The new CELL processor: The power behind the PS3

http://ps2.gamespy.com/articles/585/585956p1.html

pretty interesting stuff, what do you think of it?

Looks cool but whoopie do, something faster until something else thats even faster comes out. Its one vicious cycle.
I do like how it combats piracy which would be a new thing consdering its very easy to do that on the regular Playstation's. Its similiar to what Nintendo did with GC, which for my knowledge cant be pirated at all, or very well.

well.. if they DO something with it instead of just bragging about it.. then its a nice thing.. if they just sit there and go "OMFG it calculates 9 quadrillion polys a sec" then it was a waste of everyones time and money

It looks pretty powerful.

What does it do??? I read it and I still dont know what it does???

It runs the PS3.

basically its a bunch of connected processors that have the capability of distributing processing power where necessary, or each taking their own task (sound, graphics, calculations)

I cant imagine Sony doing that

Originally posted by ChickinMeat
http://ps2.gamespy.com/articles/585/585956p1.html

pretty interesting stuff, what do you think of it?

Originally posted by JKozzy
Kudos for the link again, man.

Your welcome chap!

I doubt it will be that fast and powerful.

x-box: We're the most powerful game system ever.
PS3: ***** slaps X-Box to impunity
X-Box 2: Sneaks up beinhd it and then beats the crap out of it

ohhh....k.....Dogbert.
Now I get it. Thanks SaTsuJiN!

i believe its plausible, though i'm hardly holding my breath...

i have a ps2, i can accept that its the weakest performance wise of the big three...

but the games i like are on ps2... thats why i play it...

Thats the best part the games!!!!!!!

wow thats impressive, but then again so was the mumbo jumbo microsoft fed to us with there technical babble, and what did we get? nothing special. Ps3 and xbox 2 is not going to be anything ground breaking or innovative. Just better graphics, and smoother gameplay. nothing more.

better graphics.. not really better gameplay.. until someone starts using their brain and comes up with something original.. like the way mario 64 redefined a genre.. I love that kinda stuff

Of course the gameplay is going to be better. Maybe not innovative,but response times are going to be alot more smooth. More memory should allow for new aspects of gameplay aswell. Ps2 changed gameplay from Ps1. It took a while but there is a change, especially in game interfaces. What ever technical improvments come from the new generation consoles, i highly doubt that the full potential will be embraced untill mid life if ever. Xbox hasnt even focused on it's depths, mainly because of money, but why make a system that can do somthing no one else can, and just forget about it. I see alot more Pc elements introduced into console gamming aswell, which is kind of sadening.

Originally posted by Dogbert
x-box: We're the most powerful game system ever.
PS3: ***** slaps X-Box to impunity
X-Box 2: Sneaks up beinhd it and then beats the crap out of it

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PS3 sounds like bullshit at the moment though. 🤨

hmmm its more like xbox2 beats the hell out of its predecessor and than ps3 comes along and molests the poor little xbox2