PS3 vs. Xbox 360

[B.Basher]

PS3 looks like it could have some cool games but the cons outway the pros. Blueray is almost destined to fail and the lack of a ventilation fan means you don't just have an oversized burning hot machine, but one that crashes up to 3 times a day aswell. Doesn't sound worth the price tag to me, particularly when you consider how nearly all the decent games will come out on Xbox at the same time.

I'd recommend a Wii above all else but i'm aware it's an acquired taste for some people. All I can say is Nintendo won't screw you over in the long run. With a Wii, your set for life. Otherwise, good ol' 360 in second!

[B.Basher]

after every game xbox has put out... the only game that's ever caught my eye was gears of war... halo was ok for about the first 15 minutes...

Agreed with Halo, how average can one overhyped game be? :wtf:

I'm liking the 360 exclusives. Dead Rising is a great concept if a little frustrating:hippy: , plus Viva Pinata and Oblivian are fantastic.

PS3 really needs some first hand exclusive ideas of it's own but so far, it's a PS2 with better graphics. I couldn't believe how boring I found resistance after seeing and hearing so much hype. Not how the cookie crumbles Sony.

[slipknotpsycho]

they're already planning for the overheating... a couple of companies are making a relatively cheap add on... a fan that kinda just clicks on to the unit... it's not huge, so it doesn't take up a whole lot more space... doesn't require an ac adapter or anything, it runs off the power to the ps3...

[B.Basher]

they're already planning for the overheating... a couple of companies are making a relatively cheap add on... a fan that kinda just clicks on to the unit... it's not huge, so it doesn't take up a whole lot more space... doesn't require an ac adapter or anything, it runs off the power to the ps3...

Lol, typical of Sony to charge extra for something that'll stop your console from breaking. :jointsmile:
I predict severe dissapointment from the Sony fanbase as is already evident in America, perhaps with the exception of the true PS-heads, and Wii dominates with 360 being the choice for next-gen-graphic-mongers .

[slipknotpsycho]

sony isn't the ones making it... madcatz has one... and i don't remember what the other company was.

[Tranquility]

Хboх 360 System Performance - Draft
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU 3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
2 hardware threads per core; 6 hardware threads total
1 VMX-128 vector unit per core; 3 total
128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
1 MB L2 cache


CPU Game Math Performance 9 billion dot product operations per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor 500 MHz
10 MB embedded DRAM
48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled shader pipelines
Unified shader architecture

Polygon Performance 500 million triangles per second

Pixel Fill Rate 16 gigasamples per second fillrate using 4X MSAA

Shader Performance 48 billion shader operations per second

Memory 512 MB GDDR3 RAM
700 MHz DDR
Unified memory architecture

Memory Bandwidth 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Overall System Floating-Point Performance 1 TFLOP

Storage Detachable and upgradeable 20 GB hard drive
12X dual-layer DVD-ROM
Memory unit support starting at 64 MB

I/O Support for up to 4 wireless game controllers
3 USB 2.0 ports
2 memory unit slots

Optimized for Online Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, Gamer Profile for digital identity and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music
Built in Ethernet Port
Wi-Fi Ready: 802.11 A, B and G
Video Camera Ready


Digital Media Support Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PCs
Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive
Custom playlists in every game
Windows Media Center Extender built in
Interactive, full screen 3D visualizers

HD Game Support All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
Standard definition and high definition video output supported

Audio Multichannel surround sound output
Supports 48 KHz 16-bit audio
320 independent decompression channels
32-bit audio processing
Over 256 audio channels

System Orientation Stands vertically or horizontally

Customizable Face Plates Interchangeable to personalize the console

now the ps3
Here are the official technical specifications for the PS3, taken directly from Sony:

CPU
Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU
RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound
Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)
Memory
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth
Main RAM 25.6GB/s
VRAM 22.4GB/s
RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance
2 TFLOPS

Storage
Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1

I/O
USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1

Communication
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller
Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)
Network (over IP)

AV Output
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

Disc Media
CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE



so yea specs wise fuck the 360.

gameplay and affordability are different in that case yea fuck the ps3.

[O. G. ganja smoker]

PS3 rules all once gta IV comes out bye bye x-box but ive played the system with the hdmi cables and on a big screen HDTV the picture and the brightness is amazing

[Rollafatblunt420]

xbox live on 360 will beat your ass, kind of like gears of wars. all ps3 has going for them is that (i have to admit) badass game resistance. game is sick

[budsmoker only]

PS3 rules all once gta IV comes out bye bye x-box but ive played the system with the hdmi cables and on a big screen HDTV the picture and the brightness is amazing

im pretty sure that game is also coming out on the xbox 360....

[budsmoker only]

sony fucked up.. grand theft auto was one of the best games out for playstation... and now its gonna be released with the 360 too... oh well... have ne of you guys played saints row??? pretty badass..