QUOTE(snake36 @ Nov 22 2006, 07:40 AM)
So if you are unable to use the entire cell what is the point of releasing this information. Who knows what other kinds of problems this app might have running on a council. This information is pointless about the ps3 performance..
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This is coming from a MS fanboy!!!
Well it tells you that Linux and the programs included will run as fast as being run on a slow G5 unless they are really optimized for the cell. Thus said I doubt Linux will suffice right now for playing back HDTV h264 streams with Linux (repeat: BR will be fine, I'm speaking of running under unoptimized software in Linux)
QUOTE(ConteZero76 @ Nov 23 2006, 12:17 PM)
Cell, like Xenon, has no OoOE and is tied to 512Kb cache, while G5 are full of cache.
The x360 CPU has 1 MiB of L2 cache, where as the Cell has 0.512 MiB if L2 cache, this is a large disparity. I think you try to mention this later on, but I have a hard time understanding what you are trying to say because of the excessive use of brakets.
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Cell isn't a general purpose processor but can perform quite well, and it of course (you FUD spammer) play HD with no problems at all (because most of the work is going to be made by SPE and the GPU, things really difficoult to bench with a unoptimized linux with video drivers that doesn't exploit the card's full power... i.e. every video driver on linux).
Don't call people names.
"Itcouldbeyou" states that he doubts that right now linux could play HD streams using the unoptimized software. He didn't state that with optimized software that linux could not play HD; your criticism is not warrented.
In addition linux will not be allowed to use the GPU like you stated, so that means using the SPE's to do the work. This further compounds the problem of using linux to play back HD content.