 being 9tflop potentialy means it would perform around 7, considering what ms has for their 12tlop console thats a pretty good gap imo. I can only afford one console so its gonna be a bit dissapointing seeing xsex be sigh a high performing machine thats truly feels like a significant gap from its predeccessor. The only console that is compromising is sony's meanwhile xsex is powerful in all regards.

In hindsight the ps4 and xbone were rather weak, apparently epic games were dissapointed about them before they even launched, i heard that they removed global illumination. It feels like that again this time its only sony thats missing out. tlops matter in imo since console are gpu bound i believe the more powerful your gpu that better.
 
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Evodelu

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The testing here is just some software regression test, I highly doubt they don't use this sort of test for each version of a devkit.

I read the test
Didn't know that, interesting. Thanks for the clarification.

Overall I'm still giving primacy to the information provided by Klee, Schreier, Reiner etc.
 

gundamkyoukai

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well, this is still good news. we know ps5 devkits have rt so maybe oberon isnt the ps5. or maybe oberon is the ps5's lockhart lol.

yes, im getting desperate....

I mean what ever it end up being it will have hardware RT in the GPU that is fact coming from the man that making the system .
What ever you choose to believe you really can't just ignore that aspect so lets how this all plays out.
 

Firmus_Anguis

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Reading some of the old threadmarks is interesting. Several of Klee's older comments aligning with Matt's and vice versa...

I don't intend to give in to the cynicism I've seen over the last 50 pages or so.

Too many credible sources have said that these consoles will be amazing and that the difference between them will be negligible. And I really believe that'll be the case.

12+ RDNA tflops for SX (get that GCN talk out of here!) and, let's go with Klee's conservative take (~7 %) for the PS5 which puts it at roughly 12.9 RDNA tflops (MS might even close this negligible gap, as Klee's somewhat hinted at before). This estimation is based on Klee's remarks.

But flipping it would put the PS5 at roughly 11.2 tflops. Still fucking amazing.

Why anyone would want it any other way is a mystery to me, but I sincerely believe (based on the amount of credible sources saying similar things for months and months), that one of these scenarios will be the final outcome.

Man, we were all (well, most of us were) celebrating the XS's rumored 12 tflops! It meant the rumors and insider tidbits we were getting were actually true.
It meant our wildest fucking expectations were being surpassed!

I want us to go back to that - That shared excitement for next-gen!

And not fanboyishly and not-so-discretely hope an asspull is going to magically make my preferred console reign supreme!

We're way better than that. I've seen it.
 

JahIthBer

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HAH, i am admitily compitative. Like Aeogonsnake mention the ps5 being 9tflop potentialy means it would perform around 7, considering what ms has for their 12tlop console thats a pretty good gap imo. I can only afford one console so its gonna be a bit dissapointing seeing xsex be sigh a high performing machine when thats truly feels like a significant gap from its predeccessor. The only console that is compromising is sony's meanwhile xsex is powerful in all regards.

In hindsight the ps4 and xbone were rather weak, apparently epic games were dissapointed about them before they even launched, i heard that they removed global illumination. It feels like that again this time its only sony thats missing out. tlops matter in imo since console are gpu bound i believe the more powerful your gpu that better.
It's possible they removed SVOGI due to Consoles, but likely it's because there was far more efficient ways to do GI & they wanted to keep the engine less bloated.
Epic also said PS4 was the perfect gaming PC, the Xbox One they probably thought was under powered but wouldn't say because they had a close relationship with MS at the time.
 

gundamkyoukai

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i'm still catching up on this thread, and perhaps my "xbot" card will be revoked for saying this, but what seems to best fit all the credible (imo) information is 9.2 TF ps5 and a 9.x TF xsx. i have no reason not to doubt this latest amd dump, as well as previous leaks from insiders stating both consoles are extremely close. We have some (imo) VERY vague xsx is 2x x1x talk from MS, which i think can be argued a 9.x TF rdna gpu IS 2x as powerful as x1x. both manufactureres (iirc) have downplayed gpu increases over last gen and prefer the conversation to be about ssd and cpu upgrades. next gen speculation seems to ALWAYS end up lower then what is expected. yup, i'm in team 9 TF RDNA for both and am a bit disappointed. i'm sure when we see the games though it'll all be fine :)
 

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Wait, really? Do you think that's because Visual Concepts now has to split their time between developing the WWE games and NBA games?
No clue, but 2K14 is the best the game's ever looked.The only positives, visually in the more recent entries are that they scan more players and remove the last gen models, same with newer animations and removing the older ones.
 

