By: Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar), April 16, 2019 11:20 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
sleep (sleep.delete@this.sogetthis.com) on April 16, 2019 11:04 pm wrote:
> https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-sony-next-gen-console/
>
> PR blitz from Sony. Confirms Navi, Zen 2 and an SSD that "has
> a raw bandwidth higher than any SSD available for PCs".
>
> I'm surprised at how hard they are selling faster storage. Are they actually planning on putting
> a fast, high-capacity SSD in every console? Wouldn't that money be better spent on GPU power or
> more/faster memory? Maybe someone who actually knows anything about games could chime in.
I'll bet this "raw bandwidth higher than SSD available for PCs" simply means it will be using a PCIe 4.0 interface.
> https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-sony-next-gen-console/
>
> PR blitz from Sony. Confirms Navi, Zen 2 and an SSD that "has
> a raw bandwidth higher than any SSD available for PCs".
>
> I'm surprised at how hard they are selling faster storage. Are they actually planning on putting
> a fast, high-capacity SSD in every console? Wouldn't that money be better spent on GPU power or
> more/faster memory? Maybe someone who actually knows anything about games could chime in.
I'll bet this "raw bandwidth higher than SSD available for PCs" simply means it will be using a PCIe 4.0 interface.