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Both Orbis and Durango should have Z-buffer and Color buffer compression to reduce the bandwidth required by the ROPs.

While HS is using an INT8 frame buffer, the pixel shaders are still done in FP32. Here's what Nao said on another forum: http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=75471

Can any programmers here answer my previous question on how the SPEs compare in general purpose code to the MIPS core in the EE. I just want a frame of reference on the leap in performance from last generation to the next.

How does a single SPE compare in general purpose performance with the MIPS core in the EE? Does the MIPS core have branch prediction?

Here's a quote from the Ps3 press release: "To match the accelerating convergence of digital consumer electronics and computer technology, PS3 supports high quality display in resolution of 1080p(*) as standard, which is far superior to 720p/1080i."...

Does the X360 have to bin the geometry into tiles just like PowerVR?

The point of my post was just to show that it's very easy to fudge the numbers to suit your agenda.

If the embedded memory bandwidth is going to be counted wouldn't it be fair to count memory bandwidth of the local store memory in the CELL SPEs? I believe the local stores run at 128-bit at 3.2Ghz. There's seven of them, so that would total 358.4 GB/sec. So total system bandwidth for the...

Well here's more on the subject: http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,95446,00.html?SKC=storage-95446

Optware's Collinear Holography together with Sony's blue laser diode ignites Sony's Holographic Optical Data Storage Development. http://www.optware.co.jp/english/what_040727.htm 1 Terabyte Sony Holo-Ray discs as a Blu-Ray successor?

Here's gamesindustry.biz's take on the article: "Latest leak from Microsoft's ATG looks like the real deal, according to developers A document purporting to be the currently planned specification for Microsoft's next-generation console has been leaked onto the Internet, and information in...

The rest of the article can be found here: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=231928

Lazy8s, Let's take Daytona as an example. It sustains less than 10 cars on screen, but it peaks at 40 cars on screen. So what you're saying is that we should just disregard the fact that 40 cars can be on screen. What about Shenmue 2? It only sustains about 3 or 4 characters on screen...

It is generally not a good idea to take a price from one country and convert it to another county's price based on exchange rate. Case in point, here are the launch prices for the PS2: US: $300 UK: £299 ( $552.83 ) JPN: 39,800 Yen ( $377.08 ) Here are the current prices for the...

Not nearly to the same degree, which was the point. What KOTOR allowed the player to determine was basically just the order that certain parts of its largely predefined story could be approached, and even then, choice was handled through a map screen as opposed to being integrated into the play...