Afrikan

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Has anyone tweeted Phil Spencer if he could clarify what he said in the interview? regarding 2X as powerful.

The question could be worded in a way for him to give a simple yes or no answer right?
 

OneBadMutha

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What I find weird is how much hand wringing there is over this without any context or seeing it in action. PS4 had a 40% GPU advantage when GPU was the defining aspect of this gen and did most of the work thanks to shitty Jaguar CPUs. Despite this and despite most devs struggling with Xbox One memory, Ryse was the best looking next gen game for a few years. Then Xbox One X had the same advantage over the Pro. Despite this, God of War and Horizon ZD are 2 of the 3 best looking games of this gen along with Red Dead. When there were the biggest gaps in visuals, it was due to textures and memory limitations. I thought I was an enthusiast, have a 65" Oled and can't tell at all the difference between a checkerboard game and native game. I realize that might be a me problem...but I think it's also similar amongst the mainstream.

$400 is the right price for the PS5. Microsoft is right to differentiate itself to win back some enthusiasts. When next gen games are shown, people will forget all this shit. There is way more to visual impact than what this amount of GPU power can do for you. Talent comes before that power gap...and all things being equal most people dont notice visual fidelity at this point of diminishing returns. They will feel 60fps and notice no load times with advanced physics.

I think most of the hand wringing is about the sport. This is more about some of you calling your shot and being proven wrong. Like your reputation or identity is at stake based on which console wins the power pissing match. And many of you are reacting poorly and being shitty about it. We're about to have a great console transition and many of you are going to be miserable about it...and for what?
 

senjutsusage

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i'm still catching up on this thread, and perhaps my "xbot" card will be revoked for saying this, but what seems to best fit all the credible (imo) information is 9.2 TF ps5 and a 9.x TF xsx. i have no reason not to doubt this latest amd dump, as well as previous leaks from insiders stating both consoles are extremely close. We have some (imo) VERY vague xsx is 2x x1x talk from MS, which i think can be argued a 9.x TF rdna gpu IS 2x as powerful as x1x. both manufactureres (iirc) have downplayed gpu increases over last gen and prefer the conversation to be about ssd and cpu upgrades. next gen speculation seems to ALWAYS end up lower then what is expected. yup, i'm in team 9 TF RDNA for both and am a bit disappointed. i'm sure when we see the games though it'll all be fine :)

You have never been so right! lol How dare you!

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xolsec

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i'm still catching up on this thread, and perhaps my "xbot" card will be revoked for saying this, but what seems to best fit all the credible (imo) information is 9.2 TF ps5 and a 9.x TF xsx. i have no reason not to doubt this latest amd dump, as well as previous leaks from insiders stating both consoles are extremely close. We have some (imo) VERY vague xsx is 2x x1x talk from MS, which i think can be argued a 9.x TF rdna gpu IS 2x as powerful as x1x. both manufactureres (iirc) have downplayed gpu increases over last gen and prefer the conversation to be about ssd and cpu upgrades. next gen speculation seems to ALWAYS end up lower then what is expected. yup, i'm in team 9 TF RDNA for both and am a bit disappointed. i'm sure when we see the games though it'll all be fine :)

That's what I've been thinking myself. 12 RDNA TF would be around RTX 2080 levels of performance crammed into an APU that needs to be on the cheap side.
 

AegonSnake

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lmao. arabian prynce trying to get me banned.

it was a post last night in response to one of the rogame's tweets where this amd programmer said that oberon tested 82% effectiveness or something. i derived the 7.5 tflops from the 9.2 tflops figure. i qualified my post with a 'maybe it means theoretical performance' but it was clearly taken out of context to mean i was making a statement.
 

Kyoufu

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lmao. arabian prynce trying to get me banned.

it was a post last night in response to one of the rogame's tweets where this amd programmer said that oberon tested 82% effectiveness or something. i derived the 7.5 tflops from the 9.2 tflops figure. i qualified my post with a 'maybe it means theoretical performance' but it was clearly taken out of context to mean i was making a statement.

Aegon pissing fuel on the flames of this thread. lol
 

JahIthBer

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That's what I've been thinking myself. 12 RDNA TF would be around RTX 2080 levels of performance crammed into an APU that needs to be on the cheap side.
It's not entirely impossible, RTX 2080 is GTX 1080 Ti performance outside of ray tracing, which was 16nm GPU in early 2017. I think Consoles could always match or exceed that at 7nm with RDNA in late 2020. Plus the 1080 Ti is ass at compute & lacks VSR, which is why even in 2018 i said PS5 could probably beat the 1080 Ti soundly.
Maybe MS will at $499, but Sony could go for $399, who knows.
I think they can read pretty clearly, all I see is people trying their best to force something to be true despite the facts.
It was an honest mistake, i was thinking purely of the first Wired interview, im fully aware that PS5 will have some form of RT.
 
