I have no idea.
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| Author: | EkO=GCHQ= [ Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | PS3 as server? |
From reading around the place, I was wondering how good a PS3 would be at running online servers, for example COD4? It has a multicore processor etc..and full linux capabilities, but how good would it be at running our servers for example? Linux g33ks, and answer please! |
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| Author: | Chips=GCHQ= [ Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
They've got precious little memory, and by precious little, i mean next to none (256Mb). Otherwise, they'd be ideal surely? |
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| Author: | happyslappy [ Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
i dunno how powerfull the main processors are - it might be great at gaming but thats all the support chips doing that. also there would be no binarys for it so would be the real sticking point |
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| Author: | Disco_jim [ Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
CPU: Cell Processor * PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz * 1 VMX vector unit per core * 512KB L2 cache * 7 x SPE @3.2GHz * 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs * 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE * * 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS GPU: RSX @550MHz * 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance * Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels * Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines Memory: * 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz * 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz System Bandwidth: * Main RAM: 25.6GB/s * VRAM: 22.4GB/s * RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read) * SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read) |
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| Author: | EkO=GCHQ= [ Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
Disco_jim wrote: CPU: Cell Processor * PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz * 1 VMX vector unit per core * 512KB L2 cache * 7 x SPE @3.2GHz * 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs * 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE * * 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS GPU: RSX @550MHz * 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance * Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels * Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines Memory: * 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz * 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz System Bandwidth: * Main RAM: 25.6GB/s * VRAM: 22.4GB/s * RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read) * SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read) Yeah, that's the specs, but what does that relate to real world as a linux based server? Compared to say, what we have already? |
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| Author: | Disco_jim [ Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
I have no idea.
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| Author: | happyslappy [ Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
http://www.hardforum.com/archive/index. ... 44148.html |
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| Author: | EkO=GCHQ= [ Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
Cheers, and answer I finally understand Still going to be installing linux on it though, just for a handy second pc plugged into the tv 
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| Author: | LeBeourfCurtaine [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
The Cell chip is good for scientific calculations (hallo Folding@home), so if you were trying to encrypt lots of stuff quickly it might be a handy appliance. The main problem with linux on PS3 is that IIRC there isn't a wireless driver..... |
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| Author: | gemma=GCHQ= [ Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
Just hope the game server code is multithreaded. |
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| Author: | Chips=GCHQ= [ Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
@Beefy - Aye, get a nice molecule on that folding thing, does it in 8 hours on the PS3... whereas my dual core gave a 100 days i think  From what I hear, when it comes to number crunching, the cells are excellent. However, whilst most of the posts made in the link to a forum from Slappy's post were crap, I found this link contained in the thread interesting  http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jan07/4837 Really have to sift through the thread to find interesting or accurate information in the sea of speculation, fabrication - or outright talking out of asses. Some good stuff, but so much fanboy stuff it's annoying
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| Author: | happyslappy [ Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PS3 as server? |
me mate programs games on it and pc in machine code / c so ill get the low down off him |
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