Originally Posted by
MickRussell
You do know the PS3 has a dedicated GPU, right? I stripped mine down (long story) and they run a nVidia 7300GS GPU. The cell processor ... seriously, there's a good reason that the majority of them built go into multi-million dollar super computers. Don't get me wrong, I think Sony Corporate are a bunch of a-holes, but it's the decisions that are the problem, not the technology. Microsoft made much better strategic decisions withe the 360 ... but the hardware is just plain flakey. In excess of 50% of units sold fail under warranty and most of the rest within 3 years after.
I don't bother with games on my PC any more. I suppose I could get any of the Quake or Doom series, since they all have naitve Linux binaries available, plus there are some interesting titles out there if you are inclined, I'm just not. I was running Call of Duty under WINE at one point. There were a few graphics glitches but otherwise performance was better than running it native on Windows, which surprised me. CoD2 needs DirectX so that was a no-show.