Playstation 3 Specs

[inferno]

Below are a few specs of the PS3 ,(according to inquirer.net)

1. The PS3 shall have "cells" , each cell containing CPU's & 8 APUs
with 128 K of memory

2. It will run at 4GHz , producing 256Gflops, with the cells
connected to the central 64MB memory through a switched 1024bit bus.

3. The number of cells is unknown, but Sony hinted, a while back,
that it could total as much as one teraflops, suggesting a four cell
architecture.


Here's a link to a patent filed by Sony :

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...RS=20020138637

The question is, the specs look good now, but will they be able to
compete with the PC game standards at the time of its release?
Pentium has already broken the 3GHZ barrier... & the mother of
graphics cards - the GeForce FX is just over the horizon. PS3 shall
have its work cut out for it.

[ThAD0oD]

the ps3 doesnt need THAT much power

the specs for ps2 arent very impressive, but the games sure as hell are! i know a bunch of new PC games that cant compare in the least to FFX........

[2 Tru CReW]

I doubt ut very much but what do we know???

[Sniper]

I wonder how much will it cost Sony to make PS3? I hope they are not going to be like M$ with it XBox where they are lossing money on the Xbox since it cost alot to produce and they are selling it for cheap.

[necrolop]

Basically both companies are very reluctant to release any price, even spec info untill the other does so. As they are scared what ever they say the other company will cut them under once they have details.

[ThAD0oD]

its obvious that M$ is making an shitbox2, but is there/has there been any release date or mention about a shitbox2?

[necrolop]

MS Freon as it is called, will come out 2004, and be not a console, but a Media Entertainment Center. Sounds gay to me.

[c0zen]

why do you guys hate xbox? it is a great system and does alot more than the ps2 can.. dont get me wrong, i love my ps2 but the xbox is still the powerhouse by far..

[ThAD0oD]

powerhouse maybe, quality house--yeah right.

its just microsofts attempt at ruling the console world as well as the PC world..... so they load it up and make everything expensive as hell and say its 15x what this guy can do.

it can do 'more' because it doesnt have the stuff the ps2 does, and is just a PC in a heavy box.

[gokuguy]

I remember hearing a rumor that the next XBox was going to be called YBox.