40nm RSX Allows for Lightest, Most Efficient PS3

[Marcus Yam]

PS3's RSX GPU Gets 40nm Die Shrink; Even Lighter.

40nm RSX Allows for Lightest, Most Efficient PS3 : Read more

 

[ravicai]

The new chip also allows the engine to rev well past 8000rpm thanks to it's K20 technology.

 

[mister g]

Why would I care how much it weighs when for me a die shrink means better performance, or is this G80-G92 all over again?

 

[nukemaster]

I honestly would have kept the old heatsink. You can never over cool it. And then even a dirty heatsink will still have the cooling needed.

 

[nukemaster]

408 grams = 0.89948603 pounds? Is that really how light it is? Or did I miss something.

They mean the heatsink itself. It sounds like they mean the system, but the linked website clearly shows its just the heatsink.

 

[Guest]

408 grams = 0.89948603 pounds? Is that really how light it is? Or did I miss something.

 

[nun]

good thing they added the new intake and headers for more performance from the rsx the chip really unlocks the potential in the k20 engine....

 

[XD_dued]

[citation][nom]gnookergi[/nom]408 grams = 0.89948603 pounds? Is that really how light it is? Or did I miss something.[/citation]

significant figure fail

 

[raidenfox123]

I was gonna pick up a slim for the blu ray player and FF7 and Tactics over the PSN. Does anyone know how to tell the diffrence?

 

[Shin-san]

[citation][nom]mister g[/nom]Why would I care how much it weighs when for me a die shrink means better performance, or is this G80-G92 all over again?[/citation]
In this case, it's more related to cost reduction. The chip could be actually more powerful (sometimes more powerful chips are cheaper to make), but it will more than likely run in practice close to the speed of the original model. Lower power requirements means less powerful of a PSU needed meaning Sony saves more cash. If it weighs less, it may mean that it would be cheaper to ship.

Maybe a possible price drop to $249-279?

 

[nukemaster]

I was gonna pick up a slim for the blu ray player and FF7 and Tactics over the PSN. Does anyone know how to tell the diffrence?

Got a scale handy

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]nukemaster[/nom]They mean the heatsink itself. It sounds like they mean the system, but the linked website clearly shows its just the heatsink.[/citation]

I checked the link, thanks for that. They really worded that poorly. I was sitting there saying to myself "No way, what?" Lol... XD

 

[joytech22]

[citation][nom]mister g[/nom]Why would I care how much it weighs when for me a die shrink means better performance, or is this G80-G92 all over again?[/citation]

Oh don't remind me.. I got sucked in with the idea that my new 9800GTX would be much faster than my 8800gts..

Oh and normally a die shrink in consoles would not result in more performance mostly because they still have to code the game for the older revisions.

 

[ricin]

I'll bet it even runs Linux. Oh, wait...

 

[dimar]

now if they could fuse PS2 support into that chip, it would be even better news

 

[miloo]

less power consumption = money saving ~ nice~ thumbs up

 

[matt314]

Its been 4 years...not really surprising that its possible. Why not make a ps4?

 

[nforce4max]

Who would have thought back in 2005 that the G70 would be alive long enough to go from 110nm down all the way to 40nm. Then again 24 shader, 8 rop, and only 128 bit MCM package. If any thing besides ram that holds the PS3 back its the RSX while it would be nice to have all the SPEs enabled instead of one electrically dead and another reserved for OS but I can see the PS3 enjoying a few more years of new titles and apps. Linux is a requirement for longer life still but who knows they don't want us Geeks to be learning new things about the Cell or the US military using them for surveillance.

 

[FloKid]

So does this mean the next gen PS will weigh at 250g?

 

[Lutfij]

is nvidia getting smarter by shrinking they're kids or are they just selling clone stamped C grade material?

 

[pcfxer]

[citation][nom]nun[/nom]good thing they added the new intake and headers for more performance from the rsx the chip really unlocks the potential in the k20 engine....[/citation]

With the improved Bose Audio system, higher lift cams and more compact block design the RSX improves fuel economy by fifteen percent whilst maintaining 210hp at the crank. Unfortunately, in the "reduce weight at all costs" phase, the RSX engineers reduced seating to two persons to save on new cooling requirements.

 

[lolsir]

Does this means we will see $200 ps3?

 

[falchard]

Does this mean the PS3 will now cost $150?

 

[Santimun]

More importantly, would we be able to overclock the rsx gpu enough so that the stock heat sink can still provide adequate cooling and we also attain some improved performance? Not so much as making the graphics look better but in other areas like less screen tearing and/or increased frame rates? Or is that more of a RAM issue?

 

[toastninja17]

And I just got my slim like 5-6 months ago! What the hell??