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PlayStation 4 (codename Orbis) technical hardware investigation (news and rumours)
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Define polygon.
Shifty sweetheart....
Am i the only one who would prefer removing 'Orbis' from the title of this thread? Not much sense now.... Same for the Durango thread?
Just sayin'
Am i the only one who would prefer removing 'Orbis' from the title of this thread? Not much sense now.... Same for the Durango thread?
Just sayin'
Gradthrawn
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lol
EDIT: ... which reminds me: Why does Sony name the console Orbis ? The partially unveiled design looks angular.
That's an easy one to answer, patsu. This was the original design of the PS4:
Apparently there was quite a bit of internal infighting over it and eventually the design was scrapped. But by then, the moniker had already stuck and project code name "Orbis" was already in wide use and well documented internally. They eventually just handed the design over to Sony Electronics and let them use it. This is also why there was no physical box at the reveal.
That's an easy one to answer, patsu. This was the original design of the PS4:
Apparently there was quite a bit of internal infighting over it and eventually the design was scrapped. But by then, the moniker had already stuck and project code name "Orbis" was already in wide use and well documented internally. They eventually just handed the design over to Sony Electronics and let them use it. This is also why there was no physical box at the reveal.
I can't see that design being very efficient for cooling a 100W APU since the surface area for vents is pretty small.
I appreciate where you're coming from, but the name is worth keeping for search purposes, so I'll meet you half-way. Which, if your aversion was specifically to the name 'Orbis', doesn't help you any.
Most likely just a design concept, like when PS3 casing was first revealed at E3 2005 or whenever; when launch came around it had grown fatter, with tons more vents added on almost every side...
Assuming that image is indeed PS4 first incarnation, in a final commercial product they could stick vents on the underside (with some feet to raise it somewhat off the surface), and/or around the top edge for example.
Whatever it looks like in the end however I sure do hope it won't have an external power brick. I hate that shit. Wuu even needs two, which is complete madness! (Three, if you buy nintendo's new wiimote charging dock...ugh!)
How you figure? While fans tend to be round (well, cylindrical, sort of) in shape, I'm not so sure how it would actually benefit if the casing was to also be that shape... All I can think is it would be more likely to raise production costs rather than increase cooling/airflow.
How you figure? While fans tend to be round (well, cylindrical, sort of) in shape, I'm not so sure how it would actually benefit if the casing was to also be that shape... All I can think is it would be more likely to raise production costs rather than increase cooling/airflow.
Well obviously it is far easier to get air moving in a circle. I want to bet you could get a hugely more efficient and silent cooling mechanism this way. Obviously though, round motherboards are somewhat ... less efficient in terms of production.
A round fan rotating in the top of the case (under the drive, a top loader) expelling air out the sides. The concept render has no vents and the best it could do is a conventional downdraft, but some radial or centrifugal design (SOC would be off centre) could work well, I think. You could even do something funky with vortices! Airflow through the case would be up the middle from the bottom and out the sides, meaning no still air or circulation or eddies. In, over chips, out the sides.
You may want air inlets and exhausts around the mobo, so an air sandwich. Centrifugal fan in the middle, sucking air in at the top or bottom, passing it over the mobo and out the sides. Air intake at the bottom makes more sense as less likely to recirculate exhausted air. Perhaps direct the exhaust upwards slightly? So from the top: top-loading drive, exhaust vents angled upwards, fan, intake vents, mobo, bottom of case.
For the round mobo, you cut a square mobo that fits in the case and seat it in a square hole.
You may want air inlets and exhausts around the mobo, so an air sandwich. Centrifugal fan in the middle, sucking air in at the top or bottom, passing it over the mobo and out the sides. Air intake at the bottom makes more sense as less likely to recirculate exhausted air. Perhaps direct the exhaust upwards slightly? So from the top: top-loading drive, exhaust vents angled upwards, fan, intake vents, mobo, bottom of case.
For the round mobo, you cut a square mobo that fits in the case and seat it in a square hole.
upnorthsox
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Bladeless fan so the whole case becomes the fan. And no round mobo, an octagon would work fine.
Okay, but not running so hot as to need vents on the side. Apparently it has no optical drive, only streaming 4K content, and comes preinstalled with a few movies. So contents are an HDD, simple processor and ancillaries. Looks cool. Wish PS4 shared similarities in design, even if not in being round.
Gradthrawn
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I am amazed at the success of your troll in this thread. Hats off to you sir
As was I. It was a fairly poor attempt, if I do say so myself, but I figured it would be good for a laugh.
Had patsu not spoiled it I was planning to ramp the hyperbole up to 10 with tales of 200 watt TDPs, exotic cooling systems, engineering consultants from Cyber AI Entertainment and a jealous, bitter, Mark Cerny threatening to quit if SCEI didn't rein things in.
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