OT: RE: [rescue] XBOX vs PS2

[George Adkins]

> > > > I'll stick with my PS2.  A nice R5600/200 or so Mhz MIPS processor,
> > > > lots of memory IO...and TWO vector processing engines.
> >
> > Not R5600.  The CPU2 core is the TX5900, which executes an extended
> > R5000 instruction set.  It's called a 128 bit processor, but 128

> > can see the GPU2 chip, the other can't).  Both share a slightly
> > brain-damaged implementation of single-precision IEEE floating
> > point (as does the FPU on the 5900 core).
>
> IMO, for games, and most things in general, 32bit floats are good enough.
> For scientific work, obviously not as good as 64bit floats, but still,
> nobody is buying a PS2 for scientific work, and for the most part, people
> aren't buying R5ks for scientific work either.
>
heh heh, how about for missile guidance?
that's why they were export-restricted to Iraq.