Avalanche: "PS4 Will Out-Power Most PCs For Years To Come”

Isn't it kind of like that at the beginning of every console cycle, then PCs take over again?

I don't see our PC comrades liking this article though.

"I’m glad Sony decided to go with 8GB RAM because it means that the PS4 will out-power most PCs for years to come."

*chuckles* ok then.

It's funny, I've had 8Gb of Ram on my system for about 3 1/2 years now, all I need is 1 extra clip and my rig outmatches the "awesome" power of the PS4.

Holy **** 16GB of ram!! Now that makes my 4GB PC look like a typewriter.

I'm asuming most/all the games for PC nowadays have 64-bit OS support? (The main reason I bought a 32-bit system years ago was because of compatibility issues with a lot of games I liked).

16gb of 2666mhz ram here.

Personally if next gen consoles can't run PhysX/Tesselation/MSAA hell even TressFX haha, I will continue to play on PC when I can.

But yea obviously at the start of every new generation the graphics are a lot closer to PC, and for a lot of people, it will be more powerful than their PC.

The only thing the ps4 has going for it with its gddr5 is it has less api overhead like windows creates. Almost all of my pc gaming friends have 8gb of ram now.
Plus with the console multiplatform ports almost none of them really used all the extra ram giving some gamers no need to upgrade. They will now that devs will actually use all that extra ram.

"I’m glad Sony decided to go with 8GB RAM because it means that the PS4 will out-power most PCs for years to come."

*chuckles* ok then.

sorry guys dont know why it double post when i only hit the add comment button once.

If you press refresh after you submit a comment it will double post your comment.

It's just GR's devious way of exposing new commenters (not that they are not welcome).

My PC has had 8 gb of RAM since halfway through this gen's console cycle and I feel is finally reaching an age where an upgrade might be warranted...

I'm sure for lots of people a PS4 will have some graphical WOW factor, but I don't see how the machine could outpace gaming PCs that are already on the market, much less for the next few years.

Still excited about this console generation? Eh? Anyone? No? Alrighty then...

So much bullshit.....Can't even.......

I'll believe it when I see it... Which will be never.

I'm not a PC person, but it is inevitable that the consoles become outclassed by PC's - quickly. PC's are bigger, more robust and are upgradable, consoles are not, so once the hardware is finalized, it's almost immediately obsolete. Look at the rumored 720 specs, the highest end video card available... When the 360 was released. So unless Sony is planning on giving the PS4 with the best hardware available 6 months from now, it won't stand up long against the PC market.

My laptop is 4 years old now, and has had 8 gigs of ram since I bought it. This guy doesn't know **** about PCs.

"I’m glad Sony decided to go with 8GB RAM because it means that the PS4 will out-power most PCs for years to come."

Someone else commented but let's seal this sucker up airtight. Some may object that it's GDDR5, not DDR3, and they're right. GDDR5 is used for video processing on PCs. It has higher latency than DDR3 and that's a problem for system memory. On the other hand, the unified (if small) memory pool ensures that developers will be able to squeeze the last drops of juice out of it.

I'm not a heavy PC gamer myself, but even I have to laugh at a developer thinking a console of all things can outperform a PC. PCs can be upgraded at any time. Consoles...can't. It just sounds like more people trying to stir up hype for the people who have no idea what RAM is.

I feel his comments were not meant for us gamers who pay attention to ALL GAMING RELATED NEWS. This, to me, feels like a comment that is meant to build hype for people who dont normally pay attention to most gaming news and who dont know **** about PC gaming, I can already see it on the PS4 commercial... "The PS4 will out-power PC's for years to come." -Linus Blomberg, GamingBolt. Hahaha.

It's still a pretty ignorant thing to say towards the non PC savvy people. It doesn't take a genius to see how different games can look between a console and a PC. The PS4 will be more powerful than your PC if your PC is store bought and never upgraded.

Definitely.

The only thing the PS4 has a leg up right now is the GPU. Apparently it's equivalent to a 8770 or GTX 740 which aren't even out for sale yet. The PS4 CPU is already weaker than what PC gamers can get. We have had 8-core CPUs available for a while. While nothing uses that many cores yet, the time will come. The gaming laptop I'm upgrading to here soon will have a max capacity of 32GB which is what most modern motherboards can handle right now. However, store bought PCs are what this guy is talking about like wildmario said.

I assume that when people make these kinds of comparisons they're referring to median system specs.

If you take a look at the most recent Steam Hardware Survey, while 8GB RAM is the most popular configuration, about 58% of PC users (including me) have 4GB or less, vs. 32% with 8GB or more. And these are people who by default also have Steam, so they aren't just PC users, but PC gamers.

That's not even taking into account video cards and CPUs, which I'm really not current enough to comment on.

So while I agree that the PS3 will get outpaced pretty handily during its lifecycle, I don't think Linus's comment is oblivious to the current market.

I'm sick of all this PC vs consoles crap! It's apples to oranges. A PC with 32GB of RAM and the latest processor blah blah blah is nowhere near the price of a console so why the f*ck do people keep comparing them? Just the latest graphics card can be as expensive as a console. Besides people with gaming quality PCs will almost always have better specs than any console but at the expense of spending a console's worth of money almost every f*cking year, if you factor buying the latest graphics card, sound card, more RAM, better cooling systems, a better mouse, f*ck you spend more in a year on that crap than what a console, that is gonna play ALL games for its complete life cycle, costs.
Now, if consoles were to do the same thing, meaning releasing a new RAM stick for the PS4 every year and such and such, then things would be leveled, but can you imagine the outcry at how expensive that sh*t would be? Then why is it okay for PCs but not for consoles?

PREACH!!!
hahahaha I think everyone knows that to insult a pc gamer who spends hundreds of bucks yearly on upgrading their rig by comparing it's power to that of a console is an instantaneous high hit topic. It's all abut getting people talking, which they've done. Nonetheless, apples and oranges,,,,

PC gamers liked PS4 before it was cool.

Most PCs in the world are just for office use and just how much power does that need? Any PC from the last 10 years will manage just fine for that usage, so of course the PS4 will be more powerful (which is what Mr Blomberg means whilst also being sensationalist).

All it'll mean there will be an increase of ignorant people who'll say the PS4 is more powerful than all PCs, which really grinds my gears.