PlayStation 4 gives up to 5.5GB of RAM to game developers

[AvalonX]

Ugh, sooner or later there had to be something negative I guess.

PlayStation 4 reserves 3.5GB of its 8GB GDDR5 memory for the operating system, leaving 4.5GB of space for game code, according to current PlayStation 4 documentation shown to Digital Foundry by a well-placed development source. However, further sources suggest that an additional 1GB of "flexible memory" may be reclaimed from the OS reservation, based on availability.

If true I feel this was a little misleading. 5.5gb is a lot but they never made it sound like the OS needed that much resources.

Via: Eurogamer

 

[Medza]

Now this is something of note. Whilst the hardware for the Xbox One and the PS4 are is very similar, it's the use of hardware that is very different , and in the case of the PS4 they are most certainly doing it right. With the OS using up less RAM, the developers can create much more complex games. Very good news.

 

[Reptar_On_Ice]

I'm not a computer whiz or anything like that. but 5.5 Gigs of RAM sounds like quite a bit for a single game to be using all at once! Sounds like the potential for the PS4 will certainly last it into the foreseeable future.

 

[RockSauron]

I read the PS3 gives 500 MBs of RAM.

So I don't really see the big problem. Like, at all.

 

[Mudgee]

Still a huge improvement on ps3

 

[lindbergh]

I was never that good with numbers but 5.5gb to be allotted for a game is a LOT. My netbook only has 2GB of RAM with about 256mb allotted for gaming and such. With 5.5 gigabytes, I think games would be so awesome. I think that the huge 3.5gb requirement for the operating system is needed for a smooth sailing experience. Besides, the PS4 would have a lot of functions besides playing games like the 15 minute video recording for instance.

 

[Esperahol]

I read the PS3 gives 500 MBs of RAM.

So I don't really see the big problem. Like, at all.

And this is where the "entitled" gamer thing comes from - "Oh noes _only_ 5.5gbs?! How will we survive?!" I mean that is most of a laptop and then some they're cheerfully offering up, but people are still whining? How is this bad news? Is Xbone offering more then this? Is the WiiU even trying to offer this much? Come on guys!

 

[Mudgee]

5.5 is plenty more then we need. I think my laptop was 1.2 or something like that