I was just browsing CNN.com and saw that they're releasing a new PS3 this November...for $600!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a rip off!

I hope the boyfriend doesn't waste his money on that like he did on the XBOX360

PS3 vs. XBOX 360


PS3:

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

Graphics: NVDIA RSX @550MHz

• 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
  
• Dual screen output, each up to 1080p resolution (1950x1080)
  
  Memory:
  
  [LIST]
• 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
  
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

Memory Bandwidth:

• Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
  
• VRAM: 22.4GB/s
  
• RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
  
• SB: 2.5GB/s

Floating Point Performance:

• 2.18 Teraflops

HDD:

• Detachable 2.5" HDD (size TBA)

Communication:

• 3x Ethernet
  
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g (built-in)
  
• Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

I/O:

• up to 7 wireless controllers (Bluetooth)
  
• 4x Front USB (2.0)
  
• 2x Rear USB (2.0)
  
• 1x Memory Stick Standard/Duo, PRO x 1
  
• 1x SD standard/mini
  
• 1x CompactFlash (Type I,II) x 1

AV Connections:

• 2x HDMI, Optical Audio, AV Multi

Video Output:

• 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p

Audio Output:

• Dolby 5.1, DTS, LPCM, etc.

Disc Media:

• CD: CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, DualDisc
  
• DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
  
• Blu-ray Disc: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

Backwards Compatible?

• Compatible with PlayStation & PlayStation 2

XBOX 360:

CPU: Custom IBM PowerPC CPU

• 3 symmetrical cores @3.2GHz each
  
• 2 hardware threads per core, 6 total
  
• VMX-128 vector unit per core; 3 total
  
• 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
  
• 1 MB L2 cache

Graphics: Microsoft/ATI @500MHz

• 10 MB of embedded DRAM
  
• 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
  
• Unified shader architecture
  
• 48 billion shader operations per second

Memory:

• 512MB GDDR3 RAM

Memory Bandwidth:

• 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
  
• 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
  
• 21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Flating Point Performance:

• 1 Teraflop

HDD:

• Detachable 20GB

Communication:

• Ethernet
  
• Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g (optional extra)

I/O:

• up to 4 wireless controllers
  
• 3x USB 2.0 ports
  
• 2x memory unit slots

AV Connections:

• Componet, composite, VGA, Optical Audio

Video Output:

480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i

Audio Output:

• Multi-channel surround sound output
  
• Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
  
• 320 independent decompression channels
  
• 32-bit audio processing
  
• Over 256 audio channels

Disc Media:

• CD: CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
  
• DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW

Backwards Compatible?

• "Selected Backward COmpatibility"

I asked Marcus how they compare tonight and he said he won't waste his money before I even asked!

He says that by the time it's released it'll probably be at least 800$, if not more. That's horrid. I thought that his freaking 360 was expensive!

The PS3 is the better of the two.. It is also going to be the last system that PlayStation makes...


Well that's been the rumor for the last couple years anyway...