PS3 announced

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Sony also confirmed the PlayStation 3, will use Blu-Ray discs as its media format. The discs can hold up to six times as much data as current-generation DVDs. It will also supporrd CR-ROM, CDR+W, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R. It also confirmed the machine would be backwards compatible all the way to the original PlayStation.

Sony also laid out the technical specs of the device. The PlayStation 3 will feature the much-vaunted Cell processor, which will run at 3.2 Ghz and feature 2.18 teraflops of performance. It will sport 256mb XDR main RAM at 3.2 Ghz, have 256MB of GDDR VRAM at 700mhz, a detachable 2.5 inch HDD slot, six usb 2.0 ports, Memory Stick Duo, a SD slot, a compact flash memory slot, Compact flash slot, 2 hdmi outputs, 1 av multi out, 1 SPDIF optical output, and 1-gigabit Ethernet built in port...

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so Xbox goes concave and sony does to exact opposite.

*edit* more here

Sony also unveiled the PS3\'s graphics chip, the RSX "Reality Synthesizer based on Nvidia technology. The GPU will be capable of 128bit pixel precision, 1080p resolution, some of the highest HD resolution around. It also has over 300 million transistors, larger than any processor available commercially today. It was manufactured using the 90nm process with 8 layers of metal. The RSX is more powerful than two GeForce 6800 ultras, which would cost rough $1000 if bought today.

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from ign

Right now at Sony\'s E3 2005 press conference, the president of Sony Entertainment Europe is showing The Getaway on PS3.

Details are still coming in, but the early word is that the thing is bloody amazing and looks like no digital recreation of London ever has. While the demonstration was devoid of driving or shooting, the game did display some incredible character models walking about a highly detailed English environment. Now, if only the power of PS3 can work out that poor camera just a bit.

They also ran the computer generated Spider-Man model from the actual Spider-Man 2 movie in real-time on PS3

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Is that real?Looks ugly to me.They should have had the same logo as the PS2 only with 2 changed to 3 IMO.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614619p1.html?fromint=1

They also ran the computer generated Spider-Man model from the actual Spider-Man 2 movie in real-time on PS3. Amazing.

[nO-One]

I actually like it, kinda PS2 updated, so far I\'ve liked both the Xbox and PS3 can\'t wait for the Revolution.

Anyhoo, here be the specs
CPU

      Cell Processor
      PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
      1 VMX vector unit per core
      512KB L2 cache
      7 x SPE @3.2GHz
      7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
      7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
      * 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for
      redundancy
      total floating point
      performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU

      RSX @550MHz
      1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
      Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
      Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound

      Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)

Memory

      256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth Main RAM 25.6GB/s
VRAM 22.4GB/s
RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read) System Floating Point Performance

      2 TFLOPS

Storage

      Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1

I/O

      USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
      Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
      SD standard/mini x 1
      CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1

Communication

      Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
      Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
      Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
      Controller
            Bluetooth (up to 7)
            USB 2.0 (wired)
            Wi-Fi (PSP)
            Network (over IP)
      AV Output
            Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
            HDMI: HDMI out x 2
            Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
            Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

            Disc Media
                  CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
                  DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
                  Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE.

7 bluetooth controllers support :eek:
For some reason though I dont like that wireless stuff.I hope thats an option

not impressed

Well they dont seem groundbraking enough.But I really wonder how games will look on it since numbers usually dont represent actual performance

Speak of the devil

May 16, 2005 - The first thing my editor-in-chief Jeremy Dunham said when Electronic Arts\' super producer Kudo showed Fight Night Round 3 on PS3 was, "It looks fugging awesome." Of course, he didn\'t actually say fugging, but you get the idea.


The game, according to our boys, looks absolutely amazing. "Totally real," in fact.
Dunham described a couple of fighters going at it, but didn\'t elaborate on who they were. He did describe facial rendering technology that allowed for physics on skin and bones that could actually break.

More details to follow.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614708p1.html

May 16, 2005 - Sony just demonstrated clips of a bunch of new PS3 games that were supposedly all real-time and all incredible.


We\'ll have full reports on all of these games within the next few hours, but right now the list looks a little something like,

Tekken -- Namco.

Killzone -- Guerilla

Vision Gran Turismo -- Polyphony Digital

Formula One -- Sony Liverpool

Untitled Old West Game -- Rockstar

Oh-Ni -- Koei

Mobile Suit Gundam -- Bandai

Devil May Cry 4 -- Capcom

Super Gory Wolfensdtein Style FPS -- Insomniac

Metal Gear Solid 4 -- Konami

PYEdentify Voice Recognition Game -- SCEA

Fifth Phantom Saga -- Sega

Heavenly Sword -- Sony

Warhawk -- Incognito

Killing Day -- Ubisoft

Motor Storm -- Evolution

[nO-One]

I\'m eagerly refreshing a bunch of websites, I want pics of the controller!!! I\'m curious to see if they\'ve changed anything

i hope not

I ve seen one and it\'s looking bad

REAALY BAD

There it is

[nO-One]

eegh yeah I was just going to post it, jeez that\'s horrible

baby jesus is crying

Cant believe Sony changed the design.Looks ugly uncomfortable the shoulder buttons seem wrongly placed.

[nO-One]

I\'ve finally relised what the console reminds me of, a Cray computer.