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[fart town usa]

I'm pretty sure it's beastly. But let me guess, something something high end PCs something something years ago
something something.

lol

This.

 

[Corky]

will this be able to run BF3 on ultra? 1080p/60fps

I'm as dumb as they come when it comes to console/pc tech and everything surrounding them but lets say that the current-gen consoles run BF3 at 720p/30fps medium settings (?).

A jump from 720p/30fps to 1080p/60fps requires ~5x the performance and that's not even taking into consideration the jump from console settings to ultra settings.

 

[Wind's Howling]

That are some spectacular specs for a console that I believe should be priced around $400,- for consumers to buy.

3.5 GB for games is enough. I am still seeing things like God of War Ascension being pushed on PS3's hardware, with only 256x256 MB of memory.

Next gen is almost upon us.

 

[DieH@rd]

VGLEAKS updated their latest Orbis article! More GPU info:
http://www.vgleaks.com/world-exclusive-orbis-unveiled/

UPDATE: some people is confused about the GPU, here you have more info about it:

Each CU contains dedicated:

- ALU (32 64-bit operations per cycle)

- Texture Unit

- L1 data cache

- Local data share (LDS)

About 14 + 4 balance:

- 4 additional CUs (410 Gflops) “extra” ALU as resource for compute

- Minor boost if used for rendering

Dual Shader Engines:

- 1.6 billion triangles/s, 1.6 billion vertices/s

18 Texture units

- 56 billion bilinear texture reads/s

- Can utilize full memory bandwith

8 Render backends:

- 32 color ops/cycle

- 128 depth ops/cycle

- Can utilize full memory bandwith

 

[sangreal]

so it does sound like DF was off-base with their rumor of a standalone gpgpu, and instead the GPU contains extra CUs for this purpose

(and proelite was right)

 

[ekim]

"UPDATE: some people is confused about the GPU, here you have more info about it:

Each CU contains dedicated:

- ALU (32 64-bit operations per cycle)

- Texture Unit

- L1 data cache

- Local data share (LDS)

About 14 + 4 balance:

- 4 additional CUs (410 Gflops) “extra” ALU as resource for compute

- Minor boost if used for rendering

Dual Shader Engines:

- 1.6 billion triangles/s, 1.6 billion vertices/s

18 Texture units

- 56 billion bilinear texture reads/s

- Can utilize full memory bandwith

8 Render backends:

- 32 color ops/cycle

- 128 depth ops/cycle

- Can utilize full memory bandwith
"

 

[MaulerX]

I still remain curious to know how can DDR3 at 106 GB of speed (more or less) overtake 176 GB of GDDR5 even with the double of the RAM. Can someone delight me?

Durango's bandwidth cannot "overtake" Orbis's bandwidth. However, if Durango has "enough" bandwidth to take care of what's needed, then having more RAM can certainly come into play.

 

[Binabik15]

Seems like the Cell parts some hoped for aren't int there Too bad.

 

[nib95]

Lol, beaten like the Wii U on hardware specs.

 

[Daante]

"UPDATE: some people is confused about the GPU, here you have more info about it:

Each CU contains dedicated:

- ALU (32 64-bit operations per cycle)

- Texture Unit

- L1 data cache

- Local data share (LDS)

About 14 + 4 balance:

- 4 additional CUs (410 Gflops) “extra” ALU as resource for compute

- Minor boost if used for rendering

Dual Shader Engines:

- 1.6 billion triangles/s, 1.6 billion vertices/s

18 Texture units

- 56 billion bilinear texture reads/s

- Can utilize full memory bandwith

8 Render backends:

- 32 color ops/cycle

- 128 depth ops/cycle

- Can utilize full memory bandwith
"

Tech guys is this good?

 

[Sethos]

If the Move controller comes in the box, it's going straight in the bin.

 

[googleplex]

Seems like the Cell parts some hoped for aren't int there Too bad.

Too early to tell.

 

[ffdgh]

Sounds powerful lol. I'm curious about the price.

 

[AstroNut325]

Looks good. But I think the GPU needs to top atleast 2TF.

 

[Reiko]

VGLEAKS updated their latest Orbis article! More GPU info:
http://www.vgleaks.com/world-exclusive-orbis-unveiled/

 

[pixlexic]

I still remain curious to know how can DDR3 at 106 GB of speed (more or less) overtake 176 GB of GDDR5 even with the double of the RAM. Can someone delight me?

Having extra ram gives more room to hold data that doesn't have to be cached to the much slower hdd.

And with streaming like in say skyrim you could hold data like the area around you a lot longer so not as much streaming hiccups.

But it's not going produce a better image just better performance in some key situations.

The best speced hardware will produce the better image.

 

[iamshadowlark]

Still with the 1 texture unit per CU thing?

 

[i-Lo]

This + extra 2 CU's are the special sauce.

I thought it was already 4 of 14 being reserved as ALU (according to latest update) for compute. Are you suggest it is 14 + 4 + 2?

VGLEAKS updated their latest Orbis article! More GPU info:
http://www.vgleaks.com/world-exclusive-orbis-unveiled/

Can someone now explain the TMU/TU's feature matching with a pitcairn with that 56 billion bilinear texture reads since they did not multiply by 4?

 

[ekim]

That's what the extra 4 CUs are doing is also present in a dedicated CU in Durango. Just saying.
So we have 1.4 TFlops vs. 1.2

 

[AOC83]

If the Move controller comes in the box, it's going straight in the bin.

I hope it doesn´t, don´t want that shit.

