ethomaz said:
No. CPU Winner: PS2 32-bits Pentium III CPU @ 733Mhz vs 128-bits Custom with two specialized VPUs @ 300MHz -Data bus, cache memory as well as all registers are 128 bits on the PS2 CPU while the XBox CPU is 32 bits. * The PS2 is so powerful that it have a GPU just to video output... no GPU at all * GPU & VRAM Winner: Xbox nVidia GPU @ 250Mhz vs Custom @ 150Mhz -The XBox GPU can do 125 million polygons (according to Microsoft) while the PS2 GS can only do 75million polygons * PS2 GPU is weak and only used to framebuffer and video output... Xbox have a better GPU here with more modern effects * RAM Winner: Tie 32MB Direct RDRAM 2 channels at 800MHz (3.2GB/s) vs 64MB DDR SDRAM 2 channels at 200 MHz (6.4GB/s) * There are some tricks here... PS2 have the VRAM @ 48GB/s for framebuffer (yeah like 360 eDRAM) and the PS2 CPU had a MPEG2 decoder so it really compress/decompress images far way fast than Xbox... now it is not me but developers said the PS2's memory system works better than the Xbox *
Overall Winner: Xbox The PS2 CPU beat both Xbox's CPU or GPU when compared separately but when you combine the them the Xbox have a good advantage in raw power between 20% and 30%. Xbox is more powerful but it is not like you think... PS2 CPU was a 128-bits monster... it alone hold the graphics on PS2 and you can see that on Gran Turismo 4, God of War II, Shadown of Colossus, etc... while Xbox have the top graphics the difference was not big like this new generation.
BTW Gamecube was as powerful or even slightly more than Xbox |
Wow I never knew they were that close! Very informative. So wait do you really buy that the PS4 is just 40% stronger? It seems almost twice as strong to me...