PS Vita Dev Corroborates System's RAM Reduction
Posted by Patrick Elliot
Plenty of power still under the hood
Back when it was known as the PlayStation NGP, Sony released the official specifications for the fancy bits stuffed beneath the system's sexy veneer, listing the handheld's RAM at 512 MB. Since, Sony has renamed the device and supposedly cut the original RAM count in half, bringing the PS Vita's RAM down to 256 MB.
The rumor came up again in a recent interview with Dani Sánchez-Crespo, the CEO of development studio Novarama. When asked if the RAM reduction would hurt his development team, Sánchez-Crespo's response seems to corroborate the memory reduction:
...no that won't affect us. It's actually good for developers to work under constraint. Generally for Vita, we still have a whole lot of headroom in terms of GPU power, CPU power and indeed RAM."
Indeed. The system still boasts its impressive quad-core GPU and CPU, double the processing power of an iPad and four times that of an iPhone, and Sanchez-Crespo is quick to remind us that the RAM count is still much higher than that of the original PSP, which stood at 32 MB of RAM. Paired with the 5-inch OLED display, we bet you can safely say that Uncharted: Golden Abyss will still look rather rad on the device.
[via develop-online.net]
#1
J-Forest-Esq said:
So what does RAM actually do? And why did they cut it in half? Baaaaa
"Four times that of an iPhone". This just reminded me of something I read earlier. Apparently, in a couple of years time, due to the constant regeneration/cycle of phones the processing power (or whatever) will be more than that of the PS Vita. Which means it will be interesting to see what happens in the handheld race, especially seeing as power is a fairly big selling point for the Vita.
#2
zezhyrule said:
lol at pic...
Anyway I don't know enough about computery stuff to know what that means, but okay!
#3
ASDFGHJKL said:
A game system is not as heavily reliant on RAM as other multi-purpose device would be. As long as the UI does not handle too much that is more than enough for mostly games.
RAM=Random Access Memory, it holds all that you are running atm. Think of your HardDrive as a bookcase and RAM as your desk.
#4
Shadow_lawless said:
still dont like the fact my iphone will have more ram than this though
#5
LzQuacker said:
@Shadow: As Gabe said, the Vita probably won't need as much RAM as the iPhone
#6
SwerdMurd said:
@Shadow - I like the fact that my Vita will have buttons. And a better screen.
#7
ntuxn00 said:
Oh... 512 to 256? That's not bad. :/ At all... That's still double the iPod Touch 4G, and that thing is a Power House in a handheld sense.
#8
Strider_Hiryu said:
Sony has officially confirmed that PS Vita's RAM has NOT been cut. It still bears 512 MB of system memory, 128 of which are dedicated to graphics (http://www.1up.com/news/vita-ram-wasnt-downgraded-reach-24999-price)