PS2\'s PC equivalent

so what type of PC would be required to match the PS2 out of intereest in terms of performance?

there is no PC chip that is equal the Emotion Engine in the PS2.
Memorybandwith too smal on the PC
Memory to slow.
Windows.

Nuff said.

LOL!

I dont think there is a computer processor fast enough to match the EE...

But comparing PC and PS2 is like comparing a melon to an apple.

I dont know..

Originally posted by TheGeezer
so what type of PC would be required to match the PS2 out of intereest in terms of performance?

An Xbox.

(just kidding, don\'t worry)

Floating point performance?
or windows performance?

I would say a 2 GIG P3 would do it, although they
don\'t make P3 at that speed. I don\'t know about a P4...

Nah, Pentium sucks!

AMD is much better

A quote from the FAQ section for Baulders Gate Dark Alliance (programmers):

Q: What are you doing with the Playstation 2 hardware? Are you doing things that can’t be done on other consoles or on the PC?

A: The envioronmental effects working in BG: Dark Alliance would bring your friend\'s fastest PC to a crawl. It could be years until the PC can do all of the things that you\'ll see in BG: Dark Alliance.

....hehehe...

Originally posted by CygnusXI
A quote from the FAQ section for Baulders Gate Dark Alliance (programmers):

Q: What are you doing with the Playstation 2 hardware? Are you doing things that can’t be done on other consoles or on the PC?

A: The envioronmental effects working in BG: Dark Alliance would bring your friend\'s fastest PC to a crawl. It could be years until the PC can do all of the things that you\'ll see in BG: Dark Alliance.

....hehehe...

Nuff said.

im keeping my comp just to play counter-strike because internet games are going to suck on ps2

Originally posted by CygnusXI
A quote from the FAQ section for Baulders Gate Dark Alliance (programmers):

Q: What are you doing with the Playstation 2 hardware? Are you doing things that can’t be done on other consoles or on the PC?

A: The envioronmental effects working in BG: Dark Alliance would bring your friend\'s fastest PC to a crawl. It could be years until the PC can do all of the things that you\'ll see in BG: Dark Alliance.

....hehehe...

Bossieman, forgive me for going beyond ‘nuff said, the implications are staggering

CygnusXI, your quotes have inspired me to perform a doggerel feat

PC games of yesteryear
prepare to meet thy doom
See now! The PS2 is here!
For thou there\'ll be scant room

Originally posted by Schlotzky5
im keeping my comp just to play counter-strike because internet games are going to suck on ps2

I think it\'s a bit premature to proclaim that PC games will meet their doom.  Counter-Strike is a perfect example.  Without the open structure of the PC and the Half-Life engine it was created for, mods like Counter-Strike would be impossible.  The PS2 is too expensive for amateurs to develop for.  Oh by the way... CS is the greatest multiplayer game ever created.  While PCs may be technologically inferior, you don\'t need all that extra power to make a great game.

[Evi]

Originally posted by Coredweller
While PCs may be technologically inferior, you don\'t need all that extra power to make a great game.

But it sure does look nice...

Originally posted by Coredweller
I think it\'s a bit premature to proclaim that PC games will meet their doom.  Counter-Strike is a perfect example.  Without the open structure of the PC and the Half-Life engine it was created for, mods like Counter-Strike would be impossible.  The PS2 is too expensive for amateurs to develop for.  Oh by the way... CS is the greatest multiplayer game ever created.  While PCs may be technologically inferior, you don\'t need all that extra power to make a great game.

yeah, the pc is easy to develop for, and  in turn that makes for some could be great games. with some horrible ones, of course..
counter-strike, Warcraft, Age of Empires are some of the pc\'s greatest games.

while some of the worst (on the pc) are well... here\'s a link

http://pc.ign.com/reviews/10455.html

http://pc.ign.com/reviews/11834.html

both links are hilarious, but the first one is the best


the pc and ps2 cannot be accurately compared, for the pc runs totally different programs than the ps2 would, and the ps2 is made for polygons, not bits.

hope you enjoy those reviews, they are great.

Yeah, I need to see how the internet situation is handled on the PS2 before I give up my PC... BTW- Getting a new one for Christmas!!  Saving up for a good one!!  

Other than AGP slots and the speed issue I think its really close.  I mean lets look at Giants on PS2 verses the PC with a Geforce 3.

The AGP slot is the weakest link and then you do have an OS, then USB, etc taking from the processor.

The Geforce 3 chip in itself is superior to that of the core of the PS2 even if the Pentium 3 / Athlon is not.

The Xbox is superior to both platforms, but don\'t worry boys.  IA64 is coming out and nothing on that chip alone can beat it.  Put an IA64 chip on a next generation high bandwidth bus and put a Geforce 5 on it and you might as well call it a day.

Intel\'s latest statement is that by 2007, they will have an IA-64 chip (EPIC - Next generation Son of McKinley chip and NOT MERCED) running at 20 Gigahertz.

Mckinley running at 20 Ghz, forget about it boys.