Posts tagged "RAM"

PS4 Teardown Reveals Additional DDR3 RAM

iFixIt have opened up the PS4 to take a peek inside the box like Wired recently did, however, the component list from iFixIt reveals some surprises not previously mentioned by Sony or noticed by Wired. Along with the 8 GB of dedicated GDDR5 RAM, the PS4 also has an extra 256 MB of DDR3 RAM, suspected to be used for background processes on the secondary processor.

Sony Clarify that 5GB of RAM Available for PS4 Games

The PS4 will have 8GB of RAM to use on the system, but Sony has clarified that only 5GB of this will be available to developers to use with games. Of the 5GB available, 4.5GB will be “Direct Memory” and 512MB will be “Flexible Memory”, managed by the PS4 OS on the game’s behalf, but 100% available to the game.