360 CPU and Cell are fairly equal according to Dave Shippy

[joeorc]

Procrastinato said:

heruamon said:
John Carmack is the definition of a programming god, imho...so usually, when he says something about programming, I usually say...okay.

You have got statements from the Dav id Shippy, then you've got comments from John Carmack...so unless somebody is a programmer, and they have some pretty robust data to back it up...I kinda have to believe what those guys have to say...over some fanboys screaming "Cellz Rulez"

I don't get it.  Carmack said that his engine is bound by having to cater to the lowest common denominator... i.e. the 360.  You think he is arguing that the Cell is the same?  He's talking about its being the same, as far as effective cross-platform development is concerned, which is totally true.  He's not saying anything about the Xenon and Cell being on par.  He's saying that he can't use any of the bonus speed of the Cell effectively, because he can't write to the metal of every chip his software runs on...

My beer writes some pretty fancy code, so I say beer is right, and so is Carmack, and you've got what he's saying $#*-backwards.

 

-this, he is talking about his engine, other engine's have better, or worse result's, it depend's on the DEVELOPER, the OP had brought forth

a great article based on what shippy- was designing, but Like you had already stated, DR. Hofstee had more involvement in the Cell than Carmack..there is a big gap in developing for the design, compared to designing the chip itself..!

-beer is on tap fella's