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Subject: New consoles will never challenge PC graphics
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newt182 25.09.13 - 07:40pm
In a recent interview with Australian magazine PC PowerPlay (via MCV UK), Nvidias Senior Vice President of Content and Technology, Tony Tamasi confidently said that games consoles which leapfrog PC graphic capabilities are a thing of the past.
Tamasi told PC PowerPlay (PCP) that back in the days when the first Sony PlayStation and the PS2 were launched there werent really good graphics on the PC. He said the PS2 more or less coincided with a surge in interest in PC graphics. Therefore, with the following generation of games consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3, the living room based gaming machines debuted while being approximately on a par with PC, said Tamasi. * +
newt182 25.09.13 - 07:41pm
Talking about the current state of graphics and the shift in RD budgets, device physics and power, since the PS3 and Xbox 360 came out, the Nvidia SVP said; NVIDIA spends 1.5 billion US dollars per year on research and development in graphics, every year, and in the course of a consoles lifecycle well spend over 10 billion dollars into graphics research. Sony and Microsoft simply cant afford to spend that kind of money.
Another reason for PC superiority sustaining into the foreseeable future is becasue of power budgets, The most efficient architectures are from NVIDIA and AMD, and youre not going to get anything that is significantly more power efficient in a console, as its using the same core technology. That is the same tech as is in your PC - but with a restricted power budget of around 200-300W to make it living-room friendly. Taken to the theoretical limits, the best any console could ever do would be to ship a console that is equal to the best PC at that time. But * +
newt182 25.09.13 - 07:42pm
PCP also asked Tamasi about the history and the possibility of common console hardware optimisations; I think a console can punch above their weight to some degree, but not by a factor of three. I wouldnt even say a factor of two, opined Tamasi. Also things will change with the game devs optimising for PS4 or Xbox One because theyre basically doing PC architecture optimisation. Tamasi concluded by saying how the new PC architecture next gen consoles will be beneficial to PC owners as theres less weird divergence between consoles and PC, which means a lot more leverage for devs to raise the bar. It also means we might see games on the PC that never made it to the platform before.
[link]http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/60561-nvidia-exec-says-new-consoles-will-never-challenge-pc-graphics/[/link] * +
phallica 26.09.13 - 01:03am
Same spiel for the last 10 years. * +
spartan2 26.09.13 - 02:28am
Not quite. PC has never basked in such a significant performance lead as we step into a new console generation. By the time the most powerful console launches the 290X will be capable of outstripping it's GPU performance by a factor of 3 already. Mere midrange cards will be twice as fast. That's the most powerful console as well, never mind the junk in the other two machines.... * +
mr.stabs 26.09.13 - 01:17pm
This. * +
joshuaz3 26.09.13 - 02:17pm
get over it * +
joshuaz3 26.09.13 - 02:24pm
pc gamers got alot of time on there hands to dig up trash like this, the real gamers are too busy PLAYING games with what little time they get..thats why the majority prefer consoles, just put the game in n play whereas pctards spend more time trolling, installing ank materbating than playing actual games..i could go dig up an article that disputes this topics claim but a) i dnt give a fk b) got better things to do and c) im not that pathetic :) enjoy your trolling, goin back to GTA5 :) * +
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