Comments on: How Much of the PlayStation 3’s Power Do The Exclusives Use?

By: tareq salah

tareq salah — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:09:41 +0000

wow uncharted at 50% and mgs4 at 100% i would have never guessed. i though unchartd pushed the envelope but maybe metal gear was lengthy and its videos were long and costly

By: rak33n

rak33n — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:14:11 +0000

killzone 3 i heard uses over 90% thats really good but crysis 2 may use more

By: Tarek

Tarek — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:36:56 +0000

It’s funny how many developers claim their game uses 100% of the system. Why is it a good thing to “max out” a system? What does maxing out imply? Better graphics? Better FPS? Better gameplay?

It’s not hard to use 100% of any console if you’re reckless with resource consumption. Sometimes, it only means the game isn’t optimized and is using more processing power or memory than it should.

I guess everybody knows that already but maxing out a console isn’t by itself reason enough to buy a game.

By: Krayxrt4

Krayxrt4 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:30:04 +0000

In reply to Mark. You seem to be delusional...

By: nas

nas — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:15:24 +0000

In reply to Emilio. You realise that GTA4 originally wanted to do 30GB of content and high textures but needed to strip tons of stuff and compress like crazy to fit it on a DVd because that's all the xbox can handle? They originally wanted to do 30GB worth for the PS3.

By: acetated

acetated — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:57:15 +0000

buncha pr bs… yeah the games have improved as the devs learn how to better take advantage of the hardware, but putting a definitive numerical percentage on it? cmon… 😛

By: Duke

Duke — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:23:50 +0000

In reply to Mark. LOL QUAGMIRE!! HAAA. btw microsoft on the verge of bankruptcy? wow.. complete utter bullshit. I like the humor but no need for stupid retarded lies. I don't give a crap which company is better. Competition is good for the industry.

By: plmko

plmko — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:24:49 +0000

Just because a game has used a percentage below 100% doesn’t mean it hasn’t maxed out, the reason is because the devs allocate certain processes to one of th 7 cores, the most important processes such as AI or sound effects pretty much max out the cores but smaller processes such as post-processing doesn’t which is responsible for the under utilisation of the total CPU as a whole.

None the less, devs are always finding new ways to improve. The recent jump from the use of quincunx AA to MLAA is a good example of “maxing” out the cores.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:05:16 +0000

“One of the most amazing games I have seen visually. Literally, there is no difference between CG and real time for Final Fantasy XIII.”

That’s what Squeenix were claiming in the lead-up to its release, but the reality is far different. The difference is huge. Just look at the DigitalFoundry analysis if you need convincing.

By: potedude

potedude — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:05:05 +0000

Considering that KZ2 used 40% of the cells power and KZ3 is using the same graphics engine I dont see how they managed to do such a large jump. Maybe it is being utilised better. Interesting article however…