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News Sony unveil Playstation 3 at pre-E3 conference

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  1. Tim S

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  3. Tim S

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    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. :)
     
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  5. Mace

    Mace Ohh, it stings.

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    Meh, and people say the xbox 360 is nasty
     
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    Haddy World Domination

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  8. MaplinMan

    MaplinMan What's a Dremel?

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    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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  9. LoneArchon

    LoneArchon What's a Dremel?

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

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    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
     
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  11. Pezboy

    Pezboy What's a Dremel?

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    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.
     
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  12. Hiren

    Hiren mind control Moderator

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    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.
     
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  13. Murdoc

    Murdoc Gas Mask..ZOMG

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    The controller looks like a *****.

    'doc
     
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  14. smoguzbenjamin

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    Better yet, it looks like two *****'s :p I'm not a console man, but I have to say that looks nice. Except the RAM. Only 256MB seems low to me :(
     
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  15. jezmck

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    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...
     
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  16. Tim S

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    the controllers look ugly, but then I said that about the Playstation controllers. :)
     
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  17. LAGMonkey

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    didnt anyone tell you that its not the size its what you do with it that counts :hip: . 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? :lol: :D
     
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  18. Lord Kordir

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    I was hoping this thing would be uglier than the Xbox 360 so I'd feel better, lol.
     
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    OMG!!! I am in love.....
     
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  20. 3.5SE

    3.5SE What's a Dremel?

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    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?
     
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