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The CPU processor of both the PS3 and Xbox 360 are powerful units that enable these consoles the ability to play game titles with intense graphics, sound and multimedia capability. Let’s take a look at some of the differences.
The PS3 console utilizes a Cell Processor that delegates 8 other SPC (Synegistic Processor Elements) vector processors which allow it to run multiple tasks at 3.2 GHz. (PS2 had a single processing 128-bit CPU that runs at a 294.912 MHz). It has the ability to deliver streaming video, surf the web and work well with many media devices. Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the processor, it has delayed the development of game titles for the console. The PS3 has not been able to fully show off its power potential since programmers have only been able to utilize a portion of the system’s memory capacity to create the games. Since its release in 2006, (the Xbox 360 was released in 2005) the PS3 is still struggling to keep up with the number of game titles design titles released by the Xbox 360.
Blu-ray vs. the Red LED Laser
A big feature difference when comparing the Xbox 360 vs PS3 is how they each read data. The Xbox 360 incorporates the use of the red LED laser. Since the release of CD/DVD media, a red LED laser has been the original standard to read these types of disks. The space on these types of DVD (and game) disks is 4.7 GB on a single layer format. This limits the Xbox 360 it to only playing DVDs and games in this standard format. (If you want to watch DVDs in HD-DVD format, you will have to buy the optional HD-DVD player and attach it to your console).
The release of the Blu-ray laser has enabled DVD media to expand its space capacity to 25 GB on a single layer disk (50GB on a dual layer). The PS3 console has incorporated the Blu-ray into its design, which gives it the potential to create larger (and hopefully longer) titles with more space hogging intense graphics and game action capability. However, despite this great capability (which added an additional $100 to the cost of the console), players are still waiting for the release of game titles that fully utilize this feature.
PS3 320 vs Xbox 360
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