The Inquirer reported earlier today on ‘NVidian insider sources’ who have seen PS3 demos being developed in the last few weeks, presumably some of which will be unveiled at Leipzig later this week, and no doubt all of which will finally be revealed at next month’s Tokyo Game Show.
Inquirer.net's sources at NVidia said that the demos looked astonishing, which - surprisingly enough - is what the PR fellas at SCEE told SPOnG when we went to see them last week.
The Inquirer goes on to report: “Nvidia is using existing G71 renamed to RSX as the graphic core of choice for Playstation 3 and even it [sic] can not technologically match ATI's Xenos it still offers a lot of potential if used wisely…. We can confirm that Nvidia doesn’t have any troubles producing as many RSX chips as it wants. It's not that hard to make this chip running at 550MHz, developed on the proven 90 nanometre marchitecture.”
SPOnG’s crack Leipzig squad is preparing itself for battle right now, and they aim to land and scope the theatre of war (the convention centre) later this afternoon. Watch this space, as we will be bringing you a full, detailed update of all the breaking news as we get it direct from the team on the ground.
Inquirer.net's sources at NVidia said that the demos looked astonishing, which - surprisingly enough - is what the PR fellas at SCEE told SPOnG when we went to see them last week.
The Inquirer goes on to report: “Nvidia is using existing G71 renamed to RSX as the graphic core of choice for Playstation 3 and even it [sic] can not technologically match ATI's Xenos it still offers a lot of potential if used wisely…. We can confirm that Nvidia doesn’t have any troubles producing as many RSX chips as it wants. It's not that hard to make this chip running at 550MHz, developed on the proven 90 nanometre marchitecture.”
SPOnG’s crack Leipzig squad is preparing itself for battle right now, and they aim to land and scope the theatre of war (the convention centre) later this afternoon. Watch this space, as we will be bringing you a full, detailed update of all the breaking news as we get it direct from the team on the ground.
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realvictory 22 Aug 2006 11:55
1/7
I hope they mean "astonishingly good" rather than "astonishingy bad" :P
RiseFromYourGrave 22 Aug 2006 12:43
2/7
realvictory wrote:
I hope they mean "astonishingly good" rather than "astonishingy bad" :P
:D
spong wrote:
even it can not technologically match ATI's Xenos
maybe that should be 'even though'?
so if the ps3 isnt that more powerful than the 360, especially in graphic processing, i can only assume the resolution is its trumping factor.
cant wait for leipzig guys, good luck to you spong!
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tyrion 22 Aug 2006 13:13
3/7
RiseFromYourGrave wrote:
spong wrote:
even it can not technologically match ATI's Xenos
maybe that should be 'even though'?
Quote was taken directly from The Inquirer, should maybe have had a [sic] next to it though. It does now.
dr_faulk 22 Aug 2006 13:48
4/7
Hmmm, "astonishing" words right out of the mouth of nVidia's marketing dept.
I'm sure the PS3 will be lovely, but I can't get behind it with so little promise of killer apps.
I'm sure the PS3 will be lovely, but I can't get behind it with so little promise of killer apps.
Ditto 22 Aug 2006 14:08
5/7
Wow, those videos look AMAZING.
SorelissLarethian 22 Aug 2006 18:55
6/7
I'm not one of PS3's greatest fans, in fact i'm a Wii+360 guy, it's true though that it seems slightly stronger compared to 360.
What pisses me off about this offer from sony is not what PS3 can or can't do but the fact that they try to stuff us with blue-ray just because they like it.
You want to promote your technology? fine with me i'm all about new technology.. but sell it cheaper with your game console. If it drives game console prices sky high sell it separately.. unless you are afraid that people wont buy it because it's not very interesting yet, and you're acting like an extortionist.
Why should people spend money on, non proven yet, blue ray technology while sony cuts down on HD outputs etc to keep the price low...
that's simply absurd. they cut down on something that you will definitely want/need at some point for something that might prove a failure a'la betaMax and UMD...
clever eh?
What pisses me off about this offer from sony is not what PS3 can or can't do but the fact that they try to stuff us with blue-ray just because they like it.
You want to promote your technology? fine with me i'm all about new technology.. but sell it cheaper with your game console. If it drives game console prices sky high sell it separately.. unless you are afraid that people wont buy it because it's not very interesting yet, and you're acting like an extortionist.
Why should people spend money on, non proven yet, blue ray technology while sony cuts down on HD outputs etc to keep the price low...
that's simply absurd. they cut down on something that you will definitely want/need at some point for something that might prove a failure a'la betaMax and UMD...
clever eh?
ohms 22 Aug 2006 22:18
7/7
SorelissLarethian wrote:
You want to promote your technology? fine with me i'm all about new technology.. but sell it cheaper with your game console.
well, PS3 will be the cheapest BluRay movie player on the market.
SorelissLarethian wrote:
Why should people spend money on, non proven yet, blue ray technology while sony cuts down on HD outputs etc to keep the price low...
that's simply absurd. they cut down on something that you will definitely want/need at some point for something that might prove a failure a'la betaMax and UMD...
that's simply absurd. they cut down on something that you will definitely want/need at some point for something that might prove a failure a'la betaMax and UMD...
2 HDMI outputs could have had some interesting uses, but does anyone have 2x1080p screens? would anyone even in a couple of years. I wish they had left that feature in, but I think it would have been an underused one, not something you definitely want/need.
As for BluRay failing like BetaMax and UMD, well at the moment it has the biggest support among movie studios, Dell and Apple will be shipping systems with BluRay drives, so the future doesnt look that bleak. Worst case scenario for Sony is that they will have to share the Hi-Def market with HDDVD, but it should still have benefits for games. According to the developers of 'Resistence: Fall of Man', they have filed 22GB of a BluRay disc with their latest build, and this is a first gen game!