Nvidia Compares PS4 Specs to a ‘Low-end CPU’
Nvidia’s Tony Tamasi to TechRadar:
Compared to gaming PCs, the PS4 specs are in the neighborhood of a low-end CPU, and a low- to mid-range GPU side, if the PS4 ships in December as Sony indicated, it will only offer about half the performance of a GTX680 GPU (based on GFLOPS and texture), which launched in March 2012, more than a year and a half ago.
Of course this is what he is expected to say, especially after losing the deal for both PS4 and Xbox 720 to AMD.
Not only the gaming consoles are optimized for games, but are offered at a reasonable price that people can afford. Plus, game creators will NEVER produce multi-platform games, yes games for both PC and consoles, that give a significant advantage on PCs. Battlefiled, Crysis, Tomb Raider are good examples on this.
He elaborates:
What you get today in terms of performance is what you’re stuck with 5-10 years down the road. PCs don’t have these problems, they are open and can be upgraded at any time to harness the power of newer GPUs for more performance and to take advantage of newer, modern graphics technologies.
Mmm, does he suddenly forget we are talking games not a general performance?!