The SPU's in the cell chip are little more than a less specialized version of the shaders in graphics card - aka they can't work magic.
Remember how Sony hyped the 200 Gigaflops performance of the PS3? Well, Nvida claims the 8800 hits over 500 Gigaflops. Just compare the RSX against the 8800 or 2900 and you'll see what a joke the PS3 is compared to the raw power of modern computers. Combine this with the fact that current GPUs can do things the RSX will never be able to, such as geometry shaders, and its not hard to see why Crysis looks so damn good.
Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?
ssj12 said: Player specific decoders are nothing more than specialized GPUs. Gran Turismo is the trust driving simulator of them all.
"Why do they call it the xbox 360? Because when you see it, you'll turn 360 degrees and walk away"