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ArabianPrynce

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lmao. arabian prynce trying to get me banned.

it was a post last night in response to one of the rogame's tweets where this amd programmer said that oberon tested 82% effectiveness or something. i derived the 7.5 tflops from the 9.2 tflops figure. i qualified my post with a 'maybe it means theoretical performance' but it was clearly taken out of context to mean i was making a statement.
Oh I am so sorry lol, I didnt mean to throw you under the bus. You know more about hardware than I do so i used your statement lol. didnt mean to cause trouble
 

senjutsusage

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That's what I've been thinking myself. 12 RDNA TF would be around RTX 2080 levels of performance crammed into an APU that needs to be on the cheap side.

Microsoft damn near built a mini pc tower. I think they mean business with Xbox Series X. RTX 2080 class performance or beyond here we come. That's what I'm sticking with till I see otherwise.
 

Patent

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It's not entirely impossible, RTX 2080 is GTX 1080 Ti performance outside of ray tracing, which was 16nm GPU in early 2017. I think Consoles could always match or exceed that at 7nm with RDNA in late 2020. Plus the 1080 Ti is ass at compute & lacks VSR, which is why even in 2018 i said PS5 could probably beat the 1080 Ti soundly.
Maybe MS will at $499, but Sony could go for $399, who knows.
$399 10.2TF
$499 12TF
 

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OneBadMutha

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i wouldnt call a 4.5x jump in raw graphical processing power a giant leap. we are coming from an 8x leap from last gen which was already kind of limited. everyone was cutting corners everywhere. unreal engine 4 removed horizon looked great but there was very little interaction. you can watch their behind the scenes footage and they cut the flying and coop out of the game because they couldnt deliver great graphics at the same time. who knows what they will cut next gen.

for the record, before anyone brings up rdna improvements, the ps3 was using an extraordinarily poor rsx gpu which wasnt even on par with the amd gpu in the 360. clearly, amd was able to get more out of its flops when going from terascale to gcn. we just take those arch improvements for granted every gen.


tenor.gif


well, this is still good news. we know ps5 devkits have rt so maybe oberon isnt the ps5. or maybe oberon is the ps5's lockhart lol.

yes, im getting desperate....

Things missing from this breakdown:
- Massive CPU jumps
- Amount of work GPUs were responsible for last gen that they wont be this gen
- Diminishing returns in terms of fidelity
- Amount of impact CPUs can have on visuals in motion
- The resolution cost eating up the majority of last gen GPUs
- Massive jump in IO

We didn't get a straight 8x leap last gen. CPUs and IO speeds barely changed and that's a significant part of the overall hardware.
 

AegonSnake

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Reading some of the old threadmarks is interesting. Several of Klee's older comments aligning with Matt's and vice versa...

I don't intend to give in to the cynicism I've seen over the last 50 pages or so.

Too many credible sources have said that these consoles will be amazing and that the difference between them will be negligible. And I really believe that'll be the case.

12+ RDNA tflops for SX (get that GCN talk out of here!) and, let's go with Klee's conservative take (~7 %) for the PS5 which puts it at roughly 12.9 RDNA tflops (MS might even close this negligible gap, as Klee's somewhat hinted at before). This estimation is based on Klee's remarks.

But flipping it would put the PS5 at roughly 11.2 tflops. Still fucking amazing.

Why anyone would want it any other way is a mystery to me, but I sincerely believe (based on the amount of credible sources saying similar things for months and months), that one of these scenarios will be the final outcome.

Man, we were all (well, most of us were) celebrating the XS's rumored 12 tflops! It meant the rumors and insider tidbits we were getting were actually true.
It meant our wildest fucking expectations were being surpassed!

I want us to go back to that - That shared excitement for next-gen!

And not fanboyishly and not-so-discretely hope an asspull is going to magically make my preferred console reign supreme!

We're way better than that. I've seen it.
at the end of the day, it will be extremely interesting to see just what these gonzalo and oberon tests and benchmarks were for.
Oh I am so sorry lol, I didnt mean to throw you under the bus. You know more about hardware than I do so i used your statement lol. didnt mean to cause trouble
its all good, and i dont know much about hardware. i might have a degree in computer engineering but i always hated the electrical engineering courses. now i code for a living and pay ungodly amount of money to electricians for fixing simple electrical issues around the house.
 
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