It's not needed.
That being said, Tons of research shows the majority of Console gamers are happy with today graphics.
However, there's a fair amount of "secret sauce" in Orbis and we can disclose details on one of the more interesting additions. Paired up with the eight AMD cores, we find a bespoke GPU-like "Compute" module, designed to ease the burden on certain operations - physics calculations are a good example of traditional CPU work that are often hived off to GPU cores. We're assured that this is bespoke hardware that is not a part of the main graphics pipeline but we remain rather mystified by its standalone inclusion
I wouldn't be so sure. We're talking about a console after all. There's something to be said for having known, deterministic performance, as opposed to the uncertainly turbo would introduce.
Found this, seems Turbo functionality was already baked in the powerpc core they tested before dumping it for AMDs Jaguar.
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/1504/xbox720projectdurangoac.jpg
Turbo also depends on temperature. Something you cant predict at the customer end.
Your reference to "a decent gpu to run hl2" itself is making a point: the game came out over EIGHT years ago.
Found this, seems Turbo functionality was already baked in the powerpc core they tested before dumping it for AMDs Jaguar.
Turbo also depends on temperature. Something you cant predict at the customer end.
I wouldn't say that it is that deterministic, since it likely depends on the ambient temps of the console.
John 'IPC' Fruehe said:AMD Turbo CORE is deterministic, governed by power draw, not temperature as other competing products are. This means that even in warmer climates youll be able to take advantage of that extra headroom if you choose. This helps ensure a max frequency is workload dependent, making it more consistent and repeatable.
Power is still estimated based on workload, which AMD claims has less than a 1% error rate, but the new model gets accurate temperatures from those estimations.
No.
Again I'll reiterate what I posted:
From Anandtech's article about the A10 (emphasis mine)
If you had read podspi's link, the AMD engineer also affirms that the local temperature will not affect Turbo.
John Fruehe, engineer?
I misspoke. AMD representative.
Still, are you going to attack trivial mistakes in light of your complete error?
It's not needed.
Its a closed system, much more optimized then PC Gaming. Games are designed specifically for the hardware found in the console. It does allow lower end hardware to shine more compared to PC's. Hardware performance out of low end Parts is much greater than it was in 2004/2005.
That being said, Tons of research shows the majority of Console gamers are happy with today graphics.
The gamers that genuinely want major upgrades in Console hardware are PC Gamers. Its a tiny percentage of the market.
Its not happening.
Microsoft and Sony are not going to sell Consoles at a loss again. They need better margins.
just saying
"That being said, Tons of research shows the majority of Console gamers are happy with today graphics. "
BY WHO not PC gamers that get the 3rd party PORTS.
a game only has one budget
you have to wonder what % in the past has gone into game play vs 2010-2012 console graphics ,
leaving us pc gamers with crap ports with no graphics nor game play.
-maybe these new consoles will shift the % of budget towards game play.
-getting bored with AAA games that can only offer 2006 graphics BUT you can replay the game x 4 with 4 different identities. WTF
The projection bets on PC gaming.
But I'm certain that includes most "social gaming" aka. facebook and pogo. Not 3D FPS, which are in the minority of PC gaming (even though they are a pervasive genre).
Huh. Isn't the 360 supposed to have the greatest attach rate? How come it's being beaten by both the Wii and PS3? If those are accurate figures, the Wii did pretty well even in software unlike the prevailing "wisdom".
I think the key word is active install base. And not units sold. Many consoles have died/thrown out over the last 7 years.