CONFIRMED: PS3 to use "Nvidia-based Graphics processor&

[Farid]

THat's the first time I see this gamespot's article!
I was just referring to the the fact some guy (a couple of months ago I believe..) told us that the PS3 GPU was indeed developed by nvidia..ehhe..he was right

ciao,
Marco

I wasn't referring to the GS article, but to the Nvidia news (Hence the caps on THIS news).
The link to the GS video was there just because you asked about Hofstee comments on Cell having on die graphics related hardware.

Anyway this Nvidia stuff must sound like a nice melody in your
ears... No more software clipping to do...

 

[London Geezer]

Well they can still employ D&G for the look of PS3 and NASA for 1000-year-life nuclear powered batteries, to make PS3 truly wireless.

(Oh, OT, but i spoke to Stefano Gabbana, of Dolce&Gabbana, on sunday night in a club!!!)

 

[London Geezer]

And i guess this puts a big SHUT UP to people worrying about PS3 not having "basic rendering techniques like bilinear filtering" from the start....

 

[Mummy]

And i guess this puts a big SHUT UP to people worrying about PS3 not having "basic rendering techniques like bilinear filtering" from the start....

Well, considering the ps2's GS you can't really blame them, i always thought that a PS3 with a "GS2" would loose against Xbox2, much calculation power wasted with a stupid rasterizer, but now things will change and looks like M$ will have its second blow in the face by Sony. IMO

 

[hey69]

Well they can still employ D&G for the look of PS3 and NASA for 1000-year-life nuclear powered batteries, to make PS3 truly wireless.

(Oh, OT, but i spoke to Stefano Gabbana, of Dolce&Gabbana, on sunday night in a club!!!)

whoah cool you met him my colleguewas in manhattan last week and he met Paris hilton in a club .. eeh back on to NVIDIA for eveyrbody!

 

[nAo]

GS has bilinear filtering (and trilinear too!) but it does use a weird (and a completely fucked up) formula to estimate the per-pixel LOD factor.

 

[PC-Engine]

There's more folks. A little bird told me the GPU/VPU may have some Gigapixel tech....which kinda syncs with the rumors of TBR...

Time for certain individuals to change their panties...

 

[London Geezer]

And i guess this puts a big SHUT UP to people worrying about PS3 not having "basic rendering techniques like bilinear filtering" from the start....

Well, considering the ps2's GS you can't really blame them, i always thought that a PS3 with a "GS2" would loose against Xbox2, much calculation power wasted with a stupid rasterizer, but now things will change and looks like M$ will have its second blow in the face by Sony. IMO

Well, the "winner" never is about the power of the machine, so we'll have to wait and see who gets... blown... errr....

Ps3 is getting sexier by the day IMO.

So, if the GPU is Cell based, what will Nvidia take care of? To summarise things...

 

[Mummy]

Well, the "winner" never is about the power of the machine, so we'll have to wait and see who gets... blown... errr....

Ps3 is getting sexier by the day IMO.

So, if the GPU is Cell based, what will Nvidia take care of? To summarise things...

Sure, but PS3 isnt only about power, you know, "PLAYSTATION", it says it all, ppl would buy even if it was a washing machine

So now powerful brand + powerful hardware + powerful rasterizer = M$ screwed

 

[Tuttle]

And i guess this puts a big SHUT UP to people worrying about PS3 not having "basic rendering techniques like bilinear filtering" from the start....

Well, considering the ps2's GS you can't really blame them, i always thought that a PS3 with a "GS2" would loose against Xbox2, much calculation power wasted with a stupid rasterizer, but now things will change and looks like M$ will have its second blow in the face by Sony. IMO

Are you actually being serious???

The PS2 GS has managed to power 75+ million pieces of hardware and hold its own not only against technology released a year later and but technology that was significantly more expensive.

Bravo Sony.

 

[Mummy]

Are you actually being serious???

The PS2 GS has managed to power 75+ million pieces of hardware and hold its own not only against technology released a year later and but technology that was significantly more expensive.

Bravo Sony.

Yes, im serious, its not the GS who held its own against XBox, but more the developers that had to do voodoo magic to get something decent out of it.

If most developers were on XBox, the poor GS wouldnt hold a candle against NV2A, IMO.

 

[j^aws]

There's more folks. A little bird told me the GPU/VPU may have some Gigapixel tech....which kinda syncs with the rumors of TBR...

Time for certain individuals to change their panties...

Done...panties changed!

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16124&highlight=tbdr

 

[London Geezer]

Sure, but PS3 isnt only about power, you know, "PLAYSTATION", it says it all, ppl would buy even if it was a washing machine

So now powerful brand + powerful hardware + powerful rasterizer = M$ screwed

Yeah i get your point, and i'm not saying i disagree, but the thread is about something else that's all, i was trying to keep things on topic.

Now, next question is, They've been working together for the last 2 years, and it never spilled out!!! That's quite some secrecy in there... People "thought " something was brewing but they kept the secret very very well...

 

[Mummy]

Oh yeah, i get your point too, sorry for talking about the "other camp" in this thread , hope its not getting closed because of flamers

 

[Vince]

Well, the "winner" never is about the power of the machine, so we'll have to wait and see who gets...

No, but as I've said before Why XBox? I mean, there's Halo and then there's it;'s graphics and then there's Halo. What happens when Sony launches it's superior brand with superior marketing and a significantly superior platform against the Xbox. Why XBox then?

 

[Mummy]

indeed.. 8)

 

[London Geezer]

Well, the "winner" never is about the power of the machine, so we'll have to wait and see who gets...

No, but as I've said before Why XBox? I mean, there's Halo and then there's it;'s graphics and then there's Halo. What happens when Sony launches it's superior brand with superior marketing and a significantly superior platform against the Xbox. Why XBox then?

Again, i'm not disagreeing at all, as i said, PS3 looks sexier by the day, i'm just trying to keep things on topic, and i already asked 2 questions on the original topic that it would be nice to know the answer

 

[Tuttle]

Are you actually being serious???

The PS2 GS has managed to power 75+ million pieces of hardware and hold its own not only against technology released a year later and but technology that was significantly more expensive.

Bravo Sony.

Yes, im serious, its not the GS who held its own against XBox, but more the developers that had to do voodoo magic to get something decent out of it.

If most developers were on XBox, the poor GS wouldnt hold a candle against NV2A, IMO.

 

[McFly]

Someone please clarify...how many freaking partners do have for the SCE PS3 project?

Still room for at least two more, one for the I/O chip and one for sound...

And one for the Cell OS.

Apple IBM merger rumors where in the news yesterday. Cell technology would be amazing for Apple and so would be a OS X Cell OS for Sony ... but I guess that's just me dreaming.

Fredi

 

[j^aws]

indeed.. 8)

We still have to thank MS for this news as this wouldn't have happened without them! ... I luv competition! 8)