- 3.2 GHz Cell processor with with 2.18 teraflops of performance.

- Graphics chip will be the RSX Reality Synthesizer based on Nvidia technology. The GPU will be capable of 128bit pixel precision, 1080p resolution and take 300 million transistors..

- Backwards compatibility to PS2 and PS1 games.

- Confirmed for 2006 release.

More info - http://www.tommychang.net/2005/05/sony-pla...3-revealed.html

I think the Xbox 360 just got OWNED!

 

Wow, Sony isn't messing around this time. Good for them!

 

holy crap...i can't wait...

 

wow...

are there plasma tvs that support 1080p currently?

 

I'd bet it still has 8mb memory card so you have to buy like 5 of them at $25 each, to same your games. sigh...

 

not to bash ps3 or anything. but paper spec isn't even superceeding xbox 360... now where are the actual in game screenies??????

 

Looks mighty sweet.

Are these confirmed pics of the system? I haven't seen or heard anything on it. Where was all the info sourced at?

 

Specifications:

* Support for DVD-video, DVD-Rom, DVD-R/RW, CD-DA, CD-Rom, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 cd, JPEG photo CD
* All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
* Customizable face plates to change appearance
* 3 USB 2.0 ports
* Support for 4 wireless controllers
* Detachable 20GB drive
* Wi-Fi ready

Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU

* 3 symmetrical cores at 3.2 GHz each
* 2 hardware threads per core
* 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core
* 1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance

* 9 billion dots per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor

* 500 MNz
* 10 MB embedded DRAM
* 48-way parallel floating-point shader pipelines
* unified shader architecture

Memory

* 512 MB GDDR3 RAM
* 700 MNz DDR

Memory Bandwidth

* 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
* 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
* 21.6 GB/s front side bus

Audio

* Multi channel surround sound output
* Supports 48khz 16-bit audio
* 320 independent decompression channels
* 32 bit processing
* 256+ audio channels


Offline and online features:
* Avatar for gamer profile
* Motto for gamer profile
* Personalized look for Xbox System Guide
* Offline achievements
* Cumulative gamer score
* Location/language profile
* Custom playlist in every game
* Play music from portable devices
* View images from digital camera
* Stream media from Windows XP
* Interactive screen savers
* Track info for CDs

2 Types Of Xbox Live:
* Xbox Live Silver (no subscription required)
* Xbox Live Gold (subscription benefits)

Silver:
* Access to MMOs (additional fees may apply)
* Free Xbox Live weekends
* Online achievements
* Access to other players' Gamer cards via Live
* Reputation
* Recent players list
* Free and premium download game content
* Free and premium downloadable movies, music, tv
* Downloadable demos/trailers
* Micro transactions
* Communication with voice, video or text

Gold:
* Seamless transition to Xbox Live account from Xbox to Xbox 360
* Enhanced matchmaking using above
* Skill level matchmaking
* Gameplay style profile (casual, competitive, etc.)

 

here's the ps3 fantastic controller.



i wonder which aussie sony hired to design that

 

2.18 teraflops? Umm... That would put it around number 86 on the top 500 supercomputer list. Basically tied with a Cray X1, which has 188 processors, and the pSeries 690 Turbo with 822 processors. Gotta wonder where the heck that number came from. <shake head>