• Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
  • We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Status
Not open for further replies.

Skyebaron

Banned
Oct 28, 2017
4,416
C9EnxGwXoAAUhUZ.jpg
 

Dave.

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,184
Randy Pitchford took issue to that, and questioned whether or not Moore's Law is slowing down (it is), also saying that it just sounds like Spencer is making excuses for the Series X's shortcomings.
He posted this evidence, is it incorrect?



Probably he was just irritated by Phil saying what is in his opinion, complete nonsense.
 

elenarie

Game Developer
Verified
Jun 10, 2018
10,012
A bit weird to call out the head of one of the first party OEMs on public social media about his use of tech terminology, regardless if that was correct or not.

Why are some people actively trying to burn bridges? :D
 

Siresly

Prophet of Regret
Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,619
Pitchford says and does so many dubious things that I forget more than half of them. Add one moore to the pile.
 

Hyperfludd

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,212
Does he plan on gaining anything from this? The heck lol.

Shame this guy is at the head of Borderlands, hope the folks who worked on the game don't have to deal with weird stuff like this from him.
 

Sho_Nuff82

Member
Nov 14, 2017
18,520
A bit weird to call out the head of one of the first party OEMs on public social media about his use of tech terminology, regardless if that was correct or not.

Why are some people actively trying to burn bridges? :D

It's the beginning of a new generation. People who develop exclusive content tend to make outrageous claims in these times.
 

RedshirtRig

Member
Nov 14, 2017
958
It must be hell being the PR people trying to reign in Randy Pitchford.

"Now, Mr. Pitchford please refrain from trash talk and leaving porn files in public, oh and please quit screaming at and threatening your employees."
 

DopeyFish

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,805
He posted this evidence, is it incorrect?



Probably he was just irritated by Phil saying what is in his opinion, complete nonsense.


Look at what's on the graph

Basically no longer comparing chip for chip. nearly all the recent ones are SoCs, server chips... this is important to note because they have bigger dies. They aren't doubling in density, they are doubling the count. It's basically ignoring the whole point of the observation.
 

gabdeg

Member
Oct 26, 2017
6,021
🐝
Remember when he randomly complained about Half Life: Alyx being Index exclusive even though it isn't.
 

TheLoCoRaven

Banned
Dec 4, 2017
379
Godfall seeks to be talking up the haptic feedback triggers of the PS5 . . . maybe the shortcoming he's referring to actually has to do with a difference in the controllers???
 
OP
OP

Deleted member 58846

User requested account closure
Banned
Jul 28, 2019
5,086
He posted this evidence, is it incorrect?



Probably he was just irritated by Phil saying what is in his opinion, complete nonsense.

Yeah, because the increased transistor count towards the end of the graph is on bigger chips lol. That defeats the purpose, density is mass/volume, but if you increase mass AND volume, you didn't really increase density.
 

Khrol

Member
Oct 28, 2017
4,179
"How many transistors [does you box have]?"
One of the funnier things I read this week. What an odd dude.

We've often covered Variable Rate Shading technology on Wccftech, but let's do a quick recap. This technology aims to tackle the issue of rendering the enormous amount of pixels (over 8 million) required for UltraHD displays without reducing the image quality in the most critical areas of the picture. Given that the Xbox Series X and PS5 consoles have both promised support for 8K resolution (over 33 million pixels) displays, VRS is poised to become even more important in the years ahead.

Earlier this year, Microsoft launched the VRS API on PC. While there are only a couple of games (the last two installments in the Wolfenstein franchise, to be precise) currently supporting VRS, several developers have already pledged their support, including first-party Xbox studios like Playground Games, Turn 10 and 343 Industries.

Additionally, the benchmark tools released recently for the 3DMark suite showcase great promise with up to 50-60% performance gains with variable rate shading enabled. So far, on PC only NVIDIA's Turing graphics cards support both Tiers of VRS as they are defined by Microsoft's API, while the Intel Ice Lake CPUs support Tier 1 alone.

Current AMD graphics cards do not support variable rate shading at all, though this is expected to change next year. AMD did file a patent of its own, after all, though it does seem to be limited to Tier 1 VRS features.

 

JahIthBer

Member
Jan 27, 2018
10,400
They wouldn't use a tower if the AMD could offer them an increase in double the power while still staying quiet & small, does Randy think they are doing it as a joke?
 

Duxxy3

Member
Oct 27, 2017
21,939
USA
OP
OP

Deleted member 58846

User requested account closure
Banned
Jul 28, 2019
5,086
Honestly I wish threadwhining and bitching about people's thread making habits on a discussion forum was banned, but here we are.
 
OP
OP

Deleted member 58846

User requested account closure
Banned
Jul 28, 2019
5,086
What is "Moore's Law"?

Moore's Law basically states that the number of transistors doubles every 18 months, and has been linked to CPU technology development over the last 40 or so years. It is widely speculated to be slowing down now as we approach a natural wall for how many transistors you can cram into a microscopic space, and it is speculated we will need quantum computing to continue our computing gains.
 

Duxxy3

Member
Oct 27, 2017
21,939
USA
What is "Moore's Law"?

Moore's Law refers to Moore's perception that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, though the cost of computers is halved. Moore's Law states that we can expect the speed and capability of our computers to increase every couple of years, and we will pay less for them.
 

Complicated

Member
Oct 29, 2017
3,371
This is like some flat-earther shit or something. Vague insinuation that something is shady with no possible way of knowing what the fuck he's talking about.
 
Last edited:

Omegasquash

Member
Oct 31, 2017
6,252
Randy was last seen fleeing the Microsoft bridge with a gas canister in one hand and a lighter in the other.

It really does seem an odd thing to say, publicly, at the pregame for next gen hardware. Unless he's planning to take Gearbox to Stadia exclusively, being the guy that essentially butts in to share his different opinion seems short sighted.

Laughably though, Harrison likely doesn't give too much of a shit, and Gearbox will end up publishing content on the Series X.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.