05-20-2005, 09:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2005, 09:10 PM by loonygloss.)
Alarick,May 20 2005, 11:54 AM Wrote:I think your numbers a bit off. From what I can gather, the total Operations per second for the Cell processor is 2.18 Tflops. Again, this may be misinterpreting that available data, but I'm pretty sure the numbers are based on total performance for all of the sub-processors on the Cell chip.
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1.8 Tflops for graphics chip, + 218 gflops for CPU(all subprocs) == 2.18 Tflops total. Horribly misleading figure, really. Just like Sony, really. Misleading because the numbers mean nothing. They are tested in an artificial manner which has very little to do with games, and a great deal to do with getting the biggest possible number. Certainly, your graphics card can do a vast number of flops more than you CPU in any modern computer, but noone has (yet) figured out how to harness that for anything other than graphics. Note that they said that their graphics hardware is ~= to 2xGF6800? That is a reasonable comparison, because it realates to currently existing hardware in a meaningful way. Unlike the FLOPS figure.
To be honest, I don't care (much) about the numbers. All the games from this generation have been pretty good looking, regardless of console, and the gap will only diminish in the next gen.
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Also, remember the polygon figures we were fed last time?
Xbox: 125 Million
PS2: 75 Million
GC: 10-12 Million
Look! the GC is 5 times weaker than the PS2! Except, of course, Nintendo's figures were based on a realistic approximation of gameplay, and were later exceeded. Sony's were based on black polygons on a black background, no texturing or lighting. Sort of like measuring an FPS framerate in a blank room with your face up against the wall.
Until we see actual gameplay (And from what I understand, the only non-prerended demo on the PS3 was the UE3 one) the Sony + Microsoft numbers will be about as meaningful as the 2000W(PMPO) on a cheap stereo.
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[edit]Can you tell I'm a Nintendo fanboy? :D I'm really most interested in the Revo, but the number of PS + PS2 + PS3(possibly) RPGs tempt me to pick up either a PS3 or (more likely) a marked down PS2 once the PS3 comes out to try some older games out. XBOX on the other hand, leaves me cold for games.[/edit]