The GTX 480 is currently rated at 1.35 Tflops of single precision performance, and 168 Gflops of double precision performance. A 15x increase assuming there are not major improvements in double precision performance, would lead to the numbers I've estimated.
I think you're doing that math wrong; if it has the same TDP as the GTX 480, maxwell should be approximately 15x more powerful. That means it'll be around 20 TFLOPS of single precision performance, or 2.52TFLOPS of double precision performance, assuming nothing is changed but the lithography.
Most customers disliked them, so they returned to the older more sturdy design.
It was to cut PS3 manufacturing costs. Had Sony not removed parts, there wouldn't have been a PS3 model for $399 in 2007.
The original launch 60GB and 20GB PS3s had all of the PS2 hardware which guaranteed basically 100% backwards compatibility. When the 80GB PS3 with 4 USB ports came out, Sony removed the Emotion Engine to reduce cost and instead had the Cell emulate this chip, which still allowed PS2 backward compatibility, but not as many titles were supported. Once the 40GB was released, Sony removed the Graphics Synthesizer as well which completely removed PS2 backwards compatibility.
Xbox Live and PSN have better communities than Steam?...
Not that I really like Destructoid that much, but it looks like Reach's scores are going to be great all around. I guess I'm gonna have to say goodbye to $60.
How is it contradictory? IGN gives every hyped game the same score regardless of quality.
Halo 3? 9.5
Resistance 2? 9.5
Gears of War 2?
Little Big Planet? 9.5
Killzone 2? 9.5
Uncharted 2? 9.5
Modern Warfare 2? 9.5
Halo Reach? 9.5
Not surprising that IGN would play it safe and give the game a 9.5 as they do with every hyped console exclusive shooter. Not saying that Halo Reach doesn't deserve the score, but that IGN reviews in general are mostly fan service and based on hype.
Still, I'll probably be picking Halo Reach up sometime this week.
Notice they didn't mention their soon to be biggest competitor, Android.
The Xbox is easier to emulate than the PS2 due to the PS2's MIPS based CPU and the fact that the Graphics Synthesizer has 4MB of eDRAM on a 2560-bit memory bus, giving it 48GB/s of memory bandwidth. It would be easier to emulate the Gamecube and Xbox on the PS3, despite the PS2 typically being the slowest of the 3 consoles last gen.
The PS3s that had PS2 emulation were only emulating the Emotion Engine. They still had the physical Graphics Synthesizer, so only the CPU would have to be emulated.
The issue with emulating the Graphics Synthesizer is that it has 4MB of eDRAM on a 2560-bit memory bus, giving it 48GB/s of memory bandwidth. In comparison, the PS3's CPU has 25.6GB/s of memory bandwidth, where the GPU has 22.4GB/s of bandwidth. This doesn't mean complete software emulation is impossible,...
Not really, as that's likely to happen. It would be funnier if the game ended up being worth the ridiculous wait.
There's not going to be any Source 2 for awhile, as Valve has recently updated the Source engine with Alien Swarm. Portal 2 will also be using this updated version that shows off a lot of dynamic lighting and shadows.
Apple tried to enter the console industry with the Apple Bandai Pippin 15 years ago.
Also, the new Apple TV uses the same CPU and GPU in the iPhone 4, so it has no chance of competing with the PS3 and 360 when talking about actual hardware power.
Most games will be bottlenecked by a mobile GPU long before a 2GHz Phenom II. I don't know what Intel's marketing has told you, but AMD's CPUs can play games fine despite being slower than Intel's Core i5/i7 line. I still prefer Intel CPUs for laptops due to their 32nm based i5 and i7 CPUs, but AMD's CPUs certainly aren't unusable.
High power consumption on a laptop GPU is not only an issue for heat, but battery life as well.
Also, Ge...
This guy is an idiot: "There’s a trendy pattern on this list… it usually includes a company that makes a laptop brand that features two things that you should avoid by now on your checklist of “features worth having when buying a gaming laptop” and those two include an AMD processor and anything ATI Radeon related."
While I don't usually recommend AMD CPUs for laptops, ATI undeniably makes the best current laptop GPUs. Nvidia simply has nothing that can compete ...
Since when does Xbox Live have clan support? You mean you can pay $10 to change your Gamertag? Also, both Steam and PSN show recent players; hell, Steam doesn't even have any friend cap at all. With real group support it is undeniably superior from a social aspect, and makes the PC the best for clan based games.
Too bad all of the original cases will be gone.