Averagejoe
Regular
Is 8GB really necessary.?
Does Sony really has to match MS ram amount.?
I think they don't need to,i was just comparing 2 7970 GPU from different vendors,and the His 7970 IceQ and the SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 7970.
The IceQ has 3GB GDDR5,the Toxic has 6GB GDDR5,both have same clock speed,and memory speed configurations from what i could see.
Seeing the benchmarks charts at Tomshardware,these cards basically perform the same,and while most of the test were won by the Toxic some were won by the IceQ,and on games like Crysis and Battlefield which are basically use all over the net as benchmarks,they were basically even 1 frame difference,now i know there are some other variables into the equation,but i think 8GB GDDR5 is not only overkill is not really need it,considering the GPU we are getting on those consoles is not even close to the 7970 Toxic or 7970 IceQ.
Does Sony really has to match MS ram amount.?
I think they don't need to,i was just comparing 2 7970 GPU from different vendors,and the His 7970 IceQ and the SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 7970.
The IceQ has 3GB GDDR5,the Toxic has 6GB GDDR5,both have same clock speed,and memory speed configurations from what i could see.
Seeing the benchmarks charts at Tomshardware,these cards basically perform the same,and while most of the test were won by the Toxic some were won by the IceQ,and on games like Crysis and Battlefield which are basically use all over the net as benchmarks,they were basically even 1 frame difference,now i know there are some other variables into the equation,but i think 8GB GDDR5 is not only overkill is not really need it,considering the GPU we are getting on those consoles is not even close to the 7970 Toxic or 7970 IceQ.