Infamous dev praise CELL processor like a gun was pointed at their heads

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ssj12 said:

nojustno said:

ssj12 said:

nojustno said:
They even praised the RSX LMFAO

 

I can understand it. The RSX isnt a slow GPU at all. While it is slower to the newest GPUs out it was definitely one of the fastest of the generation of GPUs it was released in.

I'm sorry, but a crippled 7800GTX aka RSX is in no way comparable to the fastest cards of that generation 7900 GTX and x1950xtx. It's the weakest part of the ps3 and if I recall correctly, added at the last minute because the cell alone wasnt powerfull enough in processing graphics.

 

we have no idea what the RSX's specs are so how can you tell me that its a "crippled 7800GTX?" It is more than plausible that the RSX has the same amount of stream processors as the 7900GTX. Also clock speeds are supposed to be pretty good.

You mention clock speeds. The RSX runs at 550 MHz (there are plenty of official sources saying that at Wikipedia), while the 7900 GTX runs at 650 MHz.

As for whether the RSX deserves much praise, the 360's GPU came out one year earlier and it has around the same performance (or even better according to a lot of sources).