Learned some new things today that possibly (probably) invalidates everything I said from post #13 onwards in this thread about Unified memory and these Console APU's being the first "true APU's".
Before I go on. hUMA = Unified memory technology.
From the top:
January 2013 - AMD announced Jaguar architecture "Kabini" APU's (these have no hUMA support)
April 2013 - Microsoft + Sony announced they are both going to be using modified "Kabini" APU's that support hUMA
Fast forward to today... I was reading the Gamescom coverage (from last week) and read - "AMD says PS4 has performance advantage over XBone because it support hUMA." No hUMA for XBone then...
This afternoon I was linked this article:
http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Te...bini-based-SoC - so no hUMA for PS4 either. ARGH!
Although as the author points out. AMD may of fallen into hot water with Microsoft over suggesting the PS4 is better and in an attempt at covering their own backside, they are resorting to contradicting themselves.
Either way we know at least one console, the XBone, will not have hUMA support. In my mind that massively reduces the potential of the XBone. Meaning in terms of BF4, I can see even less of a performance push by DICE to break new ground. Knock on of that is BF4 will have to be better optimize and run better then BF3. A theory that is supported by shaithis's Alpha experience.
Guess we'll have to wait for "Kaveri" APU's to appear on the PC before we finally get to see a "true APU" in action.
Well I'm off to take up a simpler hobby now. Think I'll try Marbles. Although I already feel like I've lost a few during the course of this thread.