Forbes: AMD working on PS4 graphics tech

Saw this on gaf. Link

"Sony is working on an as-yet-unannounced new gaming console, former AMD employees say, and the processor designer may play a key role in the new product.

AMD's graphics technology is already used in Microsoft's XBox 360 console. However, Sony's PlayStation 3 — introduced in 2006 — relies on graphics technology from Nvidia.

AMD declined to comment on the project. Sony Chief Transformation Officer George Bailey also declined to discuss Sony's new console, or even acknowledge its existence.

However, at AMD's analyst day last month, AMD Chief Financial Officer Thomas Seifert identified gaming as one of several trends that will drive revenue growth at AMD in 2012."

That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

GD1551

they probrably don't want a repeat of ps3 fiasco

That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

GD1551

Do some more research bub.

poor nvidia

PS4 superior hardware confirmed, I'm guess MS is going to go the Nintendo route next gen and just have the minimum amount of power to run the kiddy Kinect games

That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

GD1551

That's, uh, decent news I suppose. It's a little difficult to get excited about it since it's so vague though.

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That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

whiskeystrike

Do some more research bub.

That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

GD1551

Really? nvidia copied xbox360's ati unified architecture with the geforce 8 series graphics cards

That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

GD1551

I hate Forbes and their Right Wing propaganda.

Seems it won't be as overpriced as the launch PS3 then. :)

Looks like all next gen consoles will be on AMD's side at this rate.

Looks like all next gen consoles will be on AMD's side at this rate.

mitu123

Bai Bai Nvidia.

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Looks like all next gen consoles will be on AMD's side at this rate.

Nega3

Bai Bai Nvidia.

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That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

ferret-gamer

Nope, nvidia does. AMD is still behind.

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That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

GD1551

Nope, nvidia does. AMD is still behind.

Uh, the 7970 is a fair bit ahead of the GTX 580.

Uh, the 7970 is a fair bit ahead of the GTX 580.

ChubbyGuy40

All those paid off benchmarks are fabricated, the real world performance has been shown that it's not even more powerful than a 580GTX.

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Uh, the 7970 is a fair bit ahead of the GTX 580.

GD1551

All those paid off benchmarks are fabricated, the real world performance has been shown that it's not even more powerful than a 580GTX.

Which real-world performances would those be? The ones performed by Nvidia lovers?

Which real-world performances would those be? The ones performed by Nvidia lovers?

ChubbyGuy40

The ones provided by unbiased sources on youtube.

PS4 superior hardware confirmed, I'm guess MS is going to go the Nintendo route next gen and just have the minimum amount of power to run the kiddy Kinect games

KevinButlerVP

Troll VP has woken up from his cave :o

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That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

ferret-gamer

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Which real-world performances would those be? The ones performed by Nvidia lovers?

GD1551

The ones provided by unbiased sources on youtube.

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That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

04dcarraher

PS4 superior hardware confirmed, I'm guess MS is going to go the Nintendo route next gen and just have the minimum amount of power to run the kiddy Kinect games

KevinButlerVP

They currently make the fastest single gpu available the 7970.DJ_Headshot

.....Which came out a year after the old fastest single gpu availiable, the GTX 580.

A current gen card being faster than a last gen card isn't impressive. Nvidia hasn't even dropped their new card yet.

Seems it won't be as overpriced as the launch PS3 then. :)

Nega3

If the PS3 was overpriced for having a powerful graphics card.... well, you know where I'm going with this. :P

The Blu-ray drive was more of a factor in price than anything at the time. Stand-alone Blu-ray players cost more than the PS3 back then, and Sony had to sell the console for a $200 loss on each sale.

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[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] Meanwhile, AMD currently has the most powerful single GPU card around.ferret-gamer

Its going to be no fun next gen if all the consoles are AMD. We will know which is the most powerful system right off the back.NEWMAHAY

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That would be awful. AMD is always behind the curve and focuses on budget parts. If that's the case the next xbox and PS3 are going to be much weaker than we are expecting.

04dcarraher

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Which real-world performances would those be? The ones performed by Nvidia lovers?

The ones provided by unbiased sources on youtube.

Well that's neat, always been an Nvidia guy myself, but hopefully PS4 has a card worthy of its CPU so its not bottlenecked and at a lower level then it should be.

Seriously, if they had a GPU equivalent of the 360's, Uncharted 3 would be a much prettier game. Maybe not leaps and bounds prettier, but enough to notice.

Hopefully they also don't skimp on RAM, since that was where the multiplat issues came in.

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Looks like all next gen consoles will be on AMD's side at this rate.

mitu123

Bai Bai Nvidia.

Whatever Sony designs, I'm confident saying they're going to pay much more attention to how the GPU and CPU (especially Cell processor, if they continue it [and there doesn't seem to be any indication at the time why not]) co-exist and function simultaneously to achieve top efficiency without sacrificing performance or visual quality as opposed to simply throwing in an RSX like they did with PS3.

Whatever Sony designs, I'm confident saying they're going to pay much more attention to how the GPU and CPU (especially Cell processor, if they continue it [and there doesn't seem to be any indication at the time why not]) co-exist and function simultaneously to achieve top efficiency without sacrificing performance or visual quality as opposed to simply throwing in an RSX like they did with PS3.

Basinboy

Definitely, if they can keep the GPU on level with the CPU more and utilize RAM much more effectively, then the PS4 shouldn't have any issues with developers.

Honestly who cares about Ps4, it probably won't even release anyways. PAthetic Sony is broke as hell. Even if it did release, it will be pathetically weak and 720 will stomp all over it and drag it through the mud.reach3