PlayStation 3
When PS3 
hits North America on November 17th, it wil undoubtebly create a major buzz. It will be far and away the most advanced gaming system to date, exceeding the capabilities of both Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii . Its price, which is roughly $500, may be the system's only downfall. Here is a look at everything this revolutionary console will provide.
The Controller
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The controller, a modified version of the PS2 Dual Shock , is equipped with motion sensor technology and is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth compatible, so you can potentially connect up to 7 controllers at once. Sony has also promised that the machine will be able to communicate with the handheld PSP . |
Cool Features
- The machine will play all PS2 and PlayStation games, but the memory cards from the old system probably won't work on the PS3.
- Features HDTV compatibility.
- The RSX GPU will roughly equal the quality (resolution-wise) of two top of the line Nvidia GeForce cards. Plus, it will be up to 30% faster than Nvidia 7800 GTX. Translation for non-geeks: The graphics will blow you away.
- Plays DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and CDs. Memory wise, it supports a variety of formats: CompactFlash, SD/MMC chips and Memory Sticks.
- Sony has promised an online community, akin to the lauded Xbox Live .
Specifications Provided by Sony
CPU- Power PC-base Core Cell CPU @ 3.2 GHz
- 1 VMX vector unit per core
- 512KB L2 cache
- 7 x SPE @ 3.2 GHz
- 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
- 7 x 256 KB SRAM for SPE
- 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
- total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS
| GPU- RSX @550 MHz
- 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- 256 MB XDR Main RAM
- 3.2 GHz 256 MB GDDR3 VRAM
- 700 MHz
System Bandwidth- Main RAM 25.6 GB
- VRAM 22.4 GB
- RSX 20 G (write) + 15GB/s (read)
- SB< 2.5 GB/s (write) + 2.5 GB/s (read)
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Storage- Detachable 2.5"(6.4cm) 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
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External Links
- PS3 Land -- Info and message boards.
- PS3 rumors -- The latest rumors about the system.
- PS3 Blog -- A lively blog devoted to the PS3.
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