Sony displays Playstation 3

bananaman · May 17, 2005, 08:37 AM

see the info here:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050516-4912.html

Backwards compatibility with the Playstation and Playstation 2
Support for Blu-Ray, DVD, CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD-ROM, DVD+R, and DVD-R formats.
Storage options include a 2.5-inch removable hard drive, SD, Memory Stick Duo, and compact flash.
Connectivity options include Bluetooth (for the controllers), 802.11b (for PSP connectivity), Gigabit Ethernet, and USB 2.0
The Cell processor will run at 3.2GHz (same as the Xbox's 360's Xenon CPU)
Main memory is 256MB of RDRAM, and the machine will also have 256MB of 700MHz GDDR VRAM. (Compare the Xbox 360's single pool of 512MB of GDDR 3 DRAM.)
Video output can go as high as 1080p

nana

**MIG-31** · May 17, 2005, 03:03 PM

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May 17, 2005, 08:37 AM	#1
bananaman banana muncher Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,254 Rep Power: 64	Sony displays Playstation 3 see the info here: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050516-4912.html Backwards compatibility with the Playstation and Playstation 2 Support for Blu-Ray, DVD, CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD-ROM, DVD+R, and DVD-R formats. Storage options include a 2.5-inch removable hard drive, SD, Memory Stick Duo, and compact flash. Connectivity options include Bluetooth (for the controllers), 802.11b (for PSP connectivity), Gigabit Ethernet, and USB 2.0 The Cell processor will run at 3.2GHz (same as the Xbox's 360's Xenon CPU) Main memory is 256MB of RDRAM, and the machine will also have 256MB of 700MHz GDDR VRAM. (Compare the Xbox 360's single pool of 512MB of GDDR 3 DRAM.) Video output can go as high as 1080p nana __________________

May 17, 2005, 03:03 PM	#2
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