Tuesday, May 17, 2005
playstation 3 and stuff
the picture above is an official shot of the next generation sony playstation - the ps3. microsoft have recently released details for the new xbox 360 but seeing as i dont like the evil empire of mr gates and co, you will have to look for that stuff yourself. also details for the new nintendo offering the "revolution" are due in the next week for all you gamers.
some of the specs for the machine for the techies amongst you are
It will support Blu-ray (obviously), DVD±R/W, CD-R/RW, Backwards compatible with the PlayStation 2 and original Playstation
One 3.2GHz Cell processor—total system performance rated at 2.18 teraflops (uh, that’s actually about twice what Microsoft is claiming the Xbox 360 will do); it will have 256MB system RAM 3.2GHz, and 256MB GDDR VRAM at 700MHz
The nVidia graphics will be called the RSX (”Reality Synthesizer”), and will trump the Xbox 360 with 1080p (yes, that’s a p) graphics support.
There will be a 2.5-inch hard drive (i.e. laptop hard drive) attachment—a first for a Sony launch, Memory Stick Duo slot, and very surprisingly, an SD and CF slots. Bluetooth support with up to seven wireless controllers and Six USB system ports.
further pictures and coverage of Sony’s PlayStation 3 launch :
# posted by grumpy : 6:47 a.m.
