Dark Zero
13-12-2004, 12:27 PM
NVIDIA: PS3 GPU 50 times more powerful than PS2's GS
PS3 GRAPHICS CHIP MOST POWERFUL YET - SAY NVIDIA
nVidia claim PS3 GPU "far more powerful" than anything they've previously worked on
11:26 While the arrival of PS3 is still far off into the mists of 2006, the images we're getting in our heads of how delicious the visuals are going to look are getting better and better.
After nVidia confirmed the long-held assumption that they were working with Sony on the PS3's graphics (get the lowdown here), further details about just how powerful the chip will be have emerged.
Speaking at a Silicon Valley press conference, nVidia president Jen-Hsun Huang confirmed that the company has already been working on the chip for an extended time and suggested that it would be in the region of 50 times more powerful than the PS2's graphics chip.
This was backed up by nVidia's executive vice president of marketing Dan Vivoli in comments made to the San Jose Mercury. ``This chip is going to be far more powerful than anything we've done before," he said, before reinforcing that work has been in progress for around 18 months.
nVidia have years of experience producing advanced graphics chips for PC gaming. While the PS3 chip will incorporate many elements of nVidia's next-generation PC graphics technology, it is being designed as a standalone unit and is not based on existing PC architecture.
nVidia's previously developed the GPU (graphical processing unit) for Microsoft's Xbox. Despite rivals ATI securing the contract to develop the GPUs for Xbox 2 and Nintendo's next-gen console (catch up here) the PS3 contract could be hugely lucrative for nVidia as their technology will also be used in Sony's consumer electronics devices like DVD players and digital TVs.
More jargon-loaded graphics news for all the next-gen consoles as it appears.
Whaddya think?
PS3 GRAPHICS CHIP MOST POWERFUL YET - SAY NVIDIA
nVidia claim PS3 GPU "far more powerful" than anything they've previously worked on
11:26 While the arrival of PS3 is still far off into the mists of 2006, the images we're getting in our heads of how delicious the visuals are going to look are getting better and better.
After nVidia confirmed the long-held assumption that they were working with Sony on the PS3's graphics (get the lowdown here), further details about just how powerful the chip will be have emerged.
Speaking at a Silicon Valley press conference, nVidia president Jen-Hsun Huang confirmed that the company has already been working on the chip for an extended time and suggested that it would be in the region of 50 times more powerful than the PS2's graphics chip.
This was backed up by nVidia's executive vice president of marketing Dan Vivoli in comments made to the San Jose Mercury. ``This chip is going to be far more powerful than anything we've done before," he said, before reinforcing that work has been in progress for around 18 months.
nVidia have years of experience producing advanced graphics chips for PC gaming. While the PS3 chip will incorporate many elements of nVidia's next-generation PC graphics technology, it is being designed as a standalone unit and is not based on existing PC architecture.
nVidia's previously developed the GPU (graphical processing unit) for Microsoft's Xbox. Despite rivals ATI securing the contract to develop the GPUs for Xbox 2 and Nintendo's next-gen console (catch up here) the PS3 contract could be hugely lucrative for nVidia as their technology will also be used in Sony's consumer electronics devices like DVD players and digital TVs.
More jargon-loaded graphics news for all the next-gen consoles as it appears.
Whaddya think?