sieanr on 11 March 2007
Kwaad said:GC had PPC because CELL was not out.
Wii has PPC because CELL was not compatible, and is much more expensive.
360 has PPC becuase... CELL was not out.
MAC had PPC because... well... they basically always had PPC.
You mean none of it has to do with Cell's performance not being the best for everything? Or what about Sony wishing to start putting their investment to work?
The PPC chip in GC, Wii and 360 is all custom designed using PPC as it's base, just like Cell. Maybe that was the best solution for their console, but thats crazy talk since Cell doesn't have problems and the SPE's can do soo much beyond vectorization.
If you haven't noticed... IBM is moving their supercomputers away from PPC to CELL... ;)
Not really. Just because they are making some Cell based supercomputers doesn't mean it's the be all end all of supercomputing. It has it's advantages but they are not the best solution for everything, so they will ultimatly suppliment more traditional supercomputers, not replace them
Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?
ssj12 said: Player specific decoders are nothing more than specialized GPUs. Gran Turismo is the trust driving simulator of them all.
"Why do they call it the xbox 360? Because when you see it, you'll turn 360 degrees and walk away"
