Why didn't they just throw a nicer GPU in the PS3?

You know, with all this crap where we PS3 owners have to endure threads and comparisons "THIS GAME HAS TEH BETTER THIS AND THIS VERSUS TEH BETTER THIS SO THIS WINS $600 PWN"

And dumb, essentially hard-to-fulfill arguments like "BUT TEH CELL SI DESIGNED FOR GRAPHIX PROCESSING, DEREFORE IT WILL PWN IN COMBO IN SHORT ORDER TEH 360"

If we were simply given a GPU capable of rendering true HDR and AA simultaneously, along with more pipelines and some other basic crap, along with integrated shaders and some other simple crap common of graphics processors nowadays, there would be no argument regarding what the Cell can and cannot do. There would simply be better looking games that outdo the 360 from the gate.

Yeah, I do believe that the combination of the Cell and the RSX are going to trump the Xbox 360 at some point, but providing us with a GPU that had half as much R&D dollars poured into it as the Cell would have given most of us exactly what we wanted: a justification for an early purchase.

With that said, games like Resistance and Motorstorm prove that the Playstation 3 is capable of rendering an attractive game on large scale, with all the goods in plentiful abundance, like physics and AI. However, I just want some pretty lighting effects so they can stop holding it over my frickin' head, man. Golly gosh darnit.

Golly gosh darnit.

Redfingers

You know, with all this crap where we PS3 owners have to endure threads and comparisons "THIS GAME HAS TEH BETTER THIS AND THIS VERSUS TEH BETTER THIS SO THIS WINS $600 PWN"

And dumb, essentially hard-to-fulfill arguments like "BUT TEH CELL SI DESIGNED FOR GRAPHIX PROCESSING, DEREFORE IT WILL PWN IN COMBO IN SHORT ORDER TEH 360"

If we were simply given a GPU capable of rendering true HDR and AA simultaneously, along with more pipelines and some other basic crap, along with integrated shaders and some other simple crap common of graphics processors nowadays, there would be no argument regarding what the Cell can and cannot do. There would simply be better looking games that outdo the 360 from the gate.

Yeah, I do believe that the combination of the Cell and the RSX are going to trump the Xbox 360 at some point, but providing us with a GPU that had half as much R&D dollars poured into it as the Cell would have given most of us exactly what we wanted: a justification for an early purchase.

With that said, games like Resistance and Motorstorm prove that the Playstation 3 is capable of rendering an attractive game on large scale, with all the goods in plentiful abundance, like physics and AI. However, I just want some pretty lighting effects so they can stop holding it over my frickin' head, man. Golly gosh darnit.

Redfingers

because they waste all the money on worthless crap like a blu ray player when they should just thow in a better gpu and drop the price $100 and it it would play better then the 360 but now they just over charging for a horrible gpu that plays like crap (i know first hand)STABW0UND

Because Sony made the PS3 to push Bluray... not sell games.foxhound_fox

The better question is, why did they put the Cell into a gaming machine? Should have just welded 3 P4's together like the 360 did and spend the saved cash on a better GPU or reduced price point.rykaziel

lol the 360 ring of death i like that picture post makerdeadmeat59

and its teh elite version!  :lol:

[QUOTE="rykaziel"]The better question is, why did they put the Cell into a gaming machine? Should have just welded 3 P4's together like the 360 did and spend the saved cash on a better GPU or reduced price point.gnutux

All we seem to argue about is graphics, not game quality. Both 360 and PS3 have/will have great games, all you need to know.Marka1700

You know, with all this crap where we PS3 owners have to endure threads and comparisons "THIS GAME HAS TEH BETTER THIS AND THIS VERSUS TEH BETTER THIS SO THIS WINS $600 PWN"

And dumb, essentially hard-to-fulfill arguments like "BUT TEH CELL SI DESIGNED FOR GRAPHIX PROCESSING, DEREFORE IT WILL PWN IN COMBO IN SHORT ORDER TEH 360"

If we were simply given a GPU capable of rendering true HDR and AA simultaneously, along with more pipelines and some other basic crap, along with integrated shaders and some other simple crap common of graphics processors nowadays, there would be no argument regarding what the Cell can and cannot do. There would simply be better looking games that outdo the 360 from the gate.

Yeah, I do believe that the combination of the Cell and the RSX are going to trump the Xbox 360 at some point, but providing us with a GPU that had half as much R&D dollars poured into it as the Cell would have given most of us exactly what we wanted: a justification for an early purchase.

With that said, games like Resistance and Motorstorm prove that the Playstation 3 is capable of rendering an attractive game on large scale, with all the goods in plentiful abundance, like physics and AI. However, I just want some pretty lighting effects so they can stop holding it over my frickin' head, man. Golly gosh darnit.

Redfingers

All it needed was SLi RSX's.Kahuna_1

I saw this topic about 3 PS3's using linux. All 3 cell processors were used to generate a 3d model. I don't know if sometime in the future you can use multiple PS3's to ante up the graphics, but the idea sounds cool, and expensive, but cool. God damn expensive.

[QUOTE="deadmeat59"]lol the 360 ring of death i like that picture post makerironwarrior2

and its teh elite version!  :lol:

sigh graphics whores-1gamemaster1-

The RSX is not a bad GPU by any means-- in fact if you've ever compared PS3 and X360 games(ports) you'd notice the PS3 games have better textures, while the X360 features better lightning effects. Both GPU's are really fantastic when you look at them, I will however say the XENOS GPU does have a slight edge, since it's built on unified shader architecture.

The RSX is still capable of spectacular things, and really you'll see that down the road. Both GPU's really have their strengths and weaknesses. One does thing better than the others etc.filipinothunder

[QUOTE="ironwarrior2"]

[QUOTE="deadmeat59"]lol the 360 ring of death i like that picture post makerCAlNlAC

and its teh elite version! :lol:

The better question is, why did they put the Cell into a gaming machine? Should have just welded 3 P4's together like the 360 did and spend the saved cash on a better GPU or reduced price point.rykaziel