PS3 sets a Guinness World Record

Jan 2008 Issue of Playstation "The Official Magazine."

"It's official. The Guiness World Records confirmed this in September 2007 when it recognized Standord University's Folding@Home program as "the most powerful distributed computing network in the world." Joining the 200,000 PCs in the program, 670,000 PS3s have hlped push Folding@home's computer power to over a whole whooping petaflop."

But then we say, well what can it do with games. Well, the answer to that is this:

60 players online mp

8 player campain online co-op

With improved graphics over the original.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=284446

But then we say, well what can it do with games. Well, the answer to that is this:

60 players online mp

8 player campain online co-op

With improved graphics over the original.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=284446

caseypayne69

Oh I thought it got the record for the longest drought for a AAA exclusive.too_much_eslim

The Xbox had a 60 player online game didn't it?thirstychainsaw

Perfect Dark 0 was supposed too, but last minute that got cut...right now, no. The PC/PS2 port FFXI which is a MMO, but not any REAL FPS action type games.

Resistance really is doing some firsts, especially that 8 player co op.i

Oh I thought it got the record for the longest drought for a AAA exclusive.too_much_eslim

I think that would be the Gamecube. November 2004 - until it's official death at the end of 2006 when the Wii was released.

I bet you if the Wii or 360 did this FoldingAtHome, it would've destroyed this PS3 Guinness World Record in every way.

I bet you if the Wii or 360 did this FoldingAtHome, it would've destroyed this PS3 Guinness World Record in every way.

ReverseCycology

[QUOTE="caseypayne69"]But then we say, well what can it do with games. Well, the answer to that is this:

60 players online mp

8 player campain online co-op

With improved graphics over the original.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=284446

Silenthps

Only on this site is variety a bad thing.

This is one of the things the Cell is indiscriminately good at.

I bet you if the Wii or 360 did this FoldingAtHome, it would've destroyed this PS3 Guinness World Record in every way.

ReverseCycology

You willing to wager that both the Wii and 360 have Cell Processor's under the hood as well?

[QUOTE="Silenthps"][QUOTE="caseypayne69"]But then we say, well what can it do with games. Well, the answer to that is this:

60 players online mp

8 player campain online co-op

With improved graphics over the original.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=284446

Chutebox

Only on this site is variety a bad thing.

[QUOTE="too_much_eslim"]Oh I thought it got the record for the longest drought for a AAA exclusive.EVOLV3

can someone tell me what they have actually achieved with it? apart from predicting lottery numbers obviously.marklarmer

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Papers

I bet you if the Wii or 360 did this FoldingAtHome, it would've destroyed this PS3 Guinness World Record in every way.

ReverseCycology

That's almost as dumb as "I bet a 360 can run PS3 games." At least try studying the very least about the Cell.

[QUOTE="marklarmer"]can someone tell me what they have actually achieved with it? apart from predicting lottery numbers obviously.Xolver

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Papers

I bet you if the Wii or 360 did this FoldingAtHome, it would've destroyed this PS3 Guinness World Record in every way.

ReverseCycology

That's almost as dumb as "I bet a 360 can run PS3 games." At least try studying the very least about the Cell.

pretty much nothing is the translation, since the inception of folding@ home *long before ps3 got into it* no cures for cancer, nothing at all the papers have basically done lil for cancer research except this.....hey we got cancer this is what happens..um yeah thats it.

[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]The Xbox had a 60 player online game didn't it?XTy

Perfect Dark 0 was supposed too, but last minute that got cut...right now, no. The PC/PS2 port FFXI which is a MMO, but not any REAL FPS action type games.

Resistance really is doing some firsts, especially that 8 player co op.i

I do have to admit that is impressive.

[QUOTE="too_much_eslim"]Oh I thought it got the record for the longest drought for a AAA exclusive.EVOLV3

amen...and great sig

[QUOTE="caseypayne69"]But then we say, well what can it do with games. Well, the answer to that is this:

60 players online mp

8 player campain online co-op

With improved graphics over the original.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=284446

Silenthps

I bet you if the Wii or 360 did this FoldingAtHome, it would've destroyed this PS3 Guinness World Record in every way.

