PS2\'s PC equivalent

Docwiz,

Incase you didn\'t notice, he was referring to PCs today. Not what Intel has down the line in 5 years. I love my PC, but they are rather pathetic.

1000mhz w/a GeForce 2 and a ton of games still have low performance.

- dm
- the trick is to keep breathing.

I was under the impresion that the Geforce 3 was the best of the best.  Is this true or is this bull****?

Originally posted by Lord of Darkness
I was under the impresion that the Geforce 3 was the best of the best.  Is this true or is this bull****?

It depends.
The geforce 3 is optimized for 1600x1200 res. The geforce 2 is optimized for 800x600 res. The GF2 is faster than the GF3 at 800x600.
The GF3 is a very good chip but you need high bandwith between the CPU and the GF3 to be able to use the GF3 power. Current PC doesnt have this.
But if we put in a EE and some PS2 architecture and the GF3 then you could just call it a day.......... OVERKILL BIGTIME!

Originally posted by Docwiz
I mean lets look at Giants on PS2 verses the PC with a Geforce 3.

Lets remember while we look at the two versions of Giants the one for PS2 should be considered a 1st generation PORT of a PC title (ok, maybe 1.5 But it\'s still a port and damn early in the life of the console).

Originally posted by Docwiz

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.

If past performance is any indication, in 2007 the chip inside the year and a half older PS3 will smoke whatever Intel has to offer by then without breaking a sweat.

Ahhh, that\'s a long ways off, "forget about it boys" is right