Playstation 3 officially announced - early Info. Specs.
PSX3
Sony confirms the name and release window of its next-generation console in
Los Angeles, will use Blu-Ray disc format.
LOS ANGELES--Today saw the second of the big three console makers announce
their next-generation platform. At its pre-E3 press conference, Sony
Computer Entertainment gave the world its first look at the PlayStation 3,
as it now is officially called. It also confirmed that the console will
arrive in 2006 and will use Blu-Ray discs as its media.
The name was not unexpected, since Sony had been running an extensive
teaser-ad campaign prepping the public for the PlayStation 3. The company
had laid a blanket of posters around the Los Angeles Convention Center, site
of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (aka E3).
Bus stalls and billboards around the convention center proclaimed "Prepare
for Chang3" in the distinctive PlayStation font with partial shots of the
Dual Shock controller's square-circle-X-Y buttons. The same message was also
borne on static-adhesive stickers, which were stuck to the screens of the
televisions of many hotel rooms...hopefully by the maids.
GameSpot will update this story with more details from and complete video
coverage of the Sony Computer Entertainment press conference soon.
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THAT WAS GAMESPOT..
now from a garbled message over the phone,
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"103 more GFLOPS of processing power than 360" ???
What's that, 218GFLOPS? Makes no sense IMO. PEACE.
EDIT: Get this...2 TFLOPS! That's the scuttlebutt right now. NVidia math,
obviously.
EDIT2: Some of this sounds suspect, but here goes:
3.2GHz Cell
7xSPE 3.2GB
550 MHz NVidia GPU
512 level 2 mesh
7x256MB SRAM
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it will be clarified soon
PSX3
the first slide!!!
Playstation3 Cell CPU is 3.2 GHZ - only 218 Gflops
- that is NOT a massive leap over Xbox360 CPU which is 115 Gflops
Cell CPU in PS3 is less than twice as powerful as Xbox360 CPU.
yes it is significantly more powerful but not the 3x more that was recently
rumored.
Jacob
They also just announced this:
The PlayStation 3 will feature the much-vaunted Cell processor, which will
run at 3.2 Ghz and feature 2.18 teraflops of performance.
That's it?
What happened to the "quantum leap" they were touting? The Xbox 360 runs at
3.2 Ghz and has twice as much system memory.
Early round, I'd say, goes to Xbox 360.
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Dr. GroundAxe
Bare in mind that Sony will have taken the absolute best theoretical
figure for the Cell and the worst for the chip in the Xbox 360, the real
world difference is probaly even more marginal.
Jacob
That's good at least. Memory can be a real bottleneck.
Does anyone know if there a performance hit in splitting the memory like
that?
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PSX3
UPDATE 4] Sony confirms the name and release window of its next-generation
console in Los Angeles, will use Blu-ray disc format.
LOS ANGELES--Today saw the second of the big three console makers announce
their next-generation platform. At its pre-E3 press conference, Sony
Computer Entertainment gave the world its first look at the PlayStation 3,
as it now is officially called.
The name was not unexpected, since Sony had been running an extensive
teaser-ad campaign prepping the public for the PlayStation 3. The company
had laid a blanket of posters around the Los Angeles Convention Center, site
of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (aka E3). Bus stalls and billboards
around the convention center proclaimed "Prepare for Chang3" in the
distinctive PlayStation font with partial shots of the Dual Shock
controller's square-circle-triangle-X buttons.
Sony also confirmed the PlayStation 3, will use Blu-Ray discs as its media
format. The discs can hold up to six times as much data as
current-generation DVDs. It will also support CR-ROM, CDR+W, DVD, DVD-ROM,
DVD-R, DVD+R formats. It also confirmed the machine would be
backward-compatible all the way to the original PlayStation. It will also
have slots for Memory Stick Duo, a SD slot, and a compact flash memory slot.
It will also sport a slot for a detachable 2.5 inch HDD somewhat similar the
Xbox 360's.
Out of the box, the PS3 will have the capability to support seven Bluetooth
controllers. It will also have six USB slots for peripherals--four up front
and two in the back.
Sony also laid out the technical specs of the device. The PlayStation 3 will
feature the much-vaunted Cell processor, which will run at 3.2 Ghz, giving
the whole system 2.18 teraflops of overall performance. It will sport 256mb
XDR main RAM at 3.2 Ghz, and have 256MB of GDDR VRAM at 700mhz.
Sony also unveiled the PS3's graphics chip, the RSX "Reality Synthesizer
based on Nvidia technology. The GPU will be capable of 128bit pixel
precision, 1080p resolution, some of the highest HD resolution around. It
also has over 300 million transistors, larger than any processor available
commercially today. It was manufactured using the 90nm process with 8 layers
of metal. The RSX is more powerful than two GeForce 6800 ultras, which would
cost rough $1000 if bought today.
The PlayStation 3 will also sport some hefty multimedia features, such as
video chat, internet access, digital photo viewing, digital audio and video.
Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi introduced it as a "Super
computer for computer entertainment."
Paisa Lytton
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Fred Liken
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> Bus stalls and billboards around the convention center proclaimed "Prepare
> for Chang3"
Who the heck is this Chang guy?
Otis Munkborter
> They also just announced this:
>
> The PlayStation 3 will feature the much-vaunted Cell processor, which will
> run at 3.2 Ghz and feature 2.18 teraflops of performance.
>
> That's it?
>
> What happened to the "quantum leap" they were touting? The Xbox 360 runs at
> 3.2 Ghz and has twice as much system memory.
>
> Early round, I'd say, goes to Xbox 360.
Yes, because we all know it's not silly at all to start commenting on
the relative "power" of consoles based on lists of numbers months before
release and months before anyone has managed to play a game on one.
Boody Bandit
"PSX3" <PS...@PSX3.com> wrote in message
I need to get to a hospital to have my jaw surgically reattached.
Fred Liken
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> I need to get to a hospital to have my jaw surgically reattached.
Yeah, sorry about squeezing so hard, but I'm sensitive down there.
Byron Hinson
> They also just announced this:
>
> The PlayStation 3 will feature the much-vaunted Cell processor, which will
> run at 3.2 Ghz and feature 2.18 teraflops of performance.
>
> That's it?
>
> What happened to the "quantum leap" they were touting? The Xbox 360 runs at
> 3.2 Ghz and has twice as much system memory.
You do know that judging processors by the Ghz went out of fashion 2
years ago.
Les Steel
>
> That's good at least. Memory can be a real bottleneck.
>
> Does anyone know if there a performance hit in splitting the memory like
> that?
>
>
Shouldn't be much different from having ram on a graphics card seperate to
main system ram on your PC. I stand to be corrected of course.
Boody Bandit
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Virgins usually are
Fred Liken
Yeah, they are, but I've retained it. Obviously no one has to tell you
that, seeing as you confessed to having your jaw pried apart by me. :)
Boody Bandit
You wouldn't be a virgin than moron *rolls-eyes*