Does The Ps3 Have A powerful "Cell"?

Right, first point the cell is the ps3s cpu, not gpu, so comparing the two is like comparing a fridge and a lorry. the GPU or rsx (reality synthiser)(spelt wrong) is different to the normal pc graphics cards, the ps3s rsx has a clock rate of 550mhz, same as a 7900, but the rsx memory is at 3.2mhz, a bit higher than the 7900s 1400mhz.

i play on the ps3 alot more than my pc, so i will say the ps3 is better!!

4200x2, 3gb ddr2 400, 7600gs 256mb and some other elves inside my computer

Right, first point the cell is the ps3s cpu, not gpu, so comparing the two is like comparing a fridge and a lorry. the GPU or rsx (reality synthiser)(spelt wrong) is different to the normal pc graphics cards, the ps3s rsx has a clock rate of 550mhz, same as a 7900, but the rsx memory is at 3.2mhz, a bit higher than the 7900s 1400mhz.

i play on the ps3 alot more than my pc, so i will say the ps3 is better!!

4200x2, 3gb ddr2 400, 7600gs 256mb and some other elves inside my computer

cedmonds

Right, first point the cell is the ps3s cpu, not gpu, so comparing the two is like comparing a fridge and a lorry. the GPU or rsx (reality synthiser)(spelt wrong) is different to the normal pc graphics cards, the ps3s rsx has a clock rate of 550mhz, same as a 7900, but the rsx memory is at 3.2mhz, a bit higher than the 7900s 1400mhz.

i play on the ps3 alot more than my pc, so i will say the ps3 is better!!

4200x2, 3gb ddr2 400, 7600gs 256mb and some other elves inside my computer

cedmonds

[QUOTE="cedmonds"]

Right, first point the cell is the ps3s cpu, not gpu, so comparing the two is like comparing a fridge and a lorry. the GPU or rsx (reality synthiser)(spelt wrong) is different to the normal pc graphics cards, the ps3s rsx has a clock rate of 550mhz, same as a 7900, but the rsx memory is at 3.2mhz, a bit higher than the 7900s 1400mhz.

i play on the ps3 alot more than my pc, so i will say the ps3 is better!!

4200x2, 3gb ddr2 400, 7600gs 256mb and some other elves inside my computer

CosmoKing7717

*if the Ps3 had Crysis, it wouldn't even be able to run it!* milan22

The cell processor is not that powerful by itself, the catch of its power is that is basically several processor running in parallel.

[QUOTE="milan22"]*if the Ps3 had Crysis, it wouldn't even be able to run it!* hermes200

The cell processor is not that powerful by itself, the catch of its power is that is basically several processor running in parallel.

[QUOTE="hermes200"]

[QUOTE="milan22"]*if the Ps3 had Crysis, it wouldn't even be able to run it!* milan22

The cell processor is not that powerful by itself, the catch of its power is that is basically several processor running in parallel.

Maybe they could develop a new Mobo with More powerfull cell and more memorie and so, but doubt they will, Besides i realy think that the PS3 could handle crysis with all its glory since it doesnt have a power leaching OS to run it from...

And i would Compare the Cell and the RSX together with a 8800GTS/GT alone atm, but thats my speculations since it realy hasnt been tested agains PC hardware to beginn with.

[QUOTE="milan22"][QUOTE="hermes200"]

[QUOTE="milan22"]*if the Ps3 had Crysis, it wouldn't even be able to run it!* handag

The cell processor is not that powerful by itself, the catch of its power is that is basically several processor running in parallel.

Maybe they could develop a new Mobo with More powerfull cell and more memorie and so, but doubt they will, Besides i realy think that the PS3 could handle crysis with all its glory since it doesnt have a power leaching OS to run it from...

And i would Compare the Cell and the RSX together with a 8800GTS/GT alone atm, but thats my speculations since it realy hasnt been tested agains PC hardware to beginn with.

[QUOTE="milan22"][QUOTE="hermes200"]

[QUOTE="milan22"]*if the Ps3 had Crysis, it wouldn't even be able to run it!* handag

The cell processor is not that powerful by itself, the catch of its power is that is basically several processor running in parallel.

Maybe they could develop a new Mobo with More powerfull cell and more memorie and so, but doubt they will, Besides i realy think that the PS3 could handle crysis with all its glory since it doesnt have a power leaching OS to run it from...

And i would Compare the Cell and the RSX together with a 8800GTS/GT alone atm, but thats my speculations since it realy hasnt been tested agains PC hardware to beginn with.

This will never happen. The whole point of console gaming is that within a generation, the hardware specs don't change. Sure you can upgrade your hard drive if you want, but if they released a ps3 with more ram, and games started req'ing that, then everyone with an older ps3 is S.O.L. Basically, no ps3 game can require anything that isn't present in every version of ps3. That's why 360 games can not have installs, not all 360's have hard drives, or why if they add a BR add-on drive, you will still never see 360 games on BR discs.

SEGA tried that once, having extra add-on peripherals, and games that required them. They shot themselves in the foot, and wound up losing so much fan-base that they had to drop out of the hardware business.

if you do a search for "playstation3 supercomputer" you'll find an article about a guy who was able to link 8 ps3s together and create the world's cheapest ps3....the ps3 is just that powerful. There have also been agenicies that have linked way more ps3s together to create a supercomputer.P08C

the Cell processor is the reason why the ps3 is the superior consolenerdman60

Fix'd.

You guys have to know about programming if your going to judge what the Cell is capable of. The processor itself is able to offload a lot of tasks that would normally stress the CPU itself out onto it's 7 cores, its basically a black hole in that respect. What makes it hard to develop for is well its.............Sony lol. The Cell still has a lot of potential this generation games like Uncharted have proved that and have theoretically only pushed a third of the Cells capabilities.

Consoles will never be as powerful as PCs just because of the fact you can upgrade a PC. You can't upgrade a console.....other than the hard drive lol.