 

[Kerub]

Looking forward to the Durango leak. It will be fun to read the comparisons.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

"UPDATE: some people is confused about the GPU, here you have more info about it:

Each CU contains dedicated:

- ALU (32 64-bit operations per cycle)

- Texture Unit

- L1 data cache

- Local data share (LDS)

About 14 + 4 balance:

- 4 additional CUs (410 Gflops) “extra” ALU as resource for compute

- Minor boost if used for rendering

Dual Shader Engines:

- 1.6 billion triangles/s, 1.6 billion vertices/s

18 Texture units

- 56 billion bilinear texture reads/s

- Can utilize full memory bandwith

8 Render backends:

- 32 color ops/cycle

- 128 depth ops/cycle

- Can utilize full memory bandwith
"

Seriously this article looks like it was written by fanboys. GAF points out that 14CUs makes no sense and magically the article is updated with new info that says there are now 4 extra compute CUs to make 18.

I don't believe VGLeaks after this and getting the Blu-ray spec wrong.

 

[Horse Armour]

That's what the extra 4 CUs are doing is also present in a dedicated CU in Durango. Just saying.
So we have 1.4 TFlops vs. 1.2

1.8TFs was bad enough, now we're down to 1.4? Eugh... What did gamers do to deserve this?

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

VGLEAKS updated their latest Orbis article! More GPU info:
http://www.vgleaks.com/world-exclusive-orbis-unveiled/

What does this mean for the lowly ones that don't understand most of this?

Also the guy with the mustache in that gif is killing me.

 

[gofreak]

Can someone now explain the TMU/TU's feature matching with a pitcairn with that 56 billion bilinear reads since they did not multiply by 4?

Because '1 Texture unit' in a CU is 4 texture filter units. Just think of it as 4 texture units if you prefer. It's the same 4 'texture units' in every other GCN CU.

 

[ekim]

1.8TFs was bad enough, now we're down to 1.2? Eugh... What did gamers do to deserve this?

The 1.2 are for Durango.

 

[Pistolero]

Let me see :

The extra CUs were in fact...included in the original 18 CUs count.

Talk about extra...hahaha...

 

[Mr Swine]

Seems that my GTX 580 which will be over 2 years old will still push out more polygons than what Sonys new console does which is disappointing tbh. Otherwise the specs seem ok

 

[MaulerX]

About 14 + 4 balance:

- 4 additional CUs (410 Gflops) “extra” ALU as resource for compute

- Minor boost if used for rendering



Isn't that pretty much what we speculated?

 

[SneakyStephan]

It's not 20-2 for yields, it's 14 with 4 bonus ones because we love you so much.

That is one way to spin it I suppose.

 

[Kerub]

Seriously this article looks like it was written by fanboys. GAF points out that 14CUs makes no sense and magically the article is updated with new info that says there are now 4 extra compute CUs to make 18.

I don't believe VGLeaks after this and getting the Blu-ray spec wrong.

Have they been right in previous leaks?

 

[i-Lo]

Because '1 Texture unit' in a CU is 4 texture filter units. Just think of it as 4 texture units if you prefer. It's the same 4 'texture units' in every other GCN CU.

So it back to 72TMU in effect? Thank you gofreak.

 

[sangreal]

Let me see :

The extra CUs were in fact...included in the original 18 CUs count.

Talk about extra...hahaha...

its what Proelite was saying all along

 

[AuthenticM]

So... is it more powerful than Durango ?

 

[zomgbbqftw]

Have they been right in previous leaks?

I don't know.

 

[Reiko]

So... is it more powerful than Durango ?

Without looking at full Durango specs... Yes.

 

[Betrayer of hope]

Seriously this article looks like it was written by fanboys. GAF points out that 14CUs makes no sense and magically the article is updated with new info that says there are now 4 extra compute CUs to make 18.

I don't believe VGLeaks after this and getting the Blu-ray spec wrong.

I dont believe it either. It just screams broken and a stopgap to me.

Although it's quite amusing to see the comments section.

 

[Dark Octave]

I can't wait for the crying and unrealistic expectations for it to be the same price or cheaper than the WiiU.

And finally the heart breaking meltdowns when the price is revealed.

 

[Pistolero]

So... is it more powerful than Durango ?

Probably not.

 

[Phonomezer]

Have they been right in previous leaks?

I hadn't heard of them until these "leaks".

 

[Takamura-San]

hey all you guys that were saying no one said "the Vita is going to be no less than $400", pay attention this time

I still miss the 24 hours where everyone was happy with the Vita price.

So good while it lasted.

 

[iamshadowlark]

its what Proelite was saying all along

Yeah it is.

 

[Horse Armour]

The 1.2 are for Durango.

Woops, meant 1.4 for Orbis, corrected now.

 

[McHuj]

So... is it more powerful than Durango ?

Yes, those 400 Gigaflops can still be used for stuff. Like mustache hair simulations. Orbis will have better mustaches in Square games.

 

[nib95]

Have they been right in previous leaks?

Yes they have. Pertaining to confirmation of dev kits by sources.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

What does this mean for the lowly ones that don't understand most of this?.

Ultra Super Saiyan.

 

[pixlexic]

I am still hoping to here that both the new ps and Xbox supports external USB 3 hdds.

 

[iceatcs]

Have they been right in previous leaks?

It is very new site just doing next-gen rumours only. We have to wait for all next-gen launch to see if they are right or not.

Yes they have. Pertaining to confirmation of dev kits by sources.

Don't forgot developers/insiders have personal.

 

[Horse Armour]

I can't wait for the crying and unrealistic expectations for it to be the same price or cheaper than the WiiU.

And finally the heart breaking meltdowns when the price is revealed.

Just because the Wii U is massively overpriced doesn't mean that this thing shouldn't come in at the same price as the Wii U considering the specs.

 

[Korosenai]

So what is the orbis? Basically a ps4?