![]() Basic cards come with 1GB of GDDR 5 memory, the same type as the PS4. Hitting Newegg gives us any number of options here. If you're an NVIDIA fan, and/or want PhysX support, you can look to the GTX 660 instead. I asked at the event.) But we have enough to guess an equivalent part: Again, sticking with AMD, the closest current equivalent is the 7850, also at 2 teraflops.Īlthough we can find more powerful GPUs, we're sticking as closely as we can to the PS4's specs. It's hard to say what “enhanced” means (and Sony aren't telling. But we’re working strictly with what we can buy today.)Īccording to Sony, the PS4 will have an “enhanced PC GPU” running at 2 teraflops. Intel's next generation low-power Core processors, codename Haswell, would be interesting here too. (We could also pick an actual low-power mobile CPU, but those are much thinner on the ground, more so at a high core count the best Newegg lists is the Core i7-2720QM at $400. It lacks an integrated GPU, but that's fine, as we're going to add our own anyway, below. ![]() This particular i5 variant runs you $180, quite a bit more, but it has a power rating of just 69W, which is compelling. A 4-core processor has too few cores to be a close comparison, but the 6-core FX-6100 runs at 3.3Ghz and 95W, and costs $120.įor reasons we’ll come to later in motherboard section, we’re going to make a pick from the Intel side of the aisle, specifically the i5-3350P, which is a 3.1GHz quad core processor-the maximum number of cores Intel offers (albeit, they’re more powerful cores). But that's more than double the speed of the PS4's CPU, and rated at 125W, it's definitely more power-hungry. If we stay with AMD, we could match the core count by grabbing an 8-core FX-8120 Zambezi processor running at 3.1Ghz for $160. There's no direct equivalent to pull off the shelf neither AMD nor Intel make low-power CPUs with high core counts for the unwashed masses. ![]() Clocked at 1.6Ghz, other than the number of cores, it's more reminiscent of a mobile chip. Sony said the processor in the PS4 will be an 8-core low-power device created just for them by AMD. These prices are accurate as of February 23, 2013.
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