CodecSys CE-10: PS3 Cell Faster than Core i7 965 XE

[D3M0N2009]

This is hardly a surprise due to the fact that the cell is designed for number crunching hence how well it does in f@h, but in everything else the Core i7 is way more powerful, and it will even do much better in gaming than the Cell.

[CJPC]

Well, we have to remember that the PS3 is actually a "cheap" system.

If you go out and build any PC today (let alone a Core i7), you are definitely going to stick more than 256MB worth of ram inside.

If the PS3 was jazzed up a bit, its advantages could shine so much more - stick 2GB of system ram (at least), stick in something newer than an Nvidia 7000 series.

It does show how scalable the system is though, its successor could simply be the same system with a beefier chip (more cores), some additional memory, and a new graphics chipset and it would be set for years to come. The CELL is a powerhouse, I just wish we did not get the short end of the straw back in 2006 - but there is always more to come in the future!

[pan0k]

Well, there is no doubt that the current generation of video game hardware are powerful. Unfortunately, the limits of the RAM really affect the system performance. I was hoping to see at least 2 GB of RAM in the system (PS3 or Xbox 360). Oh well. Hopefully PS4 or Xbox720 will come with at least 4 GB but preferably 8GB.

Even Windows need at least 4GB to make the system hum. Resolution war is over. Processor war is going but I think memory (system and video) will be the deciding factor to win the console race.

[CyanCaze]

Ram has little to nothing to do with games on top of that the PS3 uses XDR rapped around the cell to make it run the fastest it can. XDR is very expensive that's why it only has 256 MB of it.

Now the Cell is a super computer microprocessor. It was built for super computing, so it doesn't really surprise me that it beat IBM.

[icon]

With the graphics cards companies letting you create your own apps to run on the gpu`s now eg password cracking how would a video encoder written to run on the gpu fair against the ps3 in this case ?

[loader187]

It is only going to be time before the PS3 shows its true power just like the PS2. I, for one am happy I bought one.

[moneyslap03]

Wow sounds incredible, but sony needs to give us Linux devs access the power of the ps3..

[carbs77]

Originally Posted by moneyslap03 Wow sounds incredible, but sony needs to give us Linux devs access the power of the ps3..

Yep, that would be nice.

[tvdbz431]

It is really cool to once again see how powerful of a machine the ps3 is!!!

[antiM]

... but can it run Crysis?

nope

Different architectures are better at different things; I'd prefer to see how it does on many other tests rather than just one. It's like comparing a workstation video card to a gaming video card, one does a certain thing better than the other but loses out to many other things as well so to call it "faster" is a rather blunt statement.

yes, i registered just to say this.