Linux: PS3s Cell is faster than i7 965 XE

[Deneidez]

CommunistHater said:

Deneidez said:

the Cell processor of the Playstation a performance of 29 FPS

the cell has a similar performance as the CUDA Badaboom encoder in combination with an Nvidia Geforce GTX-285

By comparison, Intel's current top-CPU, the Core i7 965 XE, does it still at 18 FPS

normal desktop CPUs even create only about 5 FPS.

So soon desktop CPUs are better than Cell in task that Cell is made for? Doesn't that make it kind of obsolete?

Try throwing some heavy general purpose stuff at both of them. Well, I guess nobody would want to do that, because it would make Cell look bad... very bad. :D

( ... http://hankfiles.pcvsconsole.com/cell-processor-faster-or-hype/ )

Obsolete unless it is in the PS4 and Sony pulls a Wii upgrade.

Well, the old one is quite slow already. And I really would want to see PS4 with more CELL, that would mean pretty much end of playstation. If programming gets any harder than it is already, nobody would use it. You already have to use primarly asm or c with SPE:s and thats tedious. If programs get even bigger and more complex, that would mean developing times longer than consoles life.

(Well, next thing MikeB will say that you can use even java on SPEs. Sure, if you want to throw 90% of potential power out of window. Same goes pretty much with any other programming paradigm than procedural. Which means you can't use the funky new programming stuff that makes keeping programs together much much easier. Haha btw, cell = OoOE was a good joke.)