Friday, November 2nd 2012
Sony PlayStation 4 "Orbis" Kits Shipping to Developers, Powered by AMD A10 APU
According to a VG 24/7 report, Sony began shipping development kits of its upcoming game console, PlayStation 4, codenamed "Orbis" to developers. The kit is described as being a "normal sized PC," driven by AMD A10 "Trinity" APU, and 8 or 16 GB of memory. We've known from reports dating back to April that Sony plans to use a combination of APU and discrete GPU, similar to today's Dual Graphics setups, where the APU graphics core works in tandem with discrete mid-range GPU. The design goal is to be able to play games 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution, with 60 Hz refresh rate, and with the ability to run stereo 3D at 60 Hz. For storage, the system has a combination of Blu-ray drive and 250 GB HDD. Sony's next-generation game console is expected to be unveiled "just before E3," 2013.
Source:
VG 24/7
354 Comments on Sony PlayStation 4 "Orbis" Kits Shipping to Developers, Powered by AMD A10 APU
Nobody console kiddie is going to be impressed that suddenly they can play Unreal Engine 3 games at twice the resolution and framerate. They will be impressed if they can play some awesome looking Unreal Engine 4 games at upscaled 720p and 30fps just like they do now... so long as their TV lies to them and says 1080p, of course.
You and I don't know what's coming from the next generation of games graphically. Sony and M$ don't really know either. They have a better idea than you and I, but that doesn't necessarily mean much.
The demo for UE4 is out there, and it shows that there is a graphical leap coming in games. How many games make the jump, how big the jump exactly is, and if it will make it to consoles, are all different questions that we can only speculate on right now.
:shadedshu
If the game is well programmed and has a good AMD 7000 native 3D engine, the console will deliver amazing 3d quality. Also 3 things come to my mind,
1 - sony will compete with the rest, against other consoles that have not much better hardware anyway, as far as price goes, if you consider it in the formula, no one can really come out with a super console without making it impossible to buy.
2 - A10 is today's top trinity apu, but won't be the only one. Think about A12, A14, A16, I mean, we don't really know how AMD will refresh its line of apus, we only know the line will be compatible.
3 - Developers had to optimize multithreading on the PS3 very complex architecture. So adopting the A10 should make things easier, and dual GPU would be a breeze. Several games do work nice on dual gpu configs on PC. Its just about following the developing methods learnt in these cases.
I'm not even gonna get into that nonsense...
1080p @ 60FPS is possible. Obviously it depends on the game in question. i.e. a linear game like the Call of Duty Campaign is more likely to hit 60FPs than a complete open world game like GTA.
The argument "human eye can only see [x] fps" is nonsense and I'm not going into it. All I'll say on that is:
Go get 3 monitors. Set one to 30 Hz refresh rate. Set another to 60. Set another to 120. Drag some windows around on your desktop. You tell me if you notice any differences. Read the thread? Maybe posts like #127, 130, and especially 134.
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All I'm doing is taking a different position regarding speculation about the claims in this article and about what the next generation of console gaming might be like graphics-wise. You're not anymore right or wrong than I am, because neither of us knows. Like I said, we'll find out in a year or two.
just showing there's no difference between real / upscale resolution.Why Sony choose APU?Definitely Sony knew something that we don't.Console are console,targeted for most casual gamer whose doesn't even bother about upscale.
I think they are really planning to run REAL 1080p and upscaling @ 4k
you could do that?10x10 pixels?:respect:
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^ This thread in a nutshell :clap:
Anyways that's my retarded rant for today;)....
About the PS4 TBH I'm really looking forward to it.. for exclusive titles but mainly so nextgen consoles can finally have DX11 support therefore we will start to see some better quality PC games..instead of shitty ports:toast:
If you want to compare upscaled with real resolution, then you need to post two pictures - one with dimensions 1080p which was originally rendered at 720p and then upscaled, and then that same picture with dimensions 1080p but which was natively rendered at 1080p. Alternatively, if you have a 1080p monitor, you could just look at a picture in 720p zoomed in to full screen vs that same picture at 1080p with no zooming in.
There's a big difference.
I don't think you know what you're talking about.