RSX - G80 & Crazy Ken's 4D connection
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I know I'm late to the party, but...
This is nothing but circular reasoning. You're inventing evidence out of thin air, and then you go about proving it in the rest of the post. Sorry, you have no case.archy121 said:
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Darkon said:If so that would make ps3 console life about 2-3 years , G120 would be a safer bet
okay well yeah. the higher the better, the more modern the GPU, the better.
plus there likely is not as many complete generational, architectural shifts going on here,
as some might think with G90, G100, G110, G120 etc.
for instance, the G90 is likely to just be a refresh of G80, thus G90 = NV55.
G100 new architecture: NV60.
G110 refresh: NV65.
G120 new architecture: NV70
if each completely new Nvidia architecture is every two years, late 2006 gives us NV50/G80, late 2008 gives us NV60/G100, late 2010 gives us NV70/G120. of course though, there will almost certainly be shifts to the roadmap, as the roadmap is constantly shifting. but anyway, so NV70 or NV75 may be the basis for PS4 GPU assuming PS4 launches in 2012. Don't forget that RSX is based on 2004 architecture, even though PS3 is launching in 2006.
I don't expect bleeding-edge GPUs in consoles from Sony or Microsoft anymore. Perhaps someone else will come along to surprise us with something absolutely bleeding edge for its time.
sorry for the longwinded post
to right,
whilst what u say is within the realms of possibility it is extremely unlikely.
personally i believe if theres gonna be any major spec change, ild want another 256mb ( in main or graphics mem ) in fact if there was a choice of
A/ 3.2ghz cell + 256mb + 256mb
B/ 2.8ghz cell + 512mb + 256mb
i'ld choose B
zed said:
A 2,8 Ghz cell is highly unlikely
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showpost.php?p=797773&postcount=24
I don't recall slides being used to such practical effect in a long time. Talk about conversation-enders. :smile:
Archy, as for your claim that it'd be odd to release PS3 with everything "next-gen" but the GPU, wasn't PS2 basically the same? Seems to me Sony'd want to spend more on parts they create (CPU, optical) than those they have to outsource (GPU), at least if they're keeping an eye on the bottom line (future price reductions and console redesigns due to process shrinks, a la PS One and the slim PS2).
Also, G80 is expected to weigh in at 500M transistors. That sounds a bit huge and power-hungry to cram into a console.
Archy, as for your claim that it'd be odd to release PS3 with everything "next-gen" but the GPU, wasn't PS2 basically the same? Seems to me Sony'd want to spend more on parts they create (CPU, optical) than those they have to outsource (GPU), at least if they're keeping an eye on the bottom line (future price reductions and console redesigns due to process shrinks, a la PS One and the slim PS2).
Also, G80 is expected to weigh in at 500M transistors. That sounds a bit huge and power-hungry to cram into a console.
I'm guessing the 4d texture stuff would be usefull for "Light Field Mapping".
One of the pioneers of "Light Field Mapping" is one of the chief designers of the RSX.
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~ciao/resume-weichaochen.html
One of the pioneers of "Light Field Mapping" is one of the chief designers of the RSX.
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~ciao/resume-weichaochen.html
Ah, I see you've met version - the drive-by poster. He hasn't added anything here in ages. Well known for linking to valid (but unrelated) patents and posting dream specs.
It's a shame you didn't check here on the official NV47 comments before spending all that time doing all your detective work.
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