PS4 and Xbox One to have different game memory allocations

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The battle between Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4 in terms of their hardware and performance continues as a new report claims Sony's next-generation game console allows game developers to use up to 4.5 GB of its 8 GB of RAM. The other 3.5 GB is reserved for the PS4's operating system.

However, the report from Eurogamer, based on unnamed sources, also claims that Sony might let games access an additional amount of RAM, up to one more GB, in the PS4's memory pool under special circumstances. The article makes it clear that not all PS4 games will be allowed to access this extra amount of RAM.

The PS4's game memory usage compares well to Microsoft's Xbox One, which allocates 5 GB of its own 8 GB of RAM for game developers. The Eurogamer article claims that the Xbox One's RAM requirements are fixed and can't be changed, unlike the PS4.

As we have reported before, the 8 GB of RAM inside the PS4 is of the GDDR5 variety, clocking at 5500 MHz for 170.6 GB/s of bandwidth. This compares to 8 GB of the older DDR3 RAM for the Xbox One, with a clock speed of 2133 MHz for just 68.3 GB/s of bandwidth, along with 32 MB of eSRAM that is supposed to have 102 GB/s of embedded memory bandwidth. A recent rumor is claiming Microsoft might be able to increase the speed of that embedded memory to 192GB/s for the final retail version of the console.

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OmittingCoderPosted:

rumors rumors rumors. I don't give a shit about rumors.

BO2_PS3_MODPosted:

That article forgot to mention that this is currently a rumor and ha not been confirmed by sony. However, if this it true, then that will truly suck

bottenfieldPosted:

No matter how much RAM you have, it still doesnt matter. If you dont have the graphics hardware to back it up, then your out of luck. 8 gbs are way more then enough, or at least for us PC gamers it is. We have had "Next-Gen" for many years now :p

DubleJayJPosted:

-CP
KarmaRambo Now, before fanboys jump into the comments section to bash eachother, let me clear this up for you guys...

PS4 will allocate less RAM to games than Xbox One will.

Just because this was posted in the PS4 section, does not mean it is good news for the PS4, this is more of a loss, SONY are reserving the extra RAM for the OS instead, whereas Microsoft have reserved less for the OS.


Basically, Xbox ONE will be better for gaming, lmao


Because there is a 512 mb difference? LOL. Get your head out of your ass kid.

IlcamorristaPosted:

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MoDOT I still think 8gb is bad :(


Then obviously you have no idea what you are talking about, 8 GB is perfect amount and barely any games developed today use half of that amount.


8GB is quite a big amount and you wont use it all anyway.

VoyboyPosted:

MoDOT I still think 8gb is bad :(


Then obviously you have no idea what you are talking about, 8 GB is perfect amount and barely any games developed today use half of that amount.

OasisPosted:

-CP
KarmaRambo Now, before fanboys jump into the comments section to bash eachother, let me clear this up for you guys...

PS4 will allocate less RAM to games than Xbox One will.

Just because this was posted in the PS4 section, does not mean it is good news for the PS4, this is more of a loss, SONY are reserving the extra RAM for the OS instead, whereas Microsoft have reserved less for the OS.


Basically, Xbox ONE will be better for gaming, lmao


To be fair we are a long way from every game needing that deserve of power. So it's kinda irrelevant right now, but in a few years when it's all had time to grow, that's when we'll start to see the good stuff.

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KarmaRambo Now, before fanboys jump into the comments section to bash eachother, let me clear this up for you guys...

PS4 will allocate less RAM to games than Xbox One will.

Just because this was posted in the PS4 section, does not mean it is good news for the PS4, this is more of a loss, SONY are reserving the extra RAM for the OS instead, whereas Microsoft have reserved less for the OS.


Basically, Xbox ONE will be better for gaming, lmao

AlbericiPosted:

I still think 8gb is bad :(

GrenadesOutPosted:

This makes me laugh because some kid tried to start an argument with me saying that the Ps4 had 7gigs to the game and 1 to the OS. I told him it wouldnt make sense logically but now he knows.


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