Author Topic: Seriously, How many Floating points does PS3 really have? (Read 1623 times)

Paul2 · « **on:** November 08, 2005, 11:29:47 PM »

I read that PS3 can do 256 GFLOPs (billion of floating points per sec), 1.8 TFLOPs (trillion of floating points per sec), and even 2 TFLOPs.

So, which is it?

How many is that compare to PS2 which I believe PS2 does only 6.2 GFLOPs...

« **Reply #1 on:** November 09, 2005, 03:51:43 AM »

how many floating points? toss it in a pool and see how much of it stays above water. ^_^ if you\'re saying "how many floating points", chances are you don\'t know enough for it to have any meaning to you. don\'t worry about it.

« **Reply #2 on:** November 09, 2005, 04:58:56 AM »

So many tech questions....which none of them give really usefull insight.

I wanna know things like ;

- vertex fillrate to gauge how many polygons and curved surfaces it\'ll do within a realtime game engine.

- how many lightsources it can use ingame and what shadowtechniques can be used.

- what programmed/scripted shaders and deformers can be used ingame.

raw numbers say very little...

Jumpman · « **Reply #3 on:** November 09, 2005, 05:22:45 AM »

im going to say...67

Blade · « **Reply #4 on:** November 09, 2005, 05:52:20 AM »

Paul: You might be getting confused because PS3 uses a scaling architecture.

There\'s your answer. The PS3 itself will top out at 2TFLOPS total (RSX + 1 Cell) but Cell workstations and processing farms may contain upwards of 100-1000 Cells. I\'d suspect that future supercomputers may take advantage.

GmanJoe · « **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2005, 06:21:38 AM »

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Originally posted by Blade

Is that a salami hanging above that graphic?

« **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2005, 06:36:15 AM »

Yeah, better eat it up quickly before some dude pops it into....

« **Reply #7 on:** November 09, 2005, 12:02:29 PM »

They should have had a PS3 in the Titanic.

« **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2005, 12:06:43 PM »

The movie ? :rolleyes:

Evi · « **Reply #9 on:** November 09, 2005, 01:38:34 PM »

The read that the CELL chip can do around 256 GFLOPS...everything else seems like inflated bullsh^t.

« **Reply #10 on:** November 09, 2005, 02:03:31 PM »

Yea but the PS3 is backwards compatible with PS2 and PS1 so if you add all that up it\'s 2TFlops

GmanJoe · « **Reply #11 on:** November 09, 2005, 02:07:03 PM »

2TFlops sounds like titty flops. I think the PS3 needs a good bra.

Paul2 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 09, 2005, 09:47:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Avatarr
how many floating points? toss it in a pool and see how much of it stays above water. ^_^

LOL.

« **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2005, 05:23:09 AM »

FLOPS=floating operations if I am not mistaken?

Blade · « **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2005, 05:28:15 AM »

FLoating Point Operations Per Second.

(I knew that. Remind me not to post directly after I get up.)

Hello

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