The article implies that consumer cards are likely to have 8GB for the 3070 and 10GB for the 3080. Doesn't that seem a bit low for vram considering that in about a year most games will be developed with 16GB+ consoles in mind? Or are we expecting Nvidia to launch 4000 series true next gen cards next year?
Probably not. If the next-gen consoles do have 16GB, they will either reserve 3GB - 4GB for the OS. Leaving 12GB - 13GB for games but that has to be split between VRAM and System RAM. That split is up to developers. So the 3070 and 3080 would have no problem with VRAM.
I hope a more tech savvy user here can help me out, but I was under the assumption that since nextgen consoles are going to be targeting 4k resolution as base, then they would require more RAM than current gen games. Even with the faster SSD feeding it, having 12GB for games seems a bit low.
That would be the same as Microsoft then when they said you can suspend more than one game to play later. This can only be done via hibernate.
Same, honestly it all boils down to when the game comes out, in the next 2 to 3 years then UE4 for faster development, or the next 4+ years then LE to make full use of the next gen consoles mid generation.
I would literally scream for 5min straight if they announced Full PS1-4 BC... but yeah, we're unfortunately in the minority, those who want this.
See, this is where things get interesting. When people hope for BC with ps1-3, are they expecting upscaled visuals, higher frame rates, other fixes/enhancements, or just a straight 1:1 copy of the original with same visuals, frame rates, etc? I assume the 1st. Now, are people expecting that to be done by devs on a game by game basis or do they think it's gonna be an automatic thing done by hardware?
