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ARM Claims PS3-Like Graphics On Upcoming Mobile GPU

Posted by timothy on from the vapor-tastes-like-raspberry-foam dept.

l_bratch writes, quoting from the BBC, "'British computer chip designer ARM has unveiled its latest graphics processing unit (GPU) for mobile devices. The Mali-T658 offers up to ten times the performance of its predecessor." ARM claims that its latest GPU, which will be ready in around two years, will have graphics performance akin to the PlayStation 3. If this has acceptable power consumption for a mobile device, could we be seeing ultra-low power hardware in high-end PCs and consoles soon?"

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  1. More information here... by allanw · · Score: 5, Informative

    A lot more information here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5077/arms-malit658-gpu-in-2013-up-to-10x-faster-than-mali400

  2. No by Baloroth · · Score: 4, Informative

    The PS3 is 5 years old and based on even older graphics tech. Beating that on mobile is cool, but not surprising. The PS3 never was impressive, graphically, to PC users. Who had better than HD resolutions for years. Some console games are still limited to 720P. Oh, and people had 3D on PC like, 8 years ago (or more.) Sucked then, sucks now.

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    1. Re:No by Nemyst · · Score: 4, Informative

      Some? Make that most. You can count on two hands 1080p, 60 fps games on both 360 and PS3, with most being 2D games that don't need any sort of graphical power to run.

  3. Re:Yea right by 0123456 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because we are getting to the point in technology that us humans won't be able to perceive the difference in graphics.

    Hollywood is getting close, but they have huge render farms, terabytes of source data and can spend hours rendering a single frame. GPUs are still a long way from producing photo-realistic output.

  4. Re:Resolution! by aristotle-dude · · Score: 5, Informative

    And do you know of any phones that allow you to play games at 1080 using the HDMI output? No?

    Neither do i.

    The iPhone 4S and its bigger brother, the iPad 2 tablet.

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  5. Re:Hollywood has bigger screens to fill by Nemyst · · Score: 4, Informative

    4K is only four times the pixels as standard 1080p video. There is still no way for realtime rendering of Pixar-like stuff in the near future, be it on mobiles or desktops.