Playstation 3 Game
Console
Introducing Sony’s Playstation 3 Game
Console
The new offering from Sony is a beautiful
machine. Packed into that shiny black case are hundreds of new
features and cutting edge technology designed to make some of the
best games in the world. What’s in there though? It’s a question
many might have asked, especially when deciding if they want to
purchase one.
The Processor
Sony famously went with the new Cell
Microprocessor for their central CPU, a unit that still sits on top
of the heap as the pinnacle of technology for such chips. Created
with the assistance of three massive companies (Sony, Toshiba, and
IBM), the Cell processor utilizes entirely new methods of data
flow, processing the streams simultaneously to exponentially
increase output. Each core takes up a different task in the game
and is able to offer massive resources to simply walking around or
shooting a gun. The actual clocked speed is 3.2 GHz with 1 PPE and
7SPEs.
The Reality Synthesizer, Graphics Processing
Unit
The RSX is probably one of the most important
pieces of the Sony powerhouse that is the Playstation
3. They’ve already stated that the entire machine utilizes
numerous pieces to create the whole, the RSX still has some rather
amazing specs. The RSX GPU itself was co-developed with Nvidia, the
leading name in crafting graphical processing units. You need
merely look at some of the screen shots available online at sites
like Gamespot to see how amazing of quality their processors
actually are.
Blu-Ray Media
It’s still early on and Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD is
still an undecided war, but Sony has taken full custody of Blu-Ray
and instilled their Playstation 3 with a cutting
edge player that reads these discs for games as well as movies and
music. Looking at the future of gaming and the rumored effects
companies like Konami are putting into their Metal Gear Solid
franchise, it is almost required to offer this kind of media
storage capacity. With more than 50 GB stored on each disc, Blu-ray
offers the kind of open-ended freedom to developers they need to
craft the next truly incredible game experience.
Playstation Online
With the next generation comes the influx of
online gaming and the Playstation 3’s new Playstation Network
access. It’s free and your PS3 automatically connects via a
wireless connection. You can not only play your online games
against other players from around the globe, you can download new
movies and demos for future games or old games offered through
their download arcade style service. You can even purchase and
download past PS1 and PS2 games to your hard drive for a low and
convenient price.
The Playstation 3 is brimming with new
technology. It is so advanced right out of the gate that no other
machine can stand up to it. The Xbox
360 is a solid console but comes nowhere near the power and
output of the Playstation 3 and the Wii is simply not designed to
be technologically impressive.
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