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First I was going to question max power's ability to think this through properly. Then you came along. The processing power of the PS3 is not "standard fare" at Dell. It's not even availabel at Dell. Granted, the PS3 has its short comings (its cpu is designed for super computing, not video gaming), but that doesn't mean that it's hardware potential can be matched by any piece of crap offered by dell. If you want awesome physics in your game more than you want awesome graphics, the PS3 is by far the best option. Physics, and even graphics, are done better by multiple weak cpus than a single strong one. Ever notice how new GPUs have hundreds or even thousands of cores? That's because they are made to accomplish tasks that are easily parallelizable. Added parallel processing is something the PS3 provides. It's not for every developer. It's certainly not for unskilled hacks. But devs that want to push what the game can do rather than how the game looks can get a hell of a lot more out of the PS3 than they can the the standard low-end PC sold to someone who has no clue about about how PCs work, which is exacly the business model Dell runs on. |
lol wut?
A Corei7 effectively has 8 cores (actually 4, but it's treated as 8). It will absolutely run circles around the PS3 in terms of computing power. But I'm getting aside here... you can have a Corei7 PC sitting under your desk for under $1000. That is NOT a "supercomputer."
And no, the PS3 is by far NOT the best option. Have you ever seen Crysis? Say what you will about the gameplay, but the graphics AND physics destroy anything the PS3 has to offer. Oh... and the game is 2 years old, so we're not even talking about "state of the art cutting edge" stuff here.
I can't believe that people actually believe this stuff. Yeah... a $400 super computer... geez...