ReverseCycology

wii n 360 wont handle it lol

their to slow

I bet you if the Wii or 360 did this FoldingAtHome, it would've destroyed this PS3 Guinness World Record in every way.

ReverseCycology

Last I checked, the Wii and 360 didn't have TEH CELL!!!!

Jan 2008 Issue of Playstation "The Official Magazine."

"It's official. The Guiness World Records confirmed this in September 2007 when it recognized Standord University's Folding@Home program as "the most powerful distributed computing network in the world." Joining the 200,000 PCs in the program, 670,000 PS3s have hlped push Folding@home's computer power to over a whole whooping petaflop."

But then we say, well what can it do with games. Well, the answer to that is this:

60 players online mp

8 player campain online co-op

With improved graphics over the original.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=284446

caseypayne69

lolololololololol

Oh I thought it got the record for the longest drought for a AAA exclusive.too_much_eslim

[QUOTE="too_much_eslim"]Oh I thought it got the record for the longest drought for a AAA exclusive.Bluestorm-Kalas

yeah because GS doesnt count right? especially here

I bet you if the Wii or 360 did this FoldingAtHome, it would've destroyed this PS3 Guinness World Record in every way.

ReverseCycology

just pitting CPU to CPU....er no.

i have some serious questions about the cells benefits for games. im not saying its crap but, like the emotion engine, i think itll fail to deliver on the hype. its not going to magically push the PS3 into the stratosphere and make everythign else look last gen. the design of the PS3 overall also has to be taken into account.

but when it comes to sheer number crunching, the cell is the daddy. itll pound the wiis, 360s and even high end core 2 quad CPUs into the ground. it just loves number munching, that what it was made for. when u can shift everything to the SPEs the cell just flies. the only down side of it is its not as flexible as a normal CPU. those SPEs arent great at everything. folding @ home have describes it as somewhere between a CPU and GPU. so there is some folding work that the cell is not suitable for.

now if u were to bring the 360s GPU into the equation then things could get interesting. obhiously thats even less flexible than the cell but it could munch through a crap load of data. the 360s GPU is basically a low version of an ATI 2000 series card so its certainly feasible to do use it for folding at home.

finally the wii wouldnt even be in contention. even if all 18 million sold were to get stuck in, it still wouldnt beat the 670,000 PS3s that are doing their thing. the GPU also couldnt be used since thats basically a souped up geforce 2. theyd still get a good bit of work done mind, just not as much.

it would certainly be nice though if MS and ninty allowed a folding client on their machines.

wow thats awesome, PS3 is the 1st console to set a Guiness world record :shock:Swift_Boss_A

[QUOTE="EVOLV3"][QUOTE="too_much_eslim"]Oh I thought it got the record for the longest drought for a AAA exclusive.DrinkDuff

[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]The Xbox had a 60 player online game didn't it?XTy

Perfect Dark 0 was supposed too, but last minute that got cut...right now, no. The PC/PS2 port FFXI which is a MMO, but not any REAL FPS action type games.

Resistance really is doing some firsts, especially that 8 player co op.i

[QUOTE="XTy"]

[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]The Xbox had a 60 player online game didn't it?johnusabeis

Perfect Dark 0 was supposed too, but last minute that got cut...right now, no. The PC/PS2 port FFXI which is a MMO, but not any REAL FPS action type games.

Resistance really is doing some firsts, especially that 8 player co op.i

GS give that game 5.7 lol

Gameplay 5 out of 10

Graphics 6 out of 10

Sound 6 out of 10

Value 6 out of 10

Tilt 6 out of 10

The Bad

• Dull campaign
• Substandard AI
• Vehicles not drivable in multiplayer
• Poor squad-control interfa

OMG! PS3 is Skynet! :shock:Darthmatt

[QUOTE="johnusabeis"][QUOTE="XTy"]

[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]The Xbox had a 60 player online game didn't it?Lord_Pro

Perfect Dark 0 was supposed too, but last minute that got cut...right now, no. The PC/PS2 port FFXI which is a MMO, but not any REAL FPS action type games.

