PS3 Cell Processor faster than i7 965 XE

I am Penguin said:
Unfortunately the Xbox is only good for gaming. NOTHING ELSE.

By end next week we will know if at all the Xbox would have any relevant future games titles in store to make a purchase worthwhile.
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Have you EVER, I mean ever, even touched an Xbox 360?

Seems like you haven't...

Now get back to folding proteins...
 
Nduimiso said:
yeah its a super computer compared to super computers from over 10 years ago, which would make the 360 one as well, and the wii if you compared it to 20 year old supercomputers, so yeah everything is a supercomputer, if you go back long enough in time
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:D
 
feo said:
Have you EVER, I mean ever, even touched an Xbox 360?

Seems like you haven't...

Now get back to folding proteins...
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Is there life after folding@home? Apparently that is all the PS3 is good for, but I'm happy with sacrificing every PS3 to cure cancer. The question is: can it actually play games?
 
Nduimiso said:
Can it play Doom?
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Not really. No. Sorry, GodModeInc.

But it might cure cancer. Of course, that's the first thing I look for in a gaming console.

Unfortunately the only thing the PS3 is good for is playing games and not much else. The media player is mediocre at best. As for BD, it's great it can play the discs but its hardly better than DVD for the average folk.

At least the XBox 360 works as a fantastic media centre, and its a great gaming console on top of all that. At least, unlike the PS3 owners, I don't the XBox 360 is a capable HT machine - playing Bluray discs doesn't translate into HT, I'm afraid.
 
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Just out of interest: is the i7 965 XE maxed out like the Cell processor?
 
I think the i7 has gone under a revision since then, i wonder how an i7 920 with DO stepping clocked to 3.9GHZ will fair?
 
Nduimiso said:
I think the i7 has gone under a revision since then, i wonder how an i7 920 with DO stepping clocked to 3.9GHZ will fair?
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As a general-purpose CPU (e.g. for PC usage), it will trounce the Cell 6 ways from Sunday... But then, so would the i7 pre-update.

However, the Cell is still an exceptionally powerful number cruncher; IMO much more so than ANY i7.
 
sn3rd said:
As a general-purpose CPU (e.g. for PC usage), it will trounce the Cell 6 ways from Sunday... But then, so would the i7 pre-update.

However, the Cell is still an exceptionally powerful number cruncher; IMO much more so than ANY i7.
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Great for folding, not so great for gaming.
 
timgaul said:
Great for folding, not so great for gaming.
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Depends what you mean there... What aspect of gaming?

I think we can agree that, graphically, the CPU makes far less of a difference than the GPU. Then perhaps you mean for controlling AI and physics? Well in that case, we're talking about the kind of number-crunching that the Cell excels at.

But even the most perfectly balanced hardware won't make a crap game good. Likewise, good games remain fun even on low-performance hardware.
 
sn3rd said:
Depends what you mean there... What aspect of gaming?

I think we can agree that, graphically, the CPU makes far less of a difference than the GPU. Then perhaps you mean for controlling AI and physics? Well in that case, we're talking about the kind of number-crunching that the Cell excels at.

But even the most perfectly balanced hardware won't make a crap game good. Likewise, good games remain fun even on low-performance hardware.
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On point there meneer!
 
sn3rd said:
Depends what you mean there... What aspect of gaming?

I think we can agree that, graphically, the CPU makes far less of a difference than the GPU. Then perhaps you mean for controlling AI and physics? Well in that case, we're talking about the kind of number-crunching that the Cell excels at.

But even the most perfectly balanced hardware won't make a crap game good. Likewise, good games remain fun even on low-performance hardware.
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You've hit the nail on the head with that one, unfortunately Sony doesn't agree and that is where my issue lies. They believe the GPU can be done away with by placing all the burden on the CPU and I, as appears do you disagree. A top class GPU is fundamental in the presentation, leave the physics to the CPU.
 
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