The Whipitcher Wild Goo

Ever since I got my 280X I went back to Far Cry 3. Nice to play that game at a solid 1080p 60fps. I think I'm enjoying it more the second time through than the first Figures I'd come in here only to see JonB and Twinfail hating on one of the Best Games out there. As an open world game there are SOOOO many things I like about it. - I like how dangerous it is. - The hunting and crafting are great. - Liberating outposts is varied and enjoyable. And just as soon as you think you're dominating all you come across outposts that are significantly more challenging. Even when you die it

Been Playing Kerbal Space Program for a couple months now. Also Civ 5 A Brave New World Beam NG ( fun to toy around with ) and now Rayman Legends

YEAH ACTUALLY 8 GIGS OF RAM - BOOM Headshot

I do tend to sleep once a day. Nice pic Remij

I don't think MS has ever gone with anything truly unique ( like the cell ), They just buy and modify existing chipsets. They went from a 733mhz celeron and a GPU ( NV2A ) based on the same chipset as the GeFores 3's ( NV20 ). Then the 360 had an IBM PowerPC and a GPU based on ATI's r500(?) or r520(?) chipset. They'll all be going with that approach next gen and it's all gonna come down to how much they're willing to spend, when they want to launch, and any contractual obligations if they apply. I can't help but wonder if both Sony and Microsoft wanted to use the same chipset

I don't see MS going batshit crazy. It would be insane of them, to have their competitors make day one profit off of hardware and they be the only ones losing money off of every console sold. If they are the only one of the three who is either willing or able to pump out a monster console then doing so would provide other benefits. It's too early to know for sure what will happen. I REALLY like speculating about rumors. Even more than that I like piecing together the puzzle based on existing chipsets and trying to figure out which reports are credible and which aren't . We can lear

I can see MS going for Numbers 1 and 3. I believe Microsoft will go batshit insane on the hardware side meaning an expensive subsidized console. I have a difficult time imagining Sony not doing the same but it's possible their hand has been forced.

It's not my "view." It's a Report from Xbox World. You can choose to believe it or not. I do.

I have nothing to be butthurt about. It has been reported that the 720 devkits have a 16 core CPU. You think the report is laughable and that it won't have 16 cores yet are too afraid to say how many cores you think it will have. Would 12 still be laughable? How about 8?

Too afraid to make a prediction huh? That doesn't surprise me. You are a coward.

You still haven't answered the question as to how many cores you believe the 720 CPU will have.

Yes, that's right. And you don't. Puerto seems to think it'll only have 4.

That's right I do. It's been reported that the latest 720 devkits have 16 cores and I believe it. How many cores do you think the 720 CPU will have?

Now you're no longer arguing that th 720 will have 16 cores. 720 could easily get a 4 core cpu based on the A2 architecture which is exactly what the article talks about when it states the 18 core design was too costly. Ultimately you can forget about consoles getting a cpu designed for super computing servers. The closest we came to that was the cell qnd you see how that turned out. MS should focus on beastly GPU and RAM. I no longer believe cpu is as important as the other two components. I even except sony reusing the same exact cell chip to save cost if that would help th

I believe this is what the "OBAN" CPU in the 720 will be based on... Each "A2" is a "core" It's possible they may use less cores in an attempt to improve yields, if they are a problem.