Resistance really is doing some firsts, especially that 8 player co op.i

GS give that game 5.7 lol

Gameplay 5 out of 10

Graphics 6 out of 10

Sound 6 out of 10

Value 6 out of 10

Tilt 6 out of 10

The Bad

• Dull campaign
• Substandard AI
• Vehicles not drivable in multiplayer
• Poor squad-control interfa

[QUOTE="Darthmatt"]OMG! PS3 is Skynet! :shock:DXGreat1_HGL

SONY is the one who just spits out numbers?? Did you see any of Nintendo's E3 conferences? Jeez, reggie was saying nothing but numbers for at least twentie minutes. i got so bored feeling like i was in math class.

[QUOTE="too_much_eslim"]Oh I thought it got the record for the longest drought for a AAA exclusive.EVOLV3

[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]The Xbox had a 60 player online game didn't it?XTy

Perfect Dark 0 was supposed too, but last minute that got cut...right now, no. The PC/PS2 port FFXI which is a MMO, but not any REAL FPS action type games.

Resistance really is doing some firsts, especially that 8 player co op.i

Joint ops on PC with 150player servers, in 2004

The Xbox had a 60 player online game didn't it?thirstychainsaw

That's what I was wondering, I think it DID have a game like that.

[QUOTE="ReverseCycology"]

I bet you if the Wii or 360 did this FoldingAtHome, it would've destroyed this PS3 Guinness World Record in every way.

osan0

just pitting CPU to CPU....er no.

i have some serious questions about the cells benefits for games. im not saying its crap but, like the emotion engine, i think itll fail to deliver on the hype. its not going to magically push the PS3 into the stratosphere and make everythign else look last gen. the design of the PS3 overall also has to be taken into account.

but when it comes to sheer number crunching, the cell is the daddy. itll pound the wiis, 360s and even high end core 2 quad CPUs into the ground. it just loves number munching, that what it was made for. when u can shift everything to the SPEs the cell just flies. the only down side of it is its not as flexible as a normal CPU. those SPEs arent great at everything. folding @ home have describes it as somewhere between a CPU and GPU. so there is some folding work that the cell is not suitable for.

now if u were to bring the 360s GPU into the equation then things could get interesting. obhiously thats even less flexible than the cell but it could munch through a crap load of data. the 360s GPU is basically a low version of an ATI 2000 series card so its certainly feasible to do use it for folding at home.

finally the wii wouldnt even be in contention. even if all 18 million sold were to get stuck in, it still wouldnt beat the 670,000 PS3s that are doing their thing. the GPU also couldnt be used since thats basically a souped up geforce 2. theyd still get a good bit of work done mind, just not as much.

it would certainly be nice though if MS and ninty allowed a folding client on their machines.

[QUOTE="caseypayne69"]But then we say, well what can it do with games. Well, the answer to that is this:

60 players online mp

8 player campain online co-op

With improved graphics over the original.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=284446

Silenthps

Gameplay is important. They are also making 2 full campaigns. 60p with huge maps could be really cool.

Jan 2008 Issue of Playstation "The Official Magazine."

"It's official. The Guiness World Records confirmed this in September 2007 when it recognized Standord University's Folding@Home program as "the most powerful distributed computing network in the world." Joining the 200,000 PCs in the program, 670,000 PS3s have hlped push Folding@home's computer power to over a whole whooping petaflop."

But then we say, well what can it do with games. Well, the answer to that is this:

60 players online mp

8 player campain online co-op

With improved graphics over the original.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=284446

caseypayne69

Huh? Is 60player online mp really a feather in the cap for the console? Itsn't it like saying "My computer is so powerful that i can download music from the internet in high speed"? 60 player online MP is a function of the servers, not the console.