HawksWinStanley
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How can they possibly be fun with only 4.5 GB of RAM?!
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How can they possibly be fun with only 4.5 GB of RAM?!
Kacho
Gold Member
haha
SEGAvangelist
Member
Not quite. RAM isn't the only difference between consoles.
Mr.Squirrel
Tom
Don't really understand the outrage on this site. The PS4 may use 2.5-3.5GB of RAM. So what? The games will still come out, fun games will be fun, pretty games will still be pretty, and crappy games will still be crappy.
As long as games are fun, I could really give 2 fucks about how much memory is being used. I'm still having fun playing PS3 and Wii U games right now.
As long as games are fun, I could really give 2 fucks about how much memory is being used. I'm still having fun playing PS3 and Wii U games right now.
la flama blanca
Banned
no shame
"Current PlayStation 4 dev kits have a "Game Memory Budget Mode" in the debug settings featuring two options: normal and large."
Maybe this will change with future development hardware revisions. Also the 360 dev kits have similar or close, only difference is the amount of memory 512MB-1GB
Maybe this will change with future development hardware revisions. Also the 360 dev kits have similar or close, only difference is the amount of memory 512MB-1GB
dragonfart28
Banned
My computer is having trouble running all these gifs.
I think my OS needs more RAM.
I think my OS needs more RAM.
Falls in line for the Xbox One. These systems have some advance OS, so it's believable with the streaming and having your friend take over for you. That's built into the OS is it not?
I don't think I'll be using any of those features when I pick up a PS4, so I'm just getting screwed out of RAM for games.
I don't think I'll be using any of those features when I pick up a PS4, so I'm just getting screwed out of RAM for games.
MMaRsu
Member
This isn't even a fact, it's a rumor.
And there are only a handful of posters here who are saying that this is a good thing.
RamzaIsCool
The Amiga Brotherhood
Months in fact, and predates the dev kit memory bump. GG even said that they were targeting a 4GB GDDR5 PS4 with those slides, that 4.5 number was on dev kits and was going to get optimized down on the way to release to fit a 3.5GB available for games PS4.
And what about kinect, it's costing us the same as the machine and I for one don't want any part of it.
With the amount MS has been doing that last couple of weeks, I'd say we're going into the last leg.
Sidewinder
Member
Cerny reverse gif is golden, just hope this doesn't end up true. Where are you Shu?
Do you REALLY think this is final? I'm pretty sure they are simply trying to make sure all functionality works right out of the box. Besides, the third party developers aren't going to be willing to do anything better on either the Bone or the PS4, and Sony's first party developers are wizards. So what is the problem here, exactly?
Over-reaction is hilarious though. I expect in the long term that memory availability will grow to 6... I always expected more of a 6/2 split as opposed to the ridiculous 7/1 numbers being thrown around
Over-reaction is hilarious though. I expect in the long term that memory availability will grow to 6... I always expected more of a 6/2 split as opposed to the ridiculous 7/1 numbers being thrown around
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Guys, we know you like competing consoles, but you're being more ridiculous than some of the sony faithful around here.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
It wasn't obvious from the beginning?
LordBaztion
Member
Actually the article made PS4 more appealing to me
someone twit @yosp XD Fridayton official gif?
statham
Member
lol
FunkyPajamas
Member
I'm not concerned at all. The Last Guardian will save the PS4.
The same sources that told them the video capture would last for 7 minutes or that surprise increase in X1 bandwith?
la flama blanca
Banned
Oh, it's you.
Future PhaZe
Member
PS4 would still be stronger, but it's negligible enough in terms of what the output would actually be overall to not really be a bullet point in making a decision.
Its basically all about games now if this is true. That and the 100 dollar difference if thats a big deal to you.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Amazing first post.
Absolutely. I've learned we must anally read into every single word - always looking to find the most negative reading that can be spun out from it.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Well I am guessing either a confirmation or a redaction will be published today.
maverick40
Junior Member
It is not truth your are spouting it is pure bullshit coming our of your mouth just for attention and to rile members up
freenudemacusers
Member
people are really melting over this huh
FlutterPuffs
Member
I'll wait for Sony's statement before I start flood the Sony HQ with my tears.
Hopefully, they're just reserving 1, 2 GB of ram more than speculated for now in an effort to make the whole OS run smooth. It's a brand new OS for the machine anyway, and this will help it from turning into a chugging mess.
If it isn't then well, crap. I know first party developers can do wonders even with this limitation but the same can't be same for the third parties.
Hopefully, they're just reserving 1, 2 GB of ram more than speculated for now in an effort to make the whole OS run smooth. It's a brand new OS for the machine anyway, and this will help it from turning into a chugging mess.
If it isn't then well, crap. I know first party developers can do wonders even with this limitation but the same can't be same for the third parties.
More RAM than most video cards out there to run some apps in the background. Smarphones are laughing their ass of at the PS4 right now
Projectjustice
Banned
More ram? I thought 8gb was 8gb. Anyways, its not about that. Its about Sony not being honest upfront. First they report 1GB for the OS and now this. Its deceptive just to drive up hype for the system.
How? Original it was 1GB for OS and now its 3.5GB. When we all knew out the game that 3GB on Xbox One was reserved for the OS. Its just PR lies from the beginning to out do whatever MS is doing. If you cant see, its not my fault.
battlefieldfan1
Banned
As someone very loosely following this, I'm going to try and figure out what happened.
1. Someone posts the tweet by the director of Eurogamer Spain where he said PS4 Memory Drama.
2. Shitstorm begins.
3. The director clarifies his words on the "drama".
4. Shitstorm intensifies.
5. It is revealed PS4's OS somehow uses a ton of memory, making it nearly on par with Xbone.
6. Shitstorm intensifies.
Am I right?
1. Someone posts the tweet by the director of Eurogamer Spain where he said PS4 Memory Drama.
2. Shitstorm begins.
3. The director clarifies his words on the "drama".
4. Shitstorm intensifies.
5. It is revealed PS4's OS somehow uses a ton of memory, making it nearly on par with Xbone.
6. Shitstorm intensifies.
Am I right?
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
It's amazing how well that gif worked for both threads, lol.
Bigmac1910
Member
So... They added 4 Gig of EXTRA RAM just for the OS? I'll wait till Sony or a reliable source can confirm this. I used to love DF, but lately they've become worse and worse.
They never said 1 GB, did they? I thought that was just speculation.
Please put a cork in that bullshit. Sony never reported anything officially, unlike MS.
la flama blanca
Banned
"and now this". You don't care about people putting you on blast for this dumb shit do you?
Reading between the lines here it very much seems DF is taking "current dev tools specify the 4.5/1GB setup while the OS is being finalized" to mean "see, the PS4 uses just as much RAM as the Xbox One", when it really means that the OS and tools are still a work in progress, and Sony would rather your launch game not run out of memory and crash to desktop.
I'm not hugely worried, over the lifespan of the PS3 Sony was able to reduce the OS memory footprint by ~75%.
I'm not hugely worried, over the lifespan of the PS3 Sony was able to reduce the OS memory footprint by ~75%.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
It'll probably be the same difference as this gen. Key difference is the OS's, $100, and Kinect 2s implementation..
In other words for all we know it'll be neck and neck again
But I'm not buying an XBO. I'm only saying that using $50-70 of components to bloat out the OS is fucking stupid. What was the point in upping the 4GB RAM at the behest of Gearbox if they took most of it away again?