PS3 and 360 are equally powered.

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Jo21 said:

Domicinator said:

star_city said:
worthless thread..seriously...
developers already said that the ps3 and 360 has there own unique power..
we all kno the ps3 is stronger in terms of raw power and pushing out good good Grpxh

EPIC FAIL!!!!

 

A.  I didn't write the interview, I just posted it.

B.  Contrary to your comment, the guy in the above article was the chief architect for Sony's system.  Therefore, his comments are anything but worthless.  Considering all the the things that get posted on this forum, I would think the chief architect of the guts of the PS3 would probably be considered a knowledgeable source.  But that's just me.  Maybe I'm wrong.  Who's he to say, right?  He just designed the damn thing.

C.  No, this interview sort of disproves the "raw power" thing.  What it's really saying is that there is give and take on each system.  Pros and cons.  Hits and misses.  Certain software will take advantage of one better than the other, and vice versa.  Just because the PS3 can fold protein does not mean it is the ultimate gaming machine.  My calculator can do long division, but that doesn't mean I can play Tetris on it.

that doesn't make sense and here is why.

maths never lie if we look into floating point calculitons you only need 4 SPU to match xenon theorical maximum (that actually never reach either).

that left other 2 SPU and PPU.

at most cell it's 30-40% more powerful.

as for power ps3 it's the ultimate gaming machine in console market, anyone with brain and enough info on CPU will tell you that the thing is putting in sync 6 SPU and a PPE is not an easy task.

a calculator doesn't have the CPU power to play tetris (unless you are talking about a Texas Instrument calculator).

so that also depends on the calculator. >_>

i wanna see a 360 title doing the particles, animations, textures, effects etc, that killzone 2, uncharted 1-2, and gran turismo 5 are doing.

EDIT: in the article he even doens't state they are equal but rather , they have strenght 360 is easier to work with but you can get more things running in parallel on the ps3.

what he practically said is "here is a glass half full, and the other have a glass have empty."

Check the bottom of the article.  It is pretty clearly stated where he says "they are about equal"

And the SPU's and FLOPS and all that mean nothing.. that's all theoretical potential.  From actual use, with the give and takes like others have mentioned, the two systems end up being about equally as powerful.