[hyltom]

I remember year ago, we were speaking about the power of the ps3 and that it will be a great machine to used with maxwellrender.
Today i read that yellow dog linux can be installed on the ps3...so my question is: Can it be a good deal...power/price? and can maxwellrender used all the power of the ps3?
Link to the news

[Tim Ellis]

Hee hee, here we go again.

I ran Linux on the PS2, with a Blender PS2 port, with the hope of using the graphics chips for real time rendering.

Well no chance of this ever working, unless the application is specifically optimised to run on Linux on the PS3.

You can check on my pains and progress in this thread here:- http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthr ... hlight=PS2

So the theory is yes, but Next Limit would need to code Maxwell specifically for the new GPU & PS3 mainbrain.

I'm all for it, but only if it can work. I'm not going to be the guinea pig this time round.

Tim.

[deadalvs]

anyone HAS a ps3 yet ?

[superbad]

Do you want one? They are readily available in the US. Good games not so much.

[Tim Ellis]

Should be out next week in the UK.

Tim.

[deadalvs]

hmm, yeah, i'm thinking of getting one... but not sure yet since i will not have time to play much anyway... :-/

motorstorm looks really cool !

are there blu-ray movies available in the US ?

[Boris Ulzibat]

Should be out next week in the UK.

Tim.

I will look at it at a game expo here in Moscow the next week too.
Guess it will be available after that %)

[Leonardo]

could someone remind me what was so special about the ps3?

[deadalvs]

could someone remind me what was so special about the ps3?

actuall... VERY good question ...

[Boris Ulzibat]

Hmmm...

An OctoCore 3.2 GHz processor maybe?

[Leonardo]

Hmmm...

An OctoCore 3.2 GHz processor maybe?

ohh, yeah! that sound nice... how much ram does it come with? can it be upgraded? Can you connect a keybord and mouse too?

[Boris Ulzibat]

Hmmm...

An OctoCore 3.2 GHz processor maybe?

ohh, yeah! that sound nice... how much ram does it come with? can it be upgraded? Can you connect a keybord and mouse too?

256 mb RAM, upgrades - doubtful.
Keyboard and mouse - almost sure, there were kb's ad mice for PS2...

[Leonardo]

256MB , I doub it would be anything more than a game console... oh wait, it is

[Boris Ulzibat]

256MB , I doub it would be anything more than game console... a wait, it is

Silly thing...
Who needs a game console, that is merely a game console these days?

[Leonardo]

I got a PS3

My wife wanted a game console... I wanted a big tv!

So I figure... hmmm blue -ray

Ubuntu runs great in it... but with 256mb of ram, I'm not installing Maxwell for now