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"ps2 vs pIII 733mhz"

I love the ps2 with its dvd, cool graphics, wicked games but it doesent stand a chance against my dell 733mhz with a geFORCE 64mb graphics card. What I am trying to say is that they are over exagerating the ps2 make it seem god like. The fact is that pc's will always be 1 step ahead.

Grix Thraves wrote:
> Err... That's more than slighty wrong...
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> Bits mean hardly anything at all. The real power comes from the
> memory and processor.
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> Why do I keep repeating myself?
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> X-Box is a 32 bit system. Gamecubes main processor runs at 64 bit.
> Makes an iota of a difference.

you are dam right and also with a 733mhz processer and god knows what else

von wrote:
> Anybody worked out the correct formula ?
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> Come on bot, take all the time that you need...

sorry von i just finished year 8 a few days ago i want to get as far away from algebra, division and geomitry as i can (aend spieleling)

If the PC is so much better, why are playstations still around? Clearly the PC has other advantages for things like word processors etc... , but it couldn`t possibly be any better because people wouldn`t bother buying consoles. Obviously there is the price issue, but don`t forget that a £500 PC today has printers and all the other extras involved, so when it is broken up the price is not all that different, and yet the PS is so popular.

Why would Sony, and huge technology developer come up with a system that is dated in comparison to what is already around? The answer is they wouldn`t, and didn`t.

So basically PS2 is a slight rehash of the old one.

I think we should stop this arguement. I don't enjoy argueing. Well, not anymore, anyway...

Twas only updated cosmetically, and fine tuned - not ipgraded ie new graphics card, more ram, new sound card, new io bus, new motherboard, new sound card, new keyboard'n'mouse... My argument stands.

Need I, Need I...

The reason why the xbox needs so much ram, is that it is still using the standard IBM code (086...), which is roughly about 20 years out dated, and extremly memory needing. The new breed use RISC (reduced instruction set code)machines , which are roughly 8 time less complicated and a lot faster.

That's why !

The PS was not only updated, but was thrown away, basically. The fact it can play old PS games makes no difference.


You kind of ruined your arguement as well, as the ORIGINAL playstation was updated after some years, so the PS2 will also be updated. So it is a constant. The next constant will be a PS3.

Need I remind you of the speed of the processor?

The speeds are about the same. Perhaps PS2 is lower. Anyway, the memory in the PS2 is pretty s***e, and you can get better standard memory in a X-Box, which has the same specs as the PC mentioned. Ish.

I don't think we should say that the PS2 is a constant. We don't even know it's future - yet we do know the Pc's past. Fair enough, the PC will always be a machine to upgrade - but think about this. How often do you change your pc? ( when you get to the point where your mother board can't sustain the speed, nor can the ram etc...). I Would say about every 3-5 years. The original playstaion has only been upgraded after 5 years...

So you're telling me, that if you had 32 people filling buckets with water - which you had to fill a swimming pool with, and your competitor had 128 people filling their buckets - both working @ the same time; there would be no differnce ?