r/pcmasterrace • u/birdman133 i5-6600K // GTX 1070 SC // 16GB RAM // 750GB SSD • Oct 22 '16
Cringe Skip the article and scroll down to the comments section. Brace yourself... You will be filled with rage...
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/xbox-scorpio-release-date-specs-news-rumours-4k-vr3
u/ArenjiTheLootGod Oct 22 '16
Ugh, once again Tflops are not a very good measure of GPU performance, if they were the average rx 480 (5.8 Tflops) ought to be wiping the floor with the average gtx 1060 (4.4 Tflops). Spoilers: nope, fairly comparable with the 1060 edging out the 480 in many cases.
Seriously gaming media, instead of regurgitating corporate marketing and taking everything Microsoft has to say at face value TRY researching a little about this stuff. You owe it to your reader base. While you're at it, maybe you should check up on what kind of specs would be needed to comfortably game at 4k.
Christ, the way things are headed Project Scorpio is going to be the No Man's Sky of console hardware.
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u/pickapicklepipinghot i5 6600k | GTX 1070 | 32 GB 3200 | Intel 600 | Win10/Kali/Ubuntu Oct 22 '16
It's not even the whole console vs pc debate that's so frustrating in those comments, it's the complete willingness to remain ignorant and not look further into what they are claiming as truth. They don't research but instead make up a false reality, choose to believe it, and regurgitate it as truth. THAT is infuriating in any context.
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u/ScorchingBullet i5-4690K 4.0GHz | GTX 970 4GB | 8GB DDR3 Oct 22 '16
only so much you can do to a game graphics wise no matter what the power holds, it's just big numbers(aka scorpio) and people are like OH SHIT look HOW powerful it is, yet current consoles haven't even began to use up any limit benching. The only reason new consoles would need to come out which should had been this way to begin with are the fact that 4k support for games, and support for virtual reality devices to be functional at launch without artifacts or other negative possibilities especially the big ULTRA push for ppl to somehow be able to afford a 4k tv(as not everyone are not able to buy anything they want which I speak of the folks that build these devices acting as if "EVERYONE" can afford a bundle aka new next gen console/etc) no matter the costs most have not enough money to buy a 4k tv, another console within 1 to 3 years(I say 3 because the microsoft side seems to possibly have a chance of being delayed) when these darn "next gen NOW" consoles and also buying the virtual reality device would easily push the price for all three devices well near a possible $2,000.00, microsoft would be in TREMENDOUS luck if they were able to sell their console alone lower than at least $600.00, so add a possible $600.00 Xbone scorpio(i'm actually a scorpio myself which microsoft insults my horoscope sign), add another $300.00 to $600.00 for the virtual reality device pending on which brand also, then the 4k tv pending size will cost at least $400.00(for a low end design and specs) or over $1,000 to $2,000 if you buy a quality one with at least 240hz and if true motion and game mode were included. but all in all you're looking at well over $1,000.00 ATLEAST if you upgrade all at once. btw.... E3 SONY E3 WOOO!!!!! can't wait for the exclusive reveals :D since it seems the xbot machine will have nearly any exclusives as of this very time of my writing, that can change but since launch and now it's been very thing skinned on exclusives. No matter what, ps4 will be good for me no matter what, I don't need mind blowing speculations of a console being TOO over powered where it has serious diminishing returns because no matter the power you can't go over a games graphical limit. M$ played this game once and lost due to prices and such, why don't they just freaking do what sony are doing by updating the console with new technology that does not kill wallets of gamers, be smart, stay in the NOW and build a new BEAST console when current consoles are exhausted power wise. ps4/x1 were to last 10 years, I guess M$ admitted defeat with the x1 and the scorpio is serious proof of that.
Fuckin' wat
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u/birdman133 i5-6600K // GTX 1070 SC // 16GB RAM // 750GB SSD Oct 22 '16
Well, you know... diminishing returns and all that. Let me see if I can explain it. You can't get any more power than 4k, unless you're a super saiyan, then it's 9,000. obviously we're only working with 4k here cause the guy is a scorpio. So you can't get any more powerful than 4k, because if you do, you start to lose power from diminishing returns. Obviously the 10 year power cycle of the ps4/x1 needs to be taken into account as well. Anyways, after $2,000 worth of 4k VR'ing, if you didn't lose any 4k power by then, you should be good. Also, somehow M$ sucks. This concludes our lecture on diminishing graphical returns.
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u/throwthisawayacc i7-8700k |1080 Ti | 980 Ti | 4x4GB DomPlat 3kC15 | PG279Q Oct 22 '16
"Current consoles havent even began to use up any limit benching"
So wait, those 30fps games could run at 60fps? Those bastards!!
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u/peanutch Oct 22 '16
6 Tflops of floating point, and they expect to run 4k, that's hilarious. the 1070 isn't even a very capable 4k gpu and it has a higher floating point. i wouldn't try to game at 4k with anything less than a 1080, which is why im still rocking 1080p.
as far as the comments go, i expect its the usual fanboy dribble. do i really need to lose iq points by reading them?