RUMOR: The PlayStation 3's vaunted RSX graphics processor is less powerful that NVIDIA's new 7800GTX graphics card.
What we heard: A classic game of telephone was played out on the Web this week. The end point was the widely--and deservedly--read Team Xbox, which ran a story headlined "PlayStation 3 GPU Less Powerful than GeForce 7800." This article linked to a piece over at our friends the Inquirer called "Playstation 3 GPU slightly less powerful than GeForce 7800." This in turned linked to a discussion thread on Evil Avatar called "GeForce 7800 LESS powerful than PS3???" which featured a quote taken from the September issue of PSM. The quote was attributed to an Nvidia spokesperson, who said "There's no doubting that NVIDIA's new 7800GTX is the ultimate in PC graphics technology. The card's G70 GPU, which is more than twice as powerful as two of NVIDIA's previous top-of-the-line 6800 boards, shares a lot of similar workings with the PS3's RSX chip--only it isn't as fast." [Emphasis added.] So the article is saying that the 7800GTX isn't as fast as the RSX, as Evil Avatar pointed out, not the other way around, as the speed-readers at the Inquirer claim--at length. To their credit, the editors at Team Xbox were quick to realize their error--after a phone call from Nvidia--and set the record straight with the follow-up article/mea culpa "PlayStation 3 GPU more powerful than GeForce 7800!"
Bogus or not bogus?: Bogus.
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jak wiec widac nigdy nie napisano, ze "GeForce (...) slightly less powerful than the RSX chip". w PSM napisano, ze GF7800GTX jest najpotezniejsza karta przeznaczona dla PC, jest dwa razy potezniejszy od GF6800 i ma wiele wspolnego z RSX`em, tyle, ze nie jest tak szybki jak RSX.
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A teraz kto rozpowszechnial ta plotke?
The Inquire :LOL
Team Xbox :LOOL
Snake z WP.PL :LOOOL
Tarniak z Gameony :LOOOOL
I wlasnie wszystkim podobnym fanboyom juz podziekujemy.