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Post subject: PS3 as server? Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:43 am |
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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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Chips=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:01 am |
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I'm ghey 4 teh Hoff! |
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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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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:56 am |
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that was a stupid comment btw |
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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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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:20 pm |
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Bow down to the master |
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Joined: Sat May 28, 2005 8:48 pm Posts: 1007 Location: Edinburgh
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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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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:46 pm |
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Humping a Super Model |
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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?
_________________  LINUX : If it was any good, they'd charge for it. I want to die peacefully in my sleep just like my Grandad, not kicking and screaming like his passengers...
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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:47 pm |
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I have no idea. 
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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:47 pm |
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that was a stupid comment btw |
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Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:40 pm Posts: 109345 Location: manchester
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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm |
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Humping a Super Model |
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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 
_________________  LINUX : If it was any good, they'd charge for it. I want to die peacefully in my sleep just like my Grandad, not kicking and screaming like his passengers...
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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:48 am |
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Decidedly uninterested |
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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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gemma=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:15 pm |
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Made in Taiwan |
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Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:14 pm Posts: 3549 Location: Bonneville salt flats.
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Just hope the game server code is multithreaded.
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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:40 pm |
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I'm ghey 4 teh Hoff! |
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@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/jan07/4837Really 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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Post subject: Re: PS3 as server? Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:29 pm |
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that was a stupid comment btw |
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Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:40 pm Posts: 109345 Location: manchester
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me mate programs games on it and pc in machine code / c so ill get the low down off him
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