[QUOTE="Shewgenja"][QUOTE="ronvalencia"] NVIDIA G80 was released a few days ahead of PS3.PC_Otter
That was a 6 'Six' not a G 'jee'. Quite a difference. I think he's making the point that there is still the possibility that whatever the PS4 has in it could be a single generation behind whatever PC GPU is current at the PS4's release date. While yes, G80 stomps all over the PS3's RSX, the PS3 in comparison to G80 has managed to remain quite competitive thanks to the addition of Cell in graphics, optimization, and developers knowing how to make the best use of what they have at their disposal. I don't think Sony will be going that hardcore this time around, but seeing how well the GTX 680 has taken the crown back for Nvidia and with much lower power consumption and die size to boot, Nvidia and Sony might be able to strike a deal, but I'm more inclined to believe Sony would go with an APU set up. I don't see Trinity being of high enough performance to make a suitable successor but something with 4 AMD modules and a 'fused' GPU anywhere from Cape Verde to Pictairn's performance could be doable. The other issue would be the memory subsystem, because you would need a very wide bus to keep such a system fed with today's memory speeds. 4 GB of main memory either a 256 bit bus with GDDR5 or 128 bit with XDR2 would be sufficient. Like with Trinity, memory would not have to be partitioned into VRAM and SRAM, as the APU can allocate as it pleases and the graphics cores could be used for CPU operations if a developer desires.On GTX680 vs HD7970 dependant on the benchmark mix. The console games can target a particlar GPU's characteristics.
On top of xbitlab's AMD side list(2), add Wolfenstein(1), Crysis Warhead, World In Conflict(1), BattleForge (1), Deus Ex: HR(1), Serious Sam 3(1).
1. Link from alienbabeltech.com's benchmark mix
2. From link
Thus, the GeForce GTX 680 wins in all of our three synthetic benchmarks as well as in the following games: Just Cause 2, Lost Planet 2, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.2, DiRT 3, Hard Reset, Batman: Arkham City and Battlefield 3.
The AMD Radeon HD 7970, on its part, is ahead of its opponent in Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice, Metro 2033: The Last Refuge, Aliens vs. Predator (2010), Sid Meier's Civilization V and Crysis 2. The two cards are more or less similar to each other in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and Total War: Shogun 2.
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