I try making a thread comparing the specs of the two systems and for once, there seems to be no fanboyism (thank god). But now you just blow it off saying, "oh, they're both good consoles, etc, etc, etc". I'm not asking for a fanboy war, but I was hoping to have a discussion about the specs and not "oh, it doesn't matter now".

ps3 have more power.
obviously, but pc engines don't work well for it.

and also RSX are wrong, there isn't such thing a DDR3 650mhz.

DDR 2 hit until 667mhz then DDR3 starts at 700mhz.

The specs are misleading, how about that?

Actually considering that every comparison is really about which of the relative performance 'pros' one has over the other which you take seriously vs the relative cons of the hardware you take seriously or not.

Since an extremely biased individual would look at the pros side and exagerate for their favourite and look at the cons side and diminish the effects and do the reverse for a console they don't favour I don't see any point to this. Hell even the unbiased individuals have differing perspectives about what they consider to be important.

Hell, we could have a very smart individual from Nvidia who designs the chips come to this thread and a guy from IBM from a similar technical background and you may find that they have differing opinions about which is better. The guy from Nvidia may point to the Xenos chip + companion ED-Ram and say "obviously the Xbox 360 is better, it can run more complicated shaders bla bla bla" and etc.

One things for certain is that there are no absolutes! It always 'depends' and thats the way it will stay for the remainder of the generation.

Xbox 360 is more powerful...

well i dont know what system is more powerful, but so far 360 versions of games have been better or at least on par with the ps3 counterparts and thats all i need to know.

That's a little misleading because it's a known fact that games developed using the 360 as the lead platform do not port well to the PS3.  Up until now pretty much all multiplatform games have used the 360 as the lead platform.  I think we'll have a better comparison when FFXIII comes out, as that's the 1st high-profile multi-platform game I'm aware of that is using the PS3 as the lead platform.

Win!!

The Xenos chip is actually made by ATI, not Nvidia.

PS3 looks, smells, and taste more powerful.

well what i meant to say is that though ps3 might or might not have better specs, the multiplat versions of 360 games are at least equal in quality and thats what matters to gamers.