RUMOR: PS4 to feature nVidia GPGPU

[Ravenheart]

You can view the page at http://www.maxconsole.net/content.ph...e-nVidia-GPGPU

[tech3475]

I wonder how Sony will complicate the console this time?

[Hamsterman-SWE]

they should have gone with the amd graphics instead to make it easier for developers to make the games in multiplatform.

[tech3475]

they should have gone with the amd graphics instead to make it easier for developers to make the games in multiplatform.

I don't think either GPU OEM was as much of an issue (thanks to APIs), however other things are e.g. the CPU, bandwidth, buses, etc.

[Ravenheart]

Its not a complication really, CUDA has been around since the 8xxx series GeForce and many games use CUDA for various things, primarily PhysX but the potential is endless. From extremely fast video encoding/decoding/upscaling through advanced game AI to fluid simulations.

If the PS4 does indeed have some monster CUDA enabled GPU, the one feature I KNOW they will add is ray-tracing rendering of replays, imagine an awesome Gran Turismo replay render with ray-tracing and exported to video - lifelike replays to brag online :P

[mattias800]

Well, Sony does do other stuff than video games.

[Hamsterman-SWE]

Well, Sony does do other stuff than video games.

and by other stuff I hope you mean "suing people"

[shemmy]

i'd have thought that going amd would have been a better idea. there isn't much performance wise between the amd and nvidia, but amd has been smiting nvidia on both price/performance and performance per watt for a while now.

be interesting if all 3 console makers go amd for their new consoles (microsoft have been rumoured to be going amd with the next xbox also).

[QrafTee]

As long as they don't jerry rig a GPU into their next console at the last minute like they did with the PS3; it should be good.

[unwanted]

if couldn't care if it was a Gold plated PS4... I will not be buying one until they are discounted and I know what I am buying, ie what features it has and if they will remain on the device or if it will be removed at a later date...

[Z3R0B4NG]

Xbox 360 has a AMD GPU
PS3 has a nVidia GPU

hey guys... big new shiny Rumor for the news pages to copy & paste all over the net!
Xbox 720 will have AMD GPU
PS4 will have nVidia GPU

so you got that from a job offering?
so somebody will get a job...

big effing deal

maybe they should ask Geohot, if only to make this somewhat news worthy... *meh*

[tech3475]

if couldn't care if it was Gold plated... I will not be buying one until they are discounted and I know what I am buying, ie what features it has and if they will remain on the device or if it will be removed at a later date...

hear, hear!

[Nicotine]

I wonder how Sony will complicate the console this time?

by making another insanely hard to learn dev kit, that takes yrs to get anything good from!

cuz i heard making programmers jobs have a retarded learning curve to squeeze power out of a system is a really good idea.

[CharmedonWB]

i'd have thought that going amd would have been a better idea. there isn't much performance wise between the amd and nvidia, but amd has been smiting nvidia on both price/performance and performance per watt for a while now.

be interesting if all 3 console makers go amd for their new consoles (microsoft have been rumoured to be going amd with the next xbox also).

ATI was once the way to go but NVIDIA is superior to ATI in every way except for price but then ATI prices aren't exactly that much cheaper either.

[urmaster]

ATI was once the way to go but NVIDIA is superior to ATI in every way except for price/performance but then ATI prices aren't exactly that much cheaper either.

For the last three generations nvidia has been behind ATi in terms of performance and price.