80 cores? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teraflops_Research_Chip 1000 cores? http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-scientists-cores-chip.html 4096 cores? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapteva It's all been about need and what game developers and engineers can actually on any sane level utilize, which why again; the console…
Im guessing tis going to be like the last generational leap where texture sizes double where its useful. where you used to use a 512 (80-90% of most stuff) you can have more latitude to use a 1024. gotta remember you are still pixel bound by screen resolution, so in most cases it wont even matter if its a 2048 on a wall,…