GamePro gets 360 Debug kit (power supply?)
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randycat99
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All these pics of the powerbrick, but no posts on what the power rating is marked on the case? I'm not trying to be facetious, but it seems to be the next logical question to tie a "wattage" to the size of the device we are seeing.
mckmas8808
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Mefisutoferesu said:
I'm just in shock. The thing looks as long as the Xbox 360 itself.
seismologist
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robofunk said:
If Sony can squeeze PS2 power into a system the size of the PSP. I'm betting there wont be a massive power supply like this on the PS3.
randycat99
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Well, I woudln't be surprised to see a similarly sized PS for PS3, at all. I don't imagine there is too much leeway to use more or less power once you have x amount of transistors on a y sized die. You want the processing power, you pack in the transistors, and you will have to pay the piper in wattage to make those transistors do work.
The only other thing that I'd expect could make any difference is if X360 PS happens not to be a switching power supply and PS3 PS happens to be one (entering extreme conjecture, here, given how little we really know about these devices other than a mere picture). I think the switching PS vs a conventional PS allows for some efficiency benefits and subsequentially an impact on construction size (the downside is cost, of course, but they are appearing in more and more CE devices, so they can't be too far off in that respect).
The only other thing that I'd expect could make any difference is if X360 PS happens not to be a switching power supply and PS3 PS happens to be one (entering extreme conjecture, here, given how little we really know about these devices other than a mere picture). I think the switching PS vs a conventional PS allows for some efficiency benefits and subsequentially an impact on construction size (the downside is cost, of course, but they are appearing in more and more CE devices, so they can't be too far off in that respect).
seismologist said:
Wow, worst comparison ever. The PSP is designed to be portable, it's was designed using a power saving architecture years ahead of the PS2.
The power requirements for Xbox 360 and PS3 are probably going to be about the same considering the components they're using. I wouldn't be surprised if the PS3 is even more power hungry then the 360, considering Cell and RSX will be clocked higher then their 360 equivalents.
DuckThor Evil
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seismologist said:
I don't really see how those two things are connected...
Anyway PS3 will consume enormous amount of power as is X360 atleast if one compares them to say PS2, which doesn't use that much. I think it's safe to say that the PS3 ps will be about the same size as seen on those X360 pics.
mckmas8808
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Dr Evil said:
I hope not. But if it is, then it is.
scooby_dooby
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I read that a dev on GAF was saying the final version is about the same size as a Gamecube PSU but not as fat, that's not so bad.
Wernt the older x800 ati cards clocked higher than the 6800's and were also less power hungry? and I beleive the 7800's are less power hungry than the new ATI cards.robofunk said:
I think it really depends on the efficiency of the hardware.
I wouldnt assume much yet. We dont know how much or less power the cell consumes compared to 3 intel processors, and we dont know which will be more efficient-- the rsx or xenos.
Dont jump the gun
Why don't you check the power supplies you can get for micro-sized PCs. They're much smaller than this ghostbuster trap, and they still contain five separate voltage rails like all PC supplies do. And no, they're not outrageously expensive either, a power supply doesn't contain any particulary esoteric components, it's all basic passive electronics stuff. Caps, resistors, coils, a diode here, a transistor there... Stuff like that. PC supplies are big because they're made that way. Not because you can't make them smaller.robofunk said:
Joe DeFuria
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seismologist said:
The power supply or his teeth?
Why is it THAT big?! Makes no sense, it's at least twice the size of other PSUs which have to draw the same amount of power X360 will if not more.
Thank god MS decided to go for an external PSU, i can only imagine how big the X360 would have been with an internal PSU.
Thank god MS decided to go for an external PSU, i can only imagine how big the X360 would have been with an internal PSU.
DuckThor Evil
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Bad_Boy said:
You do know that the processor in X360 is made by IBM right?.