@ The real killer
This is the last response you will get from me because you have no idea what you're talking about.
Both the IBM Cell used in the PS3 and the IBM Xenon used in the 360 use the PowerPC instruction set, which is based on the RISC architecture. You keep bringing up x86, which has nothing to do with the PS3 or 360. Emulation != native x86 support as software has to be recompiled for PowerPC in order to run. Also, x86 emulation is laughably slow on the PS...
@ The real killer, again
My god you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. x86 has NOTHING to do with GPUs AT ALL. Intel owns the x86 instruction set and it hasn't been used on a console since Xbox original as it was a Pentium 3 coppermine based CPU. You are using terms and acronyms you clearly do not understand.
Neither the 360 nor the PS3 use x86 as they are IBM RISC based CPUs therefore they use the PowerPC instruction set. Intel only licenses x86 to AMD ...
@ The real killer
You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Both the 360 and PS3 use RISC based PowerPC CPUs. Neither of the consoles are compatible with the CISC based x86 instruction set.
The 360's multi-platform advantage has more to do with developer familiarity with DirectX in comparison to the PS3's version of OpenGL ES. The more difficult asymmetrical CPU used in the PS3 doesn't really help multi-platform developers looking for a quick and easy port eithe...
I got the original L4D on Steam at launch but only played it for a few weeks. The first week or so was a blast doing 4 v 4 versus with friends, but we all got tired of the game pretty quickly. I love Valve, but I will not be purchasing L4D2. I really wish they would just hurry up with Episode 3.
The fact that you couldn't download custom maps in game (and still can't) seemed like a step backwards compared to other source games like CS:S, Day of Defeat, Garry's Mod, etc.
Intel, AMD, and Nvidia often send out engineering samples to high profile people such as top overclockers and tech websites. These versions of the CPUs/GPUs are often a little less efficient than later official production run chips, due to improvements in the manufacturing process.
Also, I think typically there is some stipulation regarding the resale of these chips. It can end in black listing from receiving new engineering samples, as well as lawsuits.
64-bit can address up to 16 exabytes of memory, and software would have to be completely rewritten to take advantage of 128-bit registries(not just the operating system), otherwise there will be no performance gains.
As we have seen with Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft has no intention of cutting support for legacy hardware. If Windows 8 does end up supporting 128-bit CPUs (if any are even available from Intel or AMD when it releases) Microsoft will still release a 64-bit version...
Killzone 2 had a budget of around $70,000,000. If Lil' Wayne liquidated ALL of his assets, he probably could have funded Killzone 2, but that would leave him with basically nothing.
No.
Did he just confirm Xbox 3 2010 release? ;)
I own every current gen console and game on the PC, but was up until recently I was starting to lose interest in gaming. Perhaps it's because I haven't really enjoyed that many games released this year, but for whatever reason, I could certainly relate with the article and some of the comments here.
Then I started watching some videos on youtube, which got me into the retro scene and I have really fallen back in love with gaming. It has gotten to the point where I've spent more m...
This is a result of phishing, not hacking. How is Microsoft supposed to stop their stupid users from giving out their passwords?
Storage Space has absolutely nothing to do with the rendering resolution.
Well, Microsoft doesn't really need Gears of War 3 next year with Halo Reach and Alan Wake coming out. I think it would be pretty smart of Microsoft to save Gears of War 3 for the Xbox 720 or whatever they name it. Good launch titles are rare, and I know I'd definitely be more interested in an Xbox 720 if it was launching with Gears of War 3.
Counterstrike Source came out in 2004.
That PS3 figure is so grossly exaggerated it's not even funny, and the ATI one is exaggerated as well. ATI is still using their super scalar shader architecture so hitting their peak number of instructions per clock cycle per shader is very difficult, which is what they used for their multi-teraflop performance estimate.
When talking about OpenCL or CUDA like development, it is even less likely that performance can really be utilized. Folding@Home would still be insanely fast on...
They aren't really comparable when you bring the CPU into the equation though. That's like saying that the 4870 is faster than the Core i7 975, despite the fact that they perform different functions.
If you're comparing GPU performance alone, 8800GTX was already 3x+ faster than the G71 based "RSX" and the R500 "Xenos" back in late 2006.
It looks like the 5870 is basically two Radeon 4890s on the same die, sharing a memory controller. It is a much smarter design than your typical dual GPU solution since it behaves as a single GPU. Let's hope Nvidia releases something competitive so prices are low!
This will have no effect on the PS3, and likely will have little effect on the 360 other than it gives developers a bit more flexibility. Gears of War 3 will likely still be 720p as the last two titles were, however this now relieves some pressure from the smaller developers to get the most out of the Xbox 360 hardware.
Otherwise this doesn't change anything as these "guidelines" were not enforced many times on the 360 prior to the policy change anyways. Halo 3, Call o...
I don't think so; the last trailer id released showed the game is suffering from a lot of the same graphical deficiencies Doom 3 did. The character models were laughable considering how much the game's graphics were hyped.
I suspect Crysis 2 on the PC will take the overall graphics crown in 2010. While the PC version likely won't blow Crysis 1 out of the water, I imagine the enhancements made with Cryengine 3 should bring some pretty large performance improvements over Cryengine...