Assassin's Creed Unity Runs at 900p/30fps on Xbox One and PS4 to "Avoid Debates" [Update]

<< LINK REMOVED >> I don't own either next gen console. I game mainly on the PC. But thanks for the insulting comments. I'm sure that the insecurity in your personal choices makes you quite a hit with the opposite sex (or the same sex if that is your preference).

By the way, good luck building a PC with 8 GB of VRAM. I'm sure that $3000 Titan Z is treating you well while your computer can only make use of 6 GB of it. Consoles may have weak CPU's but the PS4's unified memory system outclasses any PC money can buy. Hence why I haven't upgraded my PC yet this generation. No matter how much I spend, there is no part I can buy that will give me as much available VRAM as the PS4. The closest I could get would be a card that costs $1000. PC master race for the win and all.

<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> But mate we only get better graphics. That does not make a game good. And we will keep getting console ports for as long as they are more profitable platform.

<< LINK REMOVED >>I know. That was my point. The Xbox One CPU is more powerful but the DX11 API negates that advantage. With DX12 they should get that advantage back, but at that point the PS4 can make use of compute cores on the GPU to make up for the deficit, meaning both consoles should be able to run more complex AI routines next year, with the Xbox One improving things on the API side, and developers having more time to take advantage of the PS4's compute cores which I'm certain are being quite underutilized right now.

<< LINK REMOVED >> I know. That was my point. The Xbox One CPU is more powerful but the DX11 API negates that advantage. With DX12 they should get that advantage back, but at that point the PS4 can make use of compute cores on the GPU to make up for the deficit, meaning both consoles should be able to run more complex AI routines next year, with the Xbox One improving things on the API side, and developers having more time to take advantage of the PS4's compute cores which I'm certain are being quite underutilized right now.

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So the system has more resources free to worry about things like graphic fidelity. Like this dude pointed out though, for that to work the game would have to be online all the time... That's probably that was in their initial reveal come to think of it... That would make every game on the Xbox One so much better too....

<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> You are correct that neither is "better" in that DDR3 is more suited to certain tasks and GDDR5 more suited to other tasks. But considering that we are talking about gaming systems here, having low latency RAM is far less important than having high bandwidth RAM. The thing is that as far as GPU power goes there is very little difference between the PS4 and Xbox One. The PS4 has those additional compute cores and it maybe 5-10% more powerful in certain situations, but that 5% shouldn't cause a drop from 1080p to 900p. That would require something in the realm of a 30% power gap. And the CPU has very little effect on output resolution. I think it was the lead programmer at CD Projekt Red that said that it isn't that developers can't render all of the geometry at 1080p on the Xbox One, it's that they just don't have enough bandwidth to texture it all.

Games these days are very rarely CPU limited. This game is more of an exception than a norm. I think racing games have also benefited to an extent from the DDR3 on the Xbox One as it has allowed them to run a ton of simulation data at incredibly fast rates. But in most cases RAM latency is not holding games back. Low bandwidth very much is.

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Ah I did think about the always online thing right after I wrote it, that's really the only reason Titanfall works for this.

>you can get stuttering or texture pop-in when an engine is unable to stream in new textures quickly enough

You can get that if any RAM is over worked. That's just drivel what you said trying to make it sound like it's only a problem with DDR3. DDR3 is faster at throwing data, and GDDR5 takes larger dumps of data and does them slower, in comparison to the systems RAM the PS4 happens to average a larger output on average. This isn't always true GDDR5 compared to DDR3 it's just what happens to be in the systems. Computing is anything being processed by the way, so storing data and pushing it through is quite computing, not running code but it's still a task, you can split hairs to try and make me sound wrong if you want though.

I don't know what you're trying to explain. Each component is going to be utilized differently on each system. Developers design their games to run on the systems specific hardware where they rely on your system to be strong enough to handle it on PC.

What a load of bull. Where do you get that info from about Shadow of Mordor on PC. It's 100% false. A 3gb card will more than match consoles. You only need 3gb to play with High textures on PC. Even then you can run all other settings at Ultra and get framerates well in excess of 60fps with 0 slowdown or stuttering. I know I'm playing on a 3gb 780ti with everything ultra and textures on high. I lock the fps at 60 and it never ever stutters or drops. The built in benchmark gives me a high of over 500fps and an average of 97fps at 1080p.

The console version runs equel to pc at high. You need 4gb + (devs recommend 6gb) for Ultra textures which are PC only. Even then you can easily run these on a 3gb card., I've tried. It does however stutter at times but in all honesty after trying the Ps4 version it's no worse than the slow down on that system. Just to clarify the consoles don't run anywhere near pc at ultra (on any setting).

So tired of console fanboys making things up and overestimating the power of the x1/ps4

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