...so equipped with 256 Kilobytes of SRAM for some serious number crunching.

One thing that's even more impressive about this system is that it's deliberately designed for redundancy. Even though there are eight SPEs, only seven of them are intended to work at any given time. The eighth one is in reserve in case one of the others fails.

So far we've accounted for nine processors (eight SPEs plus the one PowerPC processor), but Sony wasn't content with that. The new PS3 has a separate Graphic Processing Unit, or GPU, that is calls the RSX "Reality Synthesizer" which runs at 550-MHz and has 300 million transistors built in! The "Reality Synthesizer" has the ability to create graphics that are nearly indistinguishable from photographs of real objects, which promises an incredible step forward in gaming reality.

One feature of the new PS3 that's been much anticipated is it's ability to support 1080p resolution. Unfortunately that capability hasn't actually made it onto this model. It does still support standard definition 480i and high definition 720p resolution though.

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Playstation 3 Review

...nged. The Infobar can be turned on and off, icons changed, background changed, fonts and other things can be customized till the cows come home. The Looks of the PlayStation 3 however do nothing to show the power within the machine.

Power: The power on this machine is just ferocious. Anything you can ask it to do it will with the lowest amount of fuss seen and not a noise can be heard unless your ears are as muscular as Arnold Schwarzenegger's arms. The specially developed Cell broadband engine can cope with absolutely anything a player can throw at it. That being said, the graphics card is made to match with its superb processing ability. The BD-ROM drive may only be a 2X speed drive but most of the games offer an install option so the games can load very quickly, eliminating many long load times. The hard-drive is a 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA notebook drive with the capacity depending on what you put in it or which SKU you purchase. The controller has enough power to last about 20 hours plus depending upon how many features are used and how aggressively it is used. It also links up to and idle PlayStation 3 in about 2-3 seconds wirelessly or instantly when charging via the cable. Graphics wise the PlayStation 3 is no slouch at all, HDMI up to 1080p NATIVELY, not up scaled. It also supports the same connection found on the PlayStation 2 although for whatever reason Sony limited this by default but an option in the settings quickly fixes that. There is also a program to emulate the PlayStation 1 built into every PlayStation 3 by standard. It is said that that a computer has to be 25 times more powerful than the system it wants to emulate and the PlayStation 3 is 35 times more powerful than Sony's own PlayStation 2. That's a small idea how powerful this console is. The processor packs 8 Synergy Processing Units, or SPU's, to process everything, 1 is reserved for the XMB OS, 6 are reserved for the games and the last one is reserved for a breakdown in one of the other chips.

Features: This has more features than a Swis...more

A comparison Of the Next Generation Gaming Consoles (Part 2)

... it look like? What kind of power will it actually have? What games are in development? Nintendo is, for the most part, keeping a lid on things. We dont even really know when the official release date will be. It has been reported that March of 2006 will be the unofficial date.

Living in an online world, it seems everyone has the inside scoop on the new console. Members of blogs and forums are saying everything from holographic imaging to new methods of image processing where a developer could create hyper realistic vistas at a fraction of the current processing cost. The bottom line is, with limited facts, speculation is rampid, which creates plenty of misinformation and hype.

Nintendo seems to be the least powerful out of the three systems, but it is expected to cost almost half as much compared to the Playstatin and Xbox.. It is also antic...more

How Xbox 360 Customer Support Works

...o life.

When the first or third quadrants of lights are flashing, there is no other option but sending the entire unit into the service center for repair. Before racing to the mailbox, first place a call to customer support. There the "paramedic" will talk the user through the steps of unplugging every available cord from the unit. Next will come letting the unit 'rest' for a moment before plugging everything back in. Final...more

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