Graphics Capabilities: Xbox 360 vs. PS3 - A tale of the tape

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ssj12 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:
BTW, there isn't THAT much of a differrence between 500mhz and 550mhz, when that's only one part of a GPU. If the rest of its abilities are good, then the GPU works well, even with a mere 1/11 of its clock speed removed.

actually yes there is a major difference but ill let one of these guys who think they know technology actually explain it.

 

anyways guy you fail to remember one thing

 

THE FINAL SPECS FOR THE RSX HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

Well, I know technology fairly well. The difference between 500 MHz and 550 MHz is exactly 10%. The real-world performance difference between 500 MHz and 550 MHz is less than 10%. If you're trying to say one console is graphically superior to the other, a gamer isn't going to notice a diference of less than 10%, so, yeah, not sure what the big deal is about the specific clock speed.

I will say this: The original specs for the Xbox were a 300 MHz GPU. This was later revised down to a 250 MHz GPU, and then again revised down to a 233 MHz GPU for release. Long, long after the Xbox was released, websites were still quoting the 300 MHz number, and stores like Software Etc. were using printed materials to advertise a 300 MHz GPU, even though the one in the Xbox was 233 MHz. So a clock speed revision "under the radar" is not without precedent.