Windows 8 on PC don't need that much ram since they can use the hard-drive as memory in a pinch.
You can't do that on Durango, so you need to max amount memory for apps and os at all times.
If a console OS need 2 Cores and 3GB,they can just release this OS as another console lol
Well, maybe they will. There were several rumors that MS will release standalone "setup box/multimedia/streaming/light gaming" mini console...
SRAM is much lower density than eDRAM. Around 3-6x lower. I don't see the attraction for this application, except that it's easier/cheaper to manufacture.
3. SRAM consumes less power than DRAM
Depends what you mean by optimization.
On a PC you do everything you can to reduce draw calls, including copying buffers and coalescing things on the CPU, because the cost of that copying/coalescing is less than the cost of the draw call overhead.
On a console in general you try to minimize the copying involved because the bulk of the overhead in a draw call is the copy.
On a console you might want to submit world models broken into smaller pieces because the GPU has to do less work on offscreen or hidden polygons, on a PC you'd want larger pieces to reduce draw call overhead.
This is what people don't seem to understand about optimizations on a console, ignoring algorithmic improvements, rarely do you discover new tricks that allow things to run faster later in a console life, what you understand is how data flows through the system, and where time is spent, that let's you be smarter about how you organize the data. You simply can't do optimizations like this on a PC, because different hardware behaves differently, so you "optimize" for the worst cases across the hardware.
SRAM is much lower density than eDRAM. Around 3-6x lower. I don't see the attraction for this application, except that it's easier/cheaper to manufacture.
Well saw another new next-gen thread in TGFC for some new rumors and funny replys
This time is from ex-UBI employee(but from other reply conright now he is in other 3rd party,not retired)
http://club.tgfcer.com/thread-6596213-2-1.html
First reply:"IF MS/Sony doesn't talk about how much RAM for their OS in E3,i will say it"
Second reply,he quote someone seems like is employee of Microsoft Vancouver(not sure is he working for game studios like Black Tusk or just Microsoft Vancouver)
And this is the funny one,or he really fxxked if everything is ture.
"You're finished,tomorrow i will mail to MS PR team because you leaked sensitive information."
He said #1 AMD guy's info is true,8cores CPU,8GB RAM,HD8xxx,win8 core custom OS,640GB HDDWhat did that Microsoft person leaked ?
He said #1 AMD guy's info is true,8cores CPU,8GB RAM,HD8xxx,win8 core custom OS,640GB HDD
While another people ask "8900 or 8800 series?",he said "8880"<-i think it just typo,he mean 8800 series.
He said #1 AMD guy's info is true,8cores CPU,8GB RAM,HD8xxx,win8 core custom OS,640GB HDD
While another people ask "8900 or 8800 series?",he said "8880"<-i think it just typo,he mean 8800 series.
He said #1 AMD guy's info is true,8cores CPU,8GB RAM,HD8xxx,win8 core custom OS,640GB HDD
While another people ask "8900 or 8800 series?",he said "8880"<-i think it just typo,he mean 8800 series.
Is hd 8800 the desktop variant ?
Anyway - good news
He said #1 AMD guy's info is true,8cores CPU,8GB RAM,HD8xxx,win8 core custom OS,640GB HDD
While another people ask "8900 or 8800 series?",he said "8880"<-i think it just typo,he mean 8800 series.
Yes,that new thread in TGFC is about Xbox World rumors(we already know that few weeks ago),and B&W mustache guy said "这个是假的,阿杜透露的是真的。八核cpu,8g内存,8xxx显卡,windows 8内核特制os, 640g 硬盘。"="This one is fake,阿杜(=#1 AMD guy name)'s info is right,8cores CPU,8GB RAM,HD8xxx,win8 core custom OS,640GB HDD"I though #1 AMD guy has the Bill Gates avatar?Who is b&w mustache guy?