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Tim S · 17th May 2005, 01:09

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/05...on_3_unveiled/

K · 17th May 2005, 01:12

I think it looks rad: http://www.jaygoland.com/anothercastle/ps3.jpg

Joystiq/Engadget have a nice refreshing piece on the conference: http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000050043558/

Loads of pics to check in the comments. And also check the guy going crazy about the thing being able to run the Spiderman model from the movie in real-time. Impressive.

Tim S · 17th May 2005, 01:19

without looking in to the specs too much, it looks 'fantastic' - I guess I'll have a look down the specs sheet propperly when I get the chance in the morning.

K · 17th May 2005, 01:47

Controller looks pretty damn BAD - http://www.eatsleepcode.ca/temptrash...6053247390.jpg

And NOT bad meaning good. Eurgh.

Mace · 17th May 2005, 01:54

Meh, and people say the xbox 360 is nasty

K · 17th May 2005, 01:59

Killzone in-game screenshots look pretty nice:
http://img109.echo.cx/img109/1237/killzone021dx.jpg

Haddy · 17th May 2005, 02:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by K

Controller looks pretty damn BAD - http://www.eatsleepcode.ca/temptrash...6053247390.jpg

And NOT bad meaning good. Eurgh.

Dear god it looks like a boomarang...

Thats one reason I love the xbox controller as it fills my hands (Ive got big hands) and it feels right to hold, unlike that gunk sony makes.

MaplinMan · 17th May 2005, 02:54

that controller is just so sad

but the actual console looks really good.

does anyone know if it has a hard disk or what?

LoneArchon · 17th May 2005, 03:08

Suppost to have a removable 2.5" HDD and the the FFVII tech demo look like the movie

K · 17th May 2005, 03:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaplinMan

does anyone know if it has a hard disk or what?

Not sure it actually comes with one, but can take one for sure.

Check the specs:

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

Pezboy · 17th May 2005, 06:27

Is that a slot-load drive? Nice. I wonder what games will cost on the new media. And I do believe I found a reason to start saving for that 1080p Samsung DLP.

Hiren · 17th May 2005, 07:39

Hud don't like the controller (hopefully they will build in support for the ps2 controller). Love the look of the console though, I think it looks much nicer than the xbox 360.

Murdoc · 17th May 2005, 07:43

The controller looks like a dildo.

'doc

smoguzbenjamin · 17th May 2005, 07:50

Better yet, it looks like two dildo's

I'm not a console man, but I have to say that looks nice. Except the RAM. Only 256MB seems low to me

jezmck · 17th May 2005, 08:11

i'll bet that controller's actually quite comfortable. sony aren't the company who'd do something for kicks.
looks like wireless will become the standard...

Tim S · 17th May 2005, 08:19

the controllers look ugly, but then I said that about the Playstation controllers.

LAGMonkey · 17th May 2005, 08:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by smoguzbenjamin

Better yet, it looks like two dildo's

I'm not a console man, but I have to say that looks nice. Except the RAM. Only 256MB seems low to me

didnt anyone tell you that its not the size its what you do with it that counts

. Anyway, the Xbox 360 has got 512 of mem thats shared between the main system and the graphics. I prefer the PS3 way of doing things and having seperate dedicated RAM running at its optimal speed for the area of the console that its going to be used for. and 256Meg for graphics come on!!! do YOU have 512meg of graphics on your GeForce 6800?

Lord Kordir · 17th May 2005, 10:09

I was hoping this thing would be uglier than the Xbox 360 so I'd feel better, lol.

automagsrock · 17th May 2005, 10:57

OMG!!! I am in love.....

3.5SE · 17th May 2005, 13:01

The xbox 360 uses 512mb of shared system/video ram while the PS3 has 256mb for the system and 256mb for video - total 512mb in the box. The PS3 controller is horrible, I hope they change it before the final release. I'm not a fan boy either way, don't care who wins the console wars round two. I'm just amazed at the graphics leap both ATI and NVIDIA made. If they had this technology why the hell don't we have PC's built like this yet. What are these boxes going to cost us?

17th May 2005, 01:09	#1
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17th May 2005, 01:12	#2
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17th May 2005, 01:19	#3
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17th May 2005, 02:54	#8
MaplinMan Supermodder Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: England Posts: 532	that controller is just so sad but the actual console looks really good. does anyone know if it has a hard disk or what?

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Hiren The Real Pacman bit-tech Staff Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,805	Hud don't like the controller (hopefully they will build in support for the ps2 controller). Love the look of the console though, I think it looks much nicer than the xbox 360. __________________ XBL : Shogun Hiren Homepage \| HD Tach \| Last.fm \| DeviantArt bit-tech newsletter \| bit-tech Blog

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3.5SE Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NY Posts: 88	The xbox 360 uses 512mb of shared system/video ram while the PS3 has 256mb for the system and 256mb for video - total 512mb in the box. The PS3 controller is horrible, I hope they change it before the final release. I'm not a fan boy either way, don't care who wins the console wars round two. I'm just amazed at the graphics leap both ATI and NVIDIA made. If they had this technology why the hell don't we have PC's built like this yet. What are these boxes going to cost us? __________________ A8N SLI Prem., X2 3800+, 2GB Corsair PC3200, XFX 7800 GT, Lian Li PCV-2000B Case, Antec True Blue 480watt PSU sleeved, 74 GB WD Raptor HD, 160 GB Maxtor HD, Pioneer A09 DVD Burner, Cendyne 106S Slot Load DVD Drive