Linux: PS3s Cell is faster than i7 965 XE

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Deneidez said:

Kynes said:

CGI-Quality said:
I'm baffled by the some of the negative reception to this. Why is this news so bothersome to some?

Not cheerleading the Cell is not saying that the processor is bad. What we need is some perspective, and realize the highs and lows of the chip. It's not the second coming, only that. Having a good FOH performance is not what we, as gamers, need. FOH doesn't translate directly to performance in games, that's all.

Well, I am not saying either that CELL is bad. Its excellent when it comes to heavily parallel FP operating. Thats why they are using CELL for scientific stuff etc. Unfortunately games aren't that simple and actually CELL is more encumbrance than useful in games.

(To be honest XENON isn't either that good for games. Its in order like CELL and that can actually nearly halve its efficiency in games. Both of them encourage to make simple games, because they can't really handle anything complex.)

To design a chip with OOE you must necessarily reduce the amount of cache chip has as it becomes dedicated to your instruction pool. Really you only want it for badly optimized applications.