john4lakers and LP---ROUND 5 of XBOX360 vs PLAYSTATION 3-----GPU MATCH UP!!

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Squilliam said:

radiantshadow92 said:

Squilliam said:

Bullshit! The Xbox 360 GPU can achieve far higher utilization. Btw the PS3 GPU wasn't designed in relation to the Cell it was simply a last minute hack job.

 

 

No >_>, yes the 360 gpu is more powerful and more efficient, but the ps3 as a whole CPU/GPU reaches greater lengths, it was not a last minute hack job >_>, they just wanted to utilize the cpu

He was talking GPU alone...

If it wasn't a hack job then why was it so inefficient? For example all the modifications done to it were to hack stuff out to better fit the PS3 (ROPs) and it still has the major hallmark of an AGP interface GPU because the reads to main GPU memory from the CPU are stupidly slow.

Exactly.  Don't listen to MikeB's false FUD and stealth trolling.  The PS3 was originally designed to ONLY use the Cell for both a CPU and a GPU.  It was only until they realized that their graphics capabilities using just the Cell would be nothing compared to the 360 with it's dedicated CPU and GPU that they decided to last minute design a GPU that was weak by itself but could use the Cell to help it out.