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The language that you're using (weak, joke, etc) gives the impression that you aren't really evaluating from a rational perspective, but instead have chosen a s
by corresation 13y ago
The language that you're using (weak, joke, etc) gives the impression that you aren't really evaluating from a rational perspective, but instead have chosen a side.
Why? What's the point of doing that?
Though it is an interesting segue from this article about AMD supporting ARM chips (one of the biggest problems facing data centers is power density and with that heat removal) -- the PS4 has a total power consumption of 137W. That's the eight cores, GPU, 8GB of DDR5, blu-ray player...the entirety of the box consumes 137W.
The nvidia GTX770, undoubtedly a higher performance card, not only costs almost as much as a PS4, alone it consumes significantly more power than the PS4. That's excluding the rest of the box around it. That just isn't tenable for a living room gaming machine, which is exactly why consoles represent a necessary compromise. Similarly, several of the most interesting Steam boxes have GPUs significantly less powerful than the PS4's 7870, because you just can't drop a 450W device in the living room and call it a day.
- ekianjo 13y ago> The nvidia GTX770, undoubtedly a higher performance card, not only costs almost as much as a PS4, alone it consumes significantly more power than the PS4. I don't care if it costs more. It's available. Hardware better than the PS4 in consoles is NOT. That's the whole point. If I want to have better hardware than the PS4, I'll have to wait another 10 years for another console cycle to come. No way. In 2 years time the PS4 and XBoxone will be extremely weak even compared with low-end PC gaming rigs. And you bet I'll want a high performing card (no matter what it costs) when the VR headsets come around (whether Occulus Rift or Valve).
- sliverstorm 13y agoThe trouble is while you might be chomping at the bit to buy a $2,000 PS4, most of the world is not. It would not sell.
- ekianjo 13y ago> Similarly, several of the most interesting Steam boxes have GPUs significantly less powerful than the PS4's 7870, because you just can't drop a 450W device in the living room and call it a day. Then these makers are missing the point. It will be more interesting to build your own Steam Machine then, and install SteamOS on it if no one is willing to put power in the living room. PC market is not console market.