It seems that the PS3 Slim's Blu-ray player is actually a tiny bit slower than the 60GB PS3 classic.

@BrianK

http://247wallst.com/2009/08/27/microsoft-msft-makes-it-official-cuts-xbox-by-100/

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BrianK wrote: @Hammer Thanks for the links. The Crytek 'low end' charge appears to be countered by PS3 fans by blaming Crytek for failing to properly optimize for the Cell. For certainly if the Cell was used more effectively the 'low end' video wouldn't be a problem.

I ussually post G84 vs G70/G71 benchmarks in these of type forums.

Examples of G70/G71 getting mauled by Geforce 8600 GT GDDR3(if we factor out 8 ROPs issues)

1. Geforce 8600GT (128bit wide 256MB VRAM) beats Geforce 7800GTX (256bit wide 512 MB VRAM) /7950GT (256bit wide 512 MB VRAM) in Mass Effect (Unreal Engine 3 uses deferred shading) Link1

2. Geforce 8600GT (128bit wide 256MB VRAM) beats Geforce 7800GTX (256bit wide 256MB VRAM) /7950GT (256bit wide 512 MB VRAM) in Assassins Creed v1.02 Link2

3. Geforce 8600GT (128bit wide 256MB VRAM) beats Geforce 7800GTX (256bit wide 256MB VRAM) /7950GT (256bit wide 512 MB VRAM) in Crysis 1.21. Geforce 8600 GT passes several G70/G71 based SLI. Link3

Complex shaders is not a friend for Geforce 7 series. If we factor in RSX's 8 ROPs and 128bit bus limits, it's no wonder RSX is a "low end" card relative to current generation PC GPUs.

Last edited by Hammer on 28-Aug-2009 at 11:22 PM.

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@Hammer Thanks for the links. The Crytek 'low end' charge appears to be countered by PS3 fans by blaming Crytek for failing to properly optimize for the Cell. For certainly if the Cell was used more effectively the 'low end' video wouldn't be a problem. MikeB? No clue.

Crytek actually views the PS3 as a high tech system for their engine, the RSX of course as having been talked about in the past wasn't designed to overlap the Cell graphical strongpoints. The RSX by itself is a low spec (but still decent) GPU compared to other GPU cards which often cost more than the entire PS3 with all its extras.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oAtTu0e02s

I must say it runs nicely for a cross platform gaming engine on the PS3, as expected. Character animations seem however weak compared to Killzone 2. Maybe if developers use this in PS3 exclusive settings it can measure itself with the PS3 exclusive engines once in usage.