Million said:
Profcrab said:
MikeB said:
@ ProfCrab
I've always said that IBM came out much better on the Cell deal than Sony did. IBM got a great server processor out of it and Sony got a great server processor out of it . . . that can, in a far less effective role, run games.
To quote a friend (of PS3coderz and his many Cell articles fame):
"As for performance there's plenty of research papers out there now showing Cell is not only fast on the areas it's designed for but also in many areas it's not designed for. On raw performance anything less than 8x faster than an x86 core is *low*."
The Cell is a most excellent chip for gaming and multi-media. The only real issue is porting legacy game engines. Building an engine from scratch results in no issues to harvest its potential (of course some initial R&D may be required to get a good idea of how to best approach game engine design).
The SPU code should ideally stick to half- or single precision format, be designed to run parallel as possible (which requires some planning talent) and be cut down into small enough pieces if needed to fit the LS (for example fetch new data and process other data simultaneously streaming data around the super high bandwidth ring, a multi-buffer design).
Main issue: The Cell is very different.
Main advantage: The Cell is extremely powerful.
Comparing the 360 with PS3 CPU, the Cell's PPE is roughly the equivalent of 1 360 core, however the PS3 Cell has 7 SPUs which are considerably more powerful than the PPE can be for game, plain number crunching and multi-media code. |
Ahem, in the words of Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire, "Show me the money!" Where is it? Where are the games that are so incredibly better looking than 360 games? Again, you are parroting the marketing. Get back to me when the games come. I give that post a 9.0. |
Your reading comprehension obviously isn't on the same level as your post rating skills , he blaitantly states in his post that the thread cell is "very different" but also "extremley powerfull". I'm no technical expert but i'm guessing that as meaning that the Cell proccesor technology is still quite new , it has the potential to exceed the XBOX 360 but the neccasery tools/knowledge hasn't reached the level neccasery to do so. This isn't marketing spin believe it or not. |
My point is that I'm not sold that all the press about the Cell's power is valid. I see it doing very well in server apps and only par otherwise. Until it is doing so much better by comparison, it is all theoretical garbage. So far all that theoretical power hasn't added up to much of a competitive advantage. I get tired of all the constant posts about how wonderful the Cell is and how much more powerful the PS3 is. The games are looking good, but nothing too special for this generation.
I give that post a 9.0.
