Revolutionary Game Machine

Revolutionary Game Machine

  • Submitted By: alkan
  • Date Submitted: 11/25/2008 10:19 PM
  • Category: Technology
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Sonys Playstation 3, called a "revolutionary game machine"(Plunkett 13) with a Cell Processor which runs at the equivalent of 9 high-level Intel Pentium 4, dual-core computer processing units (CPUs) according to Sony. Given the gaming and the high-definition capabilities, as well as its affordability, the Playstation 3 is the product of choice for those looking for the next generation of gaming and video. So now that they next generation is upon us, we have a choice to make amongst the many competitors in the $7 billion video game industry (Christian Science Monitor).
This $7 billion industry comes in generations, with three main competitors fighting at a piece of the money bag in what is seen as the 3rd generation of 3-D game consoles. The three competitors, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Sonys Playstation 3 all bring their strengths and their weaknesses to the gaming industry, but the Playstation 3 looks to dominate this generation with the supercomputer of consoles. In order for the Playstation 3 to win the console war, as it is called, Sony has included the highly anticipated, cutting edge technology which is Blu-Ray discs, the power house of computer hardware which include the Cell Processor and the RSX "Reality Synthesizer" manufactured by nVidia, a leading name in graphics cards. The, appropriately named, RSX Reality Synthesizer was built specifically for the Playstation 3 and shares many similarities with another graphics card (or GPU- Graphics Processing Unit), the 7800 model which averages $250, that is half of the price of a Playstation 3 (nVidia). The Playstation 3 includes a removable laptop hard drive as well as a total 512 megabytes of RAM (random-access memory) consisting of 256 megabytes of super-fast XDR DRAM and 256 megabytes of GDDR3. All of this so that the premium in gaming entertainment can be brought to your home.
The Playstation 3 is just that, a premium gaming console. With more than 33 million...

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