Quake3World

1/ 1 CELL running at 4 GHZ, providing 256 GFLOPS power ( 1 PPE ( L1 cache 32 KB, L2 cache 512 KB, and 8 SPE each one having 256 KB )

2/ there is 2 I/O ( input/output ) on CELL, to communicate with other parts of the console, the first I/O of the CELL has the main purpose to communicate with the unified shared (between the CELL and the GPU) XDR Ram memory ( from RAMBUS) at a 50 GB/s bandwidth ( 4 * 64 MB = 256 MB of memory )

3/ The second I/O is called FlexIO ( flexible input/output ) and this allow the CELL to communicate with the next generation NVIDIA GPU at a 76.8 GB/s bandwidth ( this GPU with 190 million transistors will run at a 600 MHZ, with a 32 rendering pipelines, associated with 16 MB of Toshiba Embedded DRAM of 256 GB/s bandwidth) The CELL will help the GPU in creating advanced physics for particle effects.

4/ retro compatibility with PS1 ( emulated by the CELL ) and PS2 ( emulated by the CELL )

5/ a Hard Disk of 160 GO, Ethernet port ( no modem this time ), wireless, U**2 port, and a flash stick memory duo-pro support.

6/ the controllers will not so much differ from those of PS2, with the main difference that they will be WIRELESS, and with better analog buttons and more varied vibration effects.

7/ If the first CELL IBM produced prototypes are using 90 nanometer technology, the first SDKs containing the CELL that developers will receive after 2 months will be produced with this technology, but the CELLs that will be used on PS3 ( and later SDKs ) will be produced with the 65 nanometer technology, allowing sony to decrease the costs of PS3, and to tackle the problems of HEAT.

8/ The PS3 will ship on MARS 2006 in JAPAN ( earlier than what a lot of people thought before ) there will be 2 versions of PS3, but only the first version will be shipped on mars 2006, ( at a price range of 299-399 $ ) with a read only blue-ray, and as mentioned a 120 GO hard disk capacity. The second version of PS3 will ship some months later, ( 399-599$ ) with a writer blue/ray, a 400 GO hard disk, for the main purpose of recording TV digital programs.

Date of releasing the PS3 on USA and Europe hasn’t been determined yet by sont but its believed that the PS3 will ship between July and October 2006 in USA and in late 2006 in Europe.

edit:all the above is fake read on for the real specs+photos.

it's ugly

Thats the most ugly console and pad i have EVER seen.

The CPU may be a tiny bit better than the xbox 2's, but damn, HALF THE RAM is shite. The Xbox 2 will clearly own it in the long run.

And as for a 160gig harddrive, what a pointless POS that is. I know the ywant it to be like a TiVio box or whatever they are called but FFs, the a console, stop making it everything else...

P.S. did i mention the things ugly as FUCK?

yeah it's pretty fucking ugly if it's real.

BTW< IMHO UMD Blu-Ray are pointless little things. Sure they can hold a lot, but damn, they are made of cheap plastic. I know it will be harder to scratch them, but they are going to be shit loads more expensive... Just like the old cart days again i guess.

good god the 360 shits all over it.

I guess its true... The future is white/silver... I bet Ninty make the Revolution something totally different, like... Grey...

bill gates says halo3 will coincide with the ps3 release.

shadd_. wrote:bill gates says halo3 will coincide with the ps3 release.

They could release Barby Horse Rider 360 and shit all over this PS3.

Halo or no Halo.

what's this CELL CPU. is it going to stand up to 1 TFLOP?

I'm sure both consoles will rock with the games they bring out. But in the long run its so obvious that the 360 will just have better looking and probably better playing games.

If I even buy a PS3 ill have to cover the ugly thing up... You would of thought after the ugly PS2 sony would hire a decent designer...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/15 ... 24592.html

linky with the halo3 info.

Now I know nothing about the tech stuff with these next-gen consoles, so I can't comment on that. But am I the only one that prefers this design over the 360's "inhale" design?

TheRealZimbabwe wrote:Now I know nothing about the tech stuff with these next-gen consoles, so I can't comment on that. But am I the only one that prefers this design over the 360's "inhale" design?

Yes.

Do you also like 1970 video recorders and Buck Rogers? Because this looks like something from that time.

I like the 360 more, but then again, I'm an Xbox user now.

wtf is up with all the sharp corners?

lol, I'm looking at my father's Sony Home Cinema DVD thing and it looks quite the same.

shadd_. wrote:http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/15/news_6124592.html

linky with the halo3 info.

That's gonna fit me perfectly, perfect timing to get a xbox360+halo3 bundle next spring instead of paying trough the nose at launch price in November.

Grudge wrote:wtf is up with all the sharp corners?

I wouldn't mind if it was just the console, but damn, that pad is ugly as fuck and looked like i'll throw it in an hour...

The problem with the old PS2 pad was you couldn't use the an.sticks at all, they were badly placed and really loose. For me anyways, coming from an xbox gamer.

I guess that VIBRATION thing made them change the design.

saturn wrote:lol, I'm looking at my father's Sony Home Cinema DVD thing and it looks quite the same.

like i said, who knows if it's real, could be that photochopped.

If thats a real pic i'll eat my own head

ps3 ads:

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Grudge wrote:ps3 ads:

[lvlshot]http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/133/reviews/926596_20050514_screen001.jpg[/lvlshot]

lol, a welcome change. change from what? sonys same old shit?

I actually think it looks quite nice, and would fit in next to a DVD player nicely. Although i think the XBOX 360 will be a better machine technically, I think the PS3 looks much better.

I dont mind the look of the system.. its taht fucking controller..

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