Do you think the XMB-only backround downloading is a bs rumour stirred up by some xbox fanboy to make the ps3 seem like a piece of crap? i mean there saying the ps3 might not have enough free system ram while running games? If this is true than how would it be possible for sony to get enough ram or resources off the ps3 to run the rumored Playstation Home? This just doesnt make sense to me
Do you think the XMB-only backround downloading is a bs rumour stirred up by some xbox fanboy to make the ps3 seem like a piece of crap? i mean there saying the ps3 might not have enough free system ram while running games? If this is true than how would it be possible for sony to get enough ram or resources off the ps3 to run the rumored Playstation Home? This just doesnt make sense to medumasyounis1234
If you roll back in history XBox Live didn't have jack squat when it first started out either. This included background downloading. It will take Sony a little time to perfect it that's all.
Background downloading requires very little RAM. I'd be more concerned about network bandwidth, and wouldn't recommend that anyone play any important online matches while downloading in the background. Especially those who only have WiFi.
Actually I think background downloading has been all but confirmed by Sony. I think it was basically said it would be available in an interview with Phil Harrison or someone else in Sony.
ya i think downloads should be able to run while in an offline game kinda like on xbox and when u start an online game it pauses the download. That would make me very pleased!
ya i know it was confirmed but there is a rumor going saying it only allows backround downloading while your in the xmb which would mean u cant play any games while you download stuff
[QUOTE="dumasyounis1234"]Do you think the XMB-only backround downloading is a bs rumour stirred up by some xbox fanboy to make the ps3 seem like a piece of crap? i mean there saying the ps3 might not have enough free system ram while running games? If this is true than how would it be possible for sony to get enough ram or resources off the ps3 to run the rumored Playstation Home? This just doesnt make sense to meUntoldDreams
If you roll back in history XBox Live didn't have jack squat when it first started out either. This included background downloading. It will take Sony a little time to perfect it that's all.
We'll see what Sony Home is like in a few days...
Hey, home is just a rumor for now. Lets just wait and see what phill says on the 7th. I've said it once and I'll say it again "Don't jump to conclusions"
[QUOTE="LoneStranger"][QUOTE="teebeenz"]Background dl was confimed by sony ages ago.LiquidMetal14
I wouldn't be so sure of that. I don't think anything was _confirmed_.Phil Harrison demo'd it at D.i.c.e. That's still not a confirmation that it will be in there.
Actually I think background downloading has been all but confirmed by Sony. I think it was basically said it would be available in an interview with Phil Harrison or someone else in Sony.jlabadie88
he acutally said it will be available in afew weeks for update 1.6. its been about 3 weeks now and im still saying whats up. I think the update might be this week, because i hear the big update for japan and US is march 8th and Europeans get it with the system
[QUOTE="jlabadie88"]Actually I think background downloading has been all but confirmed by Sony. I think it was basically said it would be available in an interview with Phil Harrison or someone else in Sony.tekakwo
he acutally said it will be available in afew weeks for update 1.6. its been about 3 weeks now and im still saying whats up. I think the update might be this week, because i hear the big update for japan and US is march 8th and Europeans get it with the system The 8th, really? That'd be cool, I was thinking it would be at like, the end of the month.
Background downloading requires very little RAM. I'd be more concerned about network bandwidth, and wouldn't recommend that anyone play any important online matches while downloading in the background. Especially those who only have WiFi.LoneStranger
All downloads are partially cached in memory before written to the hard drive to reduce the amount of read/writes. If Sony were to allow background downloading during a game, they'd have to greatly reduce the cache, which would lead to more hard drive access.
This would be fine on games that only load from the disk, but what about those that install to the hard drive? You'd experience problems there.
Network bandwidth is an issue, yes, but the amount of RAM is a huge factor. And the truth remains that the PS3 has a fairly small amount of RAM. Sony would have to revamp the dev kits if background downloading were to occur during gameplay.
Do you think the XMB-only backround downloading is a bs rumour stirred up by some xbox fanboy to make the ps3 seem like a piece of crap? i mean there saying the ps3 might not have enough free system ram while running games? If this is true than how would it be possible for sony to get enough ram or resources off the ps3 to run the rumored Playstation Home? This just doesnt make sense to medumasyounis1234
It's funny that they would bash PS3 for using more background ram than 360 and having a SPE reserved for OS then say it doesn't have enough to handle downloads. PS3 can easily do it and more... the problem is in setting up the network to accodate it.
Does background downloading in game really matter ?
As long as we can pause / resume downloads and go through PSN store to que up downloads i think we will be right ... nothing wrong with letting PS3 download while you watch a Blu-ray movie or go do sumthing else ...
Does background downloading in game really matter ?
As long as we can pause / resume downloads and go through PSN store to que up downloads i think we will be right ... nothing wrong with letting PS3 download while you watch a Blu-ray movie or go do sumthing else ... choasgod
[QUOTE="LoneStranger"]Background downloading requires very little RAM. I'd be more concerned about network bandwidth, and wouldn't recommend that anyone play any important online matches while downloading in the background. Especially those who only have WiFi.Zeke129
All downloads are partially cached in memory before written to the hard drive to reduce the amount of read/writes. If Sony were to allow background downloading during a game, they'd have to greatly reduce the cache, which would lead to more hard drive access.
This would be fine on games that only load from the disk, but what about those that install to the hard drive? You'd experience problems there.
Network bandwidth is an issue, yes, but the amount of RAM is a huge factor. And the truth remains that the PS3 has a fairly small amount of RAM. Sony would have to revamp the dev kits if background downloading were to occur during gameplay. It has the exact same amount of RAM as the 360 and HDDs got their own caches. And what about the OS dedicated RAM pool? It's clearly here the RAM needed for background downloading would be taken from. Not forgetting that the PS3 got far more bandwidth to its south bridge preventing bottlenecks even when HDD, all controllers and USB ports are being used (2.5GB up and 2.5GB down-stream). The only thing talking for the PS3 not having background downloading while playing games would be programmers lacking time or Sony allowing the developers so much freedom with the hardware (access to HDD drivers and such) that background downloading potentially can screw up the game. :)
[QUOTE="Zeke129"][QUOTE="LoneStranger"]Background downloading requires very little RAM. I'd be more concerned about network bandwidth, and wouldn't recommend that anyone play any important online matches while downloading in the background. Especially those who only have WiFi.Team-CSC
All downloads are partially cached in memory before written to the hard drive to reduce the amount of read/writes. If Sony were to allow background downloading during a game, they'd have to greatly reduce the cache, which would lead to more hard drive access.
This would be fine on games that only load from the disk, but what about those that install to the hard drive? You'd experience problems there.
Network bandwidth is an issue, yes, but the amount of RAM is a huge factor. And the truth remains that the PS3 has a fairly small amount of RAM. Sony would have to revamp the dev kits if background downloading were to occur during gameplay. It has the exact same amount of RAM as the 360 and HDDs got their own caches. And what about the OS dedicated RAM pool? It's clearly here the RAM needed for background downloading would be taken from. Not forgetting that the PS3 got far more bandwidth to its south bridge preventing bottlenecks even when HDD, all controllers and USB ports are being used (2.5GB up and 2.5GB down-stream). The only thing talking for the PS3 not having background downloading while playing games would be programmers lacking time or Sony allowing the developers so much freedom with the hardware (access to HDD drivers and such) that background downloading potentially can screw up the game. :) Nice. Clearly know what your talking about, everytime. :)
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