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Originally Posted by Mr_Draco
No both systems use an x86 processor.
A couple developers have said the Xbox has 3 gigs reserved for the OS's. Not to mention both systems are suppose to "think" in that they try and anticipate what you are going to do and have parts of the ram loaded with those predictions. By the time it is all said and done, less than 4 gigs will be available on the Xbox. My biggest thing isn't the amount of ram, it's the type of ram they are using.
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What is wrong with the type? Is it not standard DDR3? That's the perfect memory for OS's, especially if they are using multiple. Also, it is rumored the GPU is based on the Radeon HD 7790, which has 1GB of GDDR5.
On the PS4 it was announced (I think) that they were using strictly GDDR5, which in my head is a kind of a bad thing to do. While GDDR-type is great for graphics cards, the high latencies on GDDR-types are undesirable for running an OS.
IMO the optimal configuration would probably be somewhere between the two systems. 8GB for the OS and multi-taskings, and a solid 2GB of GDDR5 for the graphics processor.