Umfrage XBOX360 vs. Sunny´s PS3

[KSpeedy89]

Meine Begründung, warum die XBox360 besser ist als die PS 3, auf englisch, da ich das zuerst in einem internationalem Forum gepostet habe. Für diesem Vergleich habe ich etwa 2 Stunden gebraucht.
Em, kann das sein, dass ich das schon mal geposet habe? :?

OK, i'll give you the infos which console is better.
Lets start:

CPU:

The XBox 360 has a modified PowerPC from IBM, called "Xenon". It has got 3 parallel cores, each clocked with 3,2 Ghz. The L2 Cache is 2 MB big.
The CPU of he PS 3 is the "Cell"-Chip, developed by Toshiba, Sony and IBM. Well, it hasn't got 7 "cores", it's got a "main" core called "Power Processing Element" and six accessible "Synergistic Processing Elements". Each SPE is clock with 3,2 Ghz.
These "cores" aren't set up like the cores of the XBox 360.
The archicecture of the Cell-Chip is much more complicated. So the programming isn't easy on the PS3.

GPU:

The XBox 360's GPU is by ATI. The GPU is called "C1" or "Xenos". This GPU is based on the GPU of the X1900 series.
So, the Xenos has 48 shader units, a X1900 has 48 shader units, too. The Xenos is clocked with 500 Mhz.
Shader are used to render several lightning and shadowing effects, also reflections etc. The more, the better.

Now, the X1900 can render High Dynamic Range (imitates the change of bright/dark or dark/bright of the human eye) and anti aliasing (smooth the edges) at the same time. To render the anti aliasing without decreasing performance, the Xenos has got a daughter chip with 14 MB embedded Memory. 14 MB are enough to render 4x anti-aliasing.

The new thing of the Xenos is the unified shader architecture. Pixel Pipelines (renders the color, textures, effects etc.) and vertex pipelines (renders the geometry) aren't seperated any longer. They have become unified, so the GPU can dymanically decide how many pixel or vertex pipelines it should use. To the pixel- and vertex pipelines is a new pipeline, called geometry pipelines. Those pipelines "pimp" the infos of the vertex pipelines.

The GPU of the PS 3 is the Reality Synthesizer (short RSX) of nVidia, clocked with 550 Mhz. That GPU is based on a Geforce 7800 series. That means: Like on the desktop GPU, no HDR and AA at the same time. And the RSX has no unified shaders. It has got 24 pixel pipelines, each pipeline has 1 shader, makes 24 pixel shader units. It has got 8 vertex pipelines, each pipeline 1 shader, makes 8 vertex shader units. These are 32 shader units.

Memory:

The XBox 360 has the unified Memory architecture. The memory for GPU and system is dynamically shared and clocked with 700 MHz. The XBox 360 has 512 MB GDDR3 memory. The GPU can use up to 490 MB from the Memory. But only if no maps or curcuits must be loaded during the game, of course.

The PS 3 has 256 MB XDR system memory and 256 MB memory (clocked with 550 Mhz) for the GPU. Well, it's a little limitation. The GPU can't use some memory of the system memory, it's seperated.

Sound:

The XBox 360 has 256 audio channles which generate Dolby Digital 5.1. The sample rate is 48 Khz and 16 bit.
The PS 3 generates formates like Dolby Digital 7.1, Dolby TrueHD and other.

Storage:

The XBox 360 uses normal DVDs. The capacity of DVDs are up to 9,4 GB (dual layer). A HD-DVD-Player is available for the XBox 360. Its maximal capacity is 30 GB in dual layer format. Games on the XBox 360 can be saved with a 64 MB or 512 MB Memory Unit. Or you can use a HDD with 20 GB or 120 GB. Its interface is SATA and spins with 5400 rpm.

The PS 3 uses Blu-Ray discs and the maximum capacity is 50 GB in dual layer format. Why 50 GB? Because the laser for Blu Ray discs is blue. It can read more excactly then normal red laser for DVDs. So you can "put" more capacity on a disc.
The PS 3 has a HDD in 20/40 and 80 GB. It has the SATA interface.

The advantage for the Blu Ray is the capacity. But its very expensive. The advantage for the HD-DVD is the cheap production.

Games:

The XBox 360 has very good exclusive games like the Halo, Project Gotham Racing and Forza Motorsport series. The multi-format games are very good converted and run smoothly.

The PS 3 has exclusive games like the Gran Tursimo, Killzone and Metal Gear series. You see, multi-format games don't run smoothly on the PS3. Like i said, it's hard to optimize a game on the Cell-Chip.

For both consoles: You can play games of the previous generation. But, you need a HDD for the XBox 360. On the HDD is a emulator. And the new PS 3 has no backward compatibility anymore.

Problems:

Well, the XBox 360 isn't a solid console. Freezes and technical problems seem to be normal. My xBox 360 is still alive, but how long?
But i think the PS 3 must fight with some problems, too.
One reason why the XBox 360 freezes is that there isn't enough space. So, you only need some space, approx. 25 cm behind and 10 cm on the side to keep your 360 cool. The power supply of the XBox 360 has a fan. Try to make some space for it, too.

General:

With the XBox 360, Microsoft continues with the online platform "XBox Live!". It has etablished to a very good platform.
Well, Sony's PS 3 hasnt got any innovations. The SixAxis-Controller for example. It's like on the Wii, but the Wii is bette. Or the online platform: Like on the xBox 360, but the XBox 360 better...
And the high price isn't OK. Of course, you got the Cell-Chip, but it's hard to develope a game on 7 "cores"! You got a Blu-Ray Drive, but it isn't decided yet which format makes the race. Sony should have solve that problem like Microsoft: An additional Drive to connect on the console seperatly.

I also got a link with comparion form IGN:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/617/617951p1.html

---All in all, the XBox 360 is better.---