thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Except that once devs hit that magic 10gig on that xsx that that would hit a ceiling then theres gonna be sacrifices to be made otherwise they would have to reduce its bus speed which would be lower then sonys. Theres noway it would have 13gig for games unless u can magically speed up the lower bus. Other then that its difficult to say. Id wait to the games come out and wait futher down the line
Or they could just learn to be better programmers? Honestly it's nowhere near the level of challenge true split memory pools have offered on previous systems and those were dealt with even if it meant compromises. Sure it may sound arrogant to say "the devs just need to be better", but honestly just picture any developer complaining about the "split" bandwidth pool in XSX like it's the end of the world. I'd have to question their skills as a dev if they could not come to terms with it.
Especially considering there are hardware features in place that can assist with reducing the memory footprint (and thus freeing up more physical memory), being smart with what data goes into which bandwidth pool, swapping the data strategically along the bandwidth pools, etc.
So yes, it's a particular quirk to XSX's design but nowhere near being an issue some folks are making it out to be.
Mar 19, 2020
Wow, I didn't know I made yesterday's post a full month ago. Dat quantum time travel wormhole experiment I've got running in my back shed must've worked after all. Time to call up Elon Musk baby!!
Okay, jokes aside, I think it's kind of obvious you're getting your wires crossed. It's like you're arguing just to be arguing now, and have some personal issue with my POV on things. Fine, whatever. But nothing you're talking about anymore is really adding much to the original discussion.
The SSDs still draw power; and Sony's will draw more since it has more speed and more NAND modules. The variable frequency adjusts power loads that result in frequency reductions. If I ever stated the reduction could potentially come from heat-related buildup, I misspoke. It happens every once in a while.
You seem to be under the impression Mark Cerny is a god among men or at least among engineers, and his approach the only one that can achieve the goals set out to be accomplished. Well, that is a nice fantasy, but I live in reality. And that means regardless how great Cerny is at what he does (and he IS fantastic at what he does, let's make that clear)...he is not the only one of his caliber in this game and his approaches are not the exclusive domain in accomplishing particular challenges. We can look at existing solutions between PS and Xbox right now for things such as BC, data compression etc. to see this: there are multiple ways to tackle a problem and often times they are all pretty similar in the effectiveness those problems can be resolved. I may have respect for Cerny, but I'm not going to worship him or dedicate a shrine to the guy, either.
At this point I think I can deduce you're set in your ways on how you view these systems and even myself; think what you will but I know where my balance stands when it comes to PS5 and XSX; safe to say if I hate extremes in politics and fandoms I would at least make sure to avoid doing that myself in this particular regard. But I can't help your personal perception on it. I'm just here to give my perspectives on next-gen, as are you.
Prepare to be amazed!
Behold the hidden GPU in the SSD slot
Innodisk Launching Revolutionizing Industrial-Grade Graphics Card in M.2 Form Factor | News | Information | About Us – Innodisk
Innodisk is aiming at the industrial embedded sector when adding the ultra-slim 4K M.2 graphics card to its portfolio of expansion cards.Taipei – November 27, 2018 – M.2 has become one ofwww.innodisk.com
NGL this is kind of interesting but not something the next-gen consoles will be needing....
...unless things get to a point where a decently capable GPU chip can fit on one of these and be cheap enough to serve as an expansion card ala Saturn 4MB RAM cartridge, but more in function like SNES Super FX chip and MegaDrive SVP chip in practice.
..Kinda actually want that to happen, but dunno if the systems are future-proofed for it. At least it'd cut down on needing a full mid-gen refresh.
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