is the x-box 720 DOA?

[TheRealMafoo]

@sharky,

You have no clue what you are talking about. Sorry, I don't usually insult people on here, but when it's due, it's due.

Do a Google search on the CBE, and look at what researchers are able to do with it. I have linked, more than once, to real world research, and what I get back from you is that “I must be a kid”, and second hand comments from a John Carmack interview.

You said “Ask yourself which is better, Cell+RSX or, Core2Dou+8800GTX.” Well, depending what you are doing the Cell can do it many times faster than the Core2Dou+8800GTX alone, forget the RSX. Can it do everything better? Of course not, it’s a specialized CPU, but what it specializes in is good for gaming.

Ask yourself this. Can you sell a Core2Dou+8800GTX for $399 and stuff it in a small box with little heat displacement? Also, if you use your system 3 hours a day, how long will it last? How much power will you use at the end of the year (and we are talking about $50-$100 a year more, it’s not trivial).

You can’t just look at numbers and assume it’s the next gaming system. The Cell is incredibly powerful for what it’s good at. As the poster above you stated, we will see how well it ends up working out for games.