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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CokesPosted:

LuckyOtter
Disorts People this is a rumor, and ram is not everything the graphics card is everything. More ram wont make good graphics. i own a gaming pc and a personal school cpu with 8gb of ram and a garbage graphics card i cannot play games, think before you speak.


Graphics don't matter though except in console exclusives. So what is the point of one having a better graphics card if it's going to get little use? And I don't play games because of their graphics, I play if they are fun.


Graphics cards are going to matter. It's pretty much defines next gen. Games that are fun can be expanded a whole lot more with a better graphics card.

Scared_of_WaterPosted:

The original article. suggest some of you read it.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ps3-system-software-memory

LuckyOtterPosted:

Disorts People this is a rumor, and ram is not everything the graphics card is everything. More ram wont make good graphics. i own a gaming pc and a personal school cpu with 8gb of ram and a garbage graphics card i cannot play games, think before you speak.


Graphics don't matter though except in console exclusives. So what is the point of one having a better graphics card if it's going to get little use? And I don't play games because of their graphics, I play if they are fun.

CokesPosted:

Disorts People this is a rumor, and ram is not everything the graphics card is everything. More ram wont make good graphics. i own a gaming pc and a personal school cpu with 8gb of ram and a garbage graphics card i cannot play games, think before you speak.


Well, graphics card and ram is kinda everything. These things is what next gen is about.

byLeonPosted:

People this is a rumor, and ram is not everything the graphics card is everything. More ram wont make good graphics. i own a gaming pc and a personal school cpu with 8gb of ram and a garbage graphics card i cannot play games, think before you speak.

byLeonPosted:

MW2-Rush Looks like a loss for Sony! :/


Huh? did you read? sony said they will allow for more space to be used so if they add 1 gb thats 5.5gb or ram as to xbox one which cannot be adjusted its a lose lose for both but sony have this one.

MaggardoPosted:

Looks like a loss for Sony! :/

III_XBOI_IIIPosted:

KarmaRambo
DubleJayJ
-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.


Excuse me sir, may I ask you to look up cloud computing and compare the Xbox One vs PS4 there? There is a much, much larger difference than just 512mb, my friend.


Will this be the deciding factor for any of you getting the console ? I highly doubt it. This one minor feature won't decide which is the better console gaming wise.

badderwriterPosted:

OmittingCoder rumors rumors rumors. I don't give a **** about rumors.

Thank You Bro

AyrPosted:

DubleJayJ
-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.


Excuse me sir, may I ask you to look up cloud computing and compare the Xbox One vs PS4 there? There is a much, much larger difference than just 512mb, my friend.


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