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PC GPU comparable to PS3

Yes it came out about 2 years ago :D

But seriously, it's not quite so easy to do a side by side comparison between the consoles graphical abilities to a PC's GPU card, from a technical point of view, theres other factors and different architectures etc
 
PS3 had an early special type Nvidia 7900 Card when PC had the 7800GTX, then shortly after PC got the 7900GTX and that was end of story for PS3 having better graphics.

Being argued 100x here.

Im only talking hardware BTW.
 
Think it's down to the hardware architecture/implementations being different, I'm not clued up on the ins and outs but have read various articles in mags and on the net covering this, it's not simply down to comparing GPU's

Suppose consoles are static whereas there are threads here discussing what cards ATI and Nvidia are bringing out this month...........
 
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with the shading abilities and everythign that the cell can help out with, id say it was around the raw performance of somewhere between the 8600gt and 8800gt. closer to the 8600gt.
 
put it this way , the ps3 cant render cod4 at 1080p, it does it at lower res and upscales it (640p i heard).

8800 series can render cod4 at 1080p no probs

also, thnk of the AA capabilities of the 8800 series and its clear its leagues ahead.
 
I dont see what the Cell CPU would have to do with the GPU, it was still some kind of custom 7900 series, so was left well behind when the 8800GTX came out.

There was a massive flame thread about this and yes the OP posted it in the non Console section, probably knew what would happen.
 
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helmutcheese said:
I dont see what the Cell CPU would have to do with the GPU, it was still some kind of custom 7900 series, so was left well behind when the 8800GTX came out.

Ther was a massive flame thread about this and yes the OP posted it in the non Console section, probably knew what would happen.
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because shader routines can be written on the spu's. although 'shader routine' isnt only for graphics work, they can be used for culling, streamlining and general optimisation of the graphics which obviously leads to faster performance overall. trust me, it has quite a lot to do with it:)
neocon said:
put it this way , the ps3 cant render cod4 at 1080p, it does it at lower res and upscales it (640p i heard).

8800 series can render cod4 at 1080p no probs

also, thnk of the AA capabilities of the 8800 series and its clear its leagues ahead.
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thats why i said 8600.
 
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no, i love my ps3. i love my 8800gtx, too (neocon) so im lucky im not biased in any way:)


asfor that cod4 thing, wether it really can do better or not, its important to note that its rendered in the fashion because its a port of the 360 engine which also renders the same way, much like other ps3 games do. i assume they just thought that if it ran well enough there was little point in re-writing the cod4 engine too much for the ps3. makes sense really - the less they have to do, the more profit they make:)
 
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With PS3 the Cell processor is just as much a component of the graphics system as the GPU (RSX) is, so to compare like for like is only telling half the story.

I believe it's based on the 7800GTX family but clocked faster and with increased cache sizes and other customizations making it suited to PS3's architecture, although not a great deal is known about it to be honest.
 
helmutcheese said:
But do we agree consoles Suck ? :p
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Have been a PC gamer all my life, but recently got a 360 and am loving it. Still keeping the PC to play shooters, but haven't even been tempted to go back to it yet.

Am going from a 8800GTS G92 to a 7900GS, so that its enough to play games with medium/low settings. Don't think I will be spending very much time on the PC from now on.

Consoles do not suck. And its great to be able to kick back in the comfort of my bean bags to play games :D
 
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With PS3 the Cell processor is just as much a component of the graphics system as the GPU (RSX) is, so to compare like for like is only telling half the story.

I believe it's based on the 7800GTX family but clocked faster and with increased cache sizes and other customizations making it suited to PS3's architecture, although not a great deal is known about it to be honest.
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Its a fact the GPU is a custom build 7900 series before we had that on the PC, we had 7800 series then.

Like for like the PC GPU's for 2+ years now are more powerfull than any Consoles GPU and the Cell and Tri core CPU's sound good but you can read they aint that special compaired to current CPU's for PC's

The fact ramains a Console is static hardware and can be far more optimised, but I have and will keep telling anyone who asks the above that a PS3 has a custom build early 7900 series Nvidia GPU. :)
 
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oh stop going on lol the point is, the spu's can be used to accelerate graphics which puts the ps3's capabilities as a whole above that of the gpu alone. thus you cant compare it to a 7900. whether it is based on a 7800 or 7900 really makes no difference at all. besides, the 7900 is just a 7800 anyway. to put it accurately, the nvidia rsx is based on the g71.

stop trying to make a point that current pc hardware is faster. that has nothing to do with the topic of this post.
 
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The OP asked for comparison on the GPU for a PC and PS3 IMO, thats what I gave him end off ;).

I aint talking CPU's or Physics Cards etc etc and at the end of the day the PC can put out a far better higher res looking game than any console and all in DX10+P.S 4.0 if thats what you really want to know.

Again this thread topic has been aked about 100x here and search would ahve shown answers.
 
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helmutcheese said:
The OP asked for comparison on the GPU for a PC and PS3 IMO, thats what I gave him end off ;).

I aint talking CPU's or Physics Cards etc etc and at the end of the day the PC can put out a far better higher res looking game than any console and all in DX10+P.S 4.0 if thats what you really want to know.
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he asked what gpu would be comparable. he didnt need you telling him that the 8800's were faster. well blow me.....of course they are. im hoping you do have something constructive to add?
 
Looking at the specs, as far as raw specs of the RSX are concerned, the 7950 GT is closest, although compared with the 'real deal' it's a bit on the bandwidth starved side.
 
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