Which Console I should buy? Part II

Today, after getting my old eBooks back from my old HDD I find it better to write the specifications about the PS3.

As we always worry about which the best Game System we should buy and as game systems are becoming more expensive, so one have to buy one system, thus one should choose carefully before deciding.

I mentioned XBOX 360 in a post before.

 

Playstation3

 

Price

- Basic Model: $399

- Loaded Model: $599

 

Microprocessor

- 3.2 GHz Cell processor with 7 single-threaded synergistic processing units  cores (not directly comparable to  Xbox 360 processor cores!!)

 

Graphics Processor

- GPU type: NVIDIA-based RSX "Reality  Synthesizer"

- Clock speed: 550 MHz

- Video RAM: 256MB GDDR3 (700MHz)

- Video memory Bandwidth: 22.4 GBps

 

Video

- Native video resolutions:480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p (will downsample to standard definition)

- Component HDTV output

- HDMI output (HDMI cable isn’t included)

 

System Memory

- Main system RAM: 256 MB XDR RAM (3.2GHz)

- Memory bandwidth: 25.6 GBps

 

Storage

- Optical Drive: Blue-Ray

- Supported optical formats: BD, BD-ROM, Blu-ray Disc, CD, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM),CD-R, CD-RW, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side), DVD+R, DVD+RW,  DVD-R, DVD-ROMDVD-RW, PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation2 CD-ROM, SACD HD, and SACD Hybrid  (CD layer)

- Hard drive: 20, 40, 60 and 80 GB replaceable hard drive

- Memory card ports: includes flash memory card reader (supports Memory Stick, Compact Flash and SD/MMC)

- USB 2 ports: 6

 

Networking

- Ethernet: 1 port (1 Gbps)

- Wireless networking: Bluetooth 2.0, Bluetooth controller interface; Wi-Fi

- Online service: "Free" PlayStation Network with micropayment system; includes a Web browser

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Multimedia Features

- Supports streaming video

- Supports streaming audio

- Supports streaming photo slideshows

- Plays content from portabl media players, including  iPod and Sony PSP, and with digital cameras (can’t play protected WMA files)

 

Controllers

- Number of supported controllers: 4 wireless (plus wired controllers via USB). PS3 controller does not feature a removable  battery

 

Reverse Compatibility

-Compatible with previous generation games: Near-complete compatiblity with PlayStation and  PlayStation 2  games (only a minority of titles don’t work)

- Improves legacy game experience: No. PS3 can only downscale current- gen games to non- HDTV resolutions

 

Sales

- Japan: 2,009,492 units sold as of March 30, 2008

- United States: 4 million units as of April 21, 2008

- Europe: 2,800,000 units as of January 1, 2008

- Worldwide: 13 million unites as of April 21, 2008

Sources:

Wikipedia

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