Hey everyone. I just thought id see what kinds of responses i get from everyone regarding PS3 VS XBOX Specs wise. Now i know we have all heard rumors of the cell processor sony has in development and how it isnt viable yadda yadda yadda. Lets set that aside for a moment and take a look at the basic system specs. Start with in my eyes the one major thing that sets the PS3 aside from the XBOX 360, BLUE-RAY DISC TECHNOLOGY.
Now for starters, take a look at the difference in capacity. XBOX 360 was SUPPOSED to use HD DVD with 15 gigs capacity, however, the XBOX 360 does not have that capability as they originally claimed. Instead it comes with a normal DVD-ROM with standard capacity of 8 gigs in dual layer. The BD-ROM starts packing an amazing 25 gigs in SINGLE LAYER MODE! They have also proposed 2 layer and possible 3 layer modes doubling and tripling capacity respectively. If any of you bother to take a look at modern games you would notice that some games with really great graphics are very short, Call of duty 2 comes to mind. Great graphics comes with the price of storage space! All those shaders, renderers and such take up most of the space so all those really graphical games are gonna be real short on a standard DVD whereas the PS3 will be able to cram a lot more graphic data AND game data! Even devoting half to gfx and half to the game itself it still beats out the total capacity of a normal DVD. That alone shows the promise of the PS3 even assuming it had the same relative specs to the XBOX 360 aside from the ROM drive.
Next graphics! The XBOX 360 has a custom ATI graphics processor. Now we all know ATI has provided high quality graphics processors in the past and even now. However, the PS3 contains the RSX "Reality Synthesizer" which is a product of Nvidia and Sony which is capable of rendering satellite footage in realtime just by itself. I am not sure if the ATI processor could achieve this in the same manner but im sure it could still render in real time. I am personally biased towards nvidia but i do not despise ATI. Moving along we hit memory. The XBOX 360 has 512 MB UMA Shared with both the GPU and CPU. While this is fast memory it doesnt beat the 256 MB XDR which the PS3 has exclusive chips for the CPU and GPU. Now on to multiplayer capabilities. XBOX 360 has 4 controller bays as well as XBOX Live functionality. The PS3 on the other hand has capacity for up to 7 Blue Tooth controllers (Wireless) as well as internet connectivity for online multiplayer games.
As far as audio they are both about equal. Resolution the PS3 supports up to 1080p while the XBOX 360 supports up to 1080i so not a huge difference. Now the big debate, the processor! The PS3 has, in development, a revolutionary cell processor with 7 SPEs (Synergistic processing units) with an eighth reserved for redundancy. The XBOX 360 has 3 dual threaded cores capable of handling 6 total threads at a time. The PS3 cell processor is claimed to be able to compete with intel's newest P4 processors. Imagine that type of power in a console. I mean just think of it. Some of you have trouble running PSX emulators without lag and the PSX had nowhere near as powerful a processor as your computers probably do! But anyways that is my in depth *so to speak* analysis of PS3 vs XBOX 360. I await opinions!
[Edited for those that cant read long strings without spacings! :p]
