Defective PlayStations 3??? Cell Core Not In Use???

[slim142]

Hi

Well I was on eBay and just to see the prices of the PS3 I started to watch how they were ending and one of them catch my attention cuz it was called PS3 Non-Defective Version.
So I started reaserching and found that PS3's released from November 17 through Early december were having this problem that 1 of the cores of the Cell Processor wasnt in use while gaming/watching videos/listening music.
Any Playstation 3 released on December 22 and AFTER have this error fixed.

So my question is... What happened here? Is this 100% true? If I would like to get a PS3, how do I know that Im getting the Undefective version? I really need you people to help me out please because I plan to get one of those but I dont want to end up using a "**defective**" PS3 using only 7 of its 8 cores.

Thanks

 

[apt403]

The PS3 only has 7 working cores, they disable one to improve yeilds, and one core is reserved for various OS tasks. so it has 6 working cores for games and stuff.

 

[slim142]

So there is no such thing as defective PS3?

Here is the link of the guy who was selling this RARE PS3

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-PlayStation-3-NIB-undefective-version_W0QQitemZ130061969426QQihZ003QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What can u tell me about it?

 

[Bass_Ackwards]

Here's a news article from July.

It says some Cell proc's will ship with one defective core.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3295

 

[slim142]

Thats what I was talking about

Now, If any soon day I get my PS3, of course I would like the new versions or new revisions (as you wanna call them) with the 8 cores working.

I would only need to know if there is way to find that out. Or maybe is just the samething as the first PS3's and it would only be luck to get one with the actual 8 cores working.

Whatever it is, I will pay attention 😉

Thanks

 

[apt403]

It has a PowerPC-based "Power Processing Element" (PPE) and six accessible 3.2 GHz Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs), a seventh runs in a special mode and is dedicated to OS security, and an eighth disabled to improve production yields.

yeah, one is disabled, your not going to get a PS3 with 8 working cores, they disable one if its defective or not, 7 is what you will get.

 

[jkflipflop98]

They all have 1 core disabled on purpose. He's talking out his ass.

 

[thelvyn]

They only use 7 cores. The ones with 8 cores are being binned for other products. Even if all of the cores were functional they would just disable one of them. So someone is yanking yer chain on that ps3. People will try anything to make some sucker pay more for their hardware, thats a fact.

 

[slim142]

Ok so let say what you are saying is true, then it means this eBay seller wrote that just to make more people bid right?

EDIT: Answered after you guys answered, sorry. Now I understand.

Thanks guys, I was worried to get one "defective" ps3 😀

 

[jkflipflop98]

X360 has a 48 pipe R600 class GPU. PS3 has a 7800 GTX. I'd say that makes all PS3's defective

 

[apt403]

X360 has a 48 pipe R600 class GPU. PS3 has a 7800 GTX. I'd say that makes all PS3's defective

I'd say all the current consoles are defective with the 8800gtx.

 

[cwj717]

X360 has a 48 pipe R600 class GPU. PS3 has a 7800 GTX.

Both of these statements are incorrect... but you can believe whatever you want.

 

[jkflipflop98]

Maybe - but you can get a 360, a couple games, and a charge kit for the price of a vid card.

 

[apt403]

but you cant oc the hell out of a xbox 360, or upgrade individual parts when the speed isnt up to par. or install insane case mods to light the thing up so its brighter then the sun.

 

[sunangel]

but you cant oc the hell out of a xbox 360, or upgrade individual parts when the speed isnt up to par. or install insane case mods to light the thing up so its brighter then the sun.

None of what you just wrote is necessary for consoles. I play games, I don't watch my console.

I watch videos and listen to music, I don't like listening to loud fans or gurgurling water in tubes.

I play my console. When I'm finish I turn it off and do some work, maybe on the computer. I don't sit in front of my computer all of my free time and play games.

 

[jkflipflop98]

Of course high end PC technology is going to destroy any game console. That's a given. My point being that Sony really dropped the ball this goround.

 

[sunangel]

Dropped the ball? You have to be kidding yourself. How can you justify your comments? Please provide with one, just one example of how Sony has dropped the ball with the PS3. * And please don't bring up rootkits, flamming batteries, PS3 launch titles, disabled Cell cores, or any of that stuff *

I will give you one if your having trouble coming up with one. Sony, along with everyone else, is having trouble producing the blue lasers for the blu-ray drives. If it wasn't for this fact, there would be more consoles in the stores and less of them on Ebay.

 

[Heyyou27]

The PS3 is one of the most over hyped consoles of our time, second only to the PS2.

Overall the PS3 just feels disjointed. On the Xbox 360, everything is seamlessly integrated together. So I can be listening to music while I’m playing games on Xbox Live Arcade, or I can send/receive messages to friends back and forth while playing Gears of War. Everything is integrated seamlessly together, and it has been since day 1. In contrast, the PS3 can do one or the other, but not both simultaneously. If I want to message someone for instance, I have to quit the game I'm currently playing.

 

[tpmeredith]

Dropped the ball? You have to be kidding yourself. How can you justify your comments? Please provide with one, just one example of how Sony has dropped the ball with the PS3. * And please don't bring up rootkits, flamming batteries, PS3 launch titles, disabled Cell cores, or any of that stuff *

I will give you one if your having trouble coming up with one. Sony, along with everyone else, is having trouble producing the blue lasers for the blu-ray drives. If it wasn't for this fact, there would be more consoles in the stores and less of them on Ebay.

Well, if they didn't try to rush it out for xmas time and given developers a longer look at it they would've had better launch titles.

Also I, for one, do not want to pay 600 dollars for a PS3, unless im looking for a blu-ray player.

I guess time will eventually make up for the launch, but so far the PS3 doesn't look appealing to me at all. It seems like they just tried to out-spec the other consoles in every way possible and forgot about what consoles are about: Games and having fun. For example, you can just look at the cheap copy of the wiimote and see what I mean.

 

[slim142]

You caused a fight because of something OFF TOPIC

I didnt make this to start talking about BEST GAMING SYSTEM just to let you know.

 

[crualtortus]

alright. argh. i really want to know. what is the ps3's graphics card equal to? cause I really want to know if my card rivals it. I would like to have the confidence that my card is more powerful. I have a x1900xt 512 mb.

 

[slim142]

According to what people say

in the ATI way is a X1800XT

and in the NVIDIA way

a GF 7800GTX

I really dont know if this is true or almost close thats what I heard

 

[sunangel]

i wasn't referring to the power of a video card when i was commenting on the PS3. someone posted a comment about Sony dropped the ball by releasing the PS3 too early. as fast as technology moves video cards and consoles are always ahead of the curve. game developers will always figure out a way to make the games looking more interesting. the xbox 360 is a year old and GoW just came out. so don't tell me a one year old console is a piece of useless hardware because the GoW just proved the xbox 360 is still on fire.

dude touched a nerve when he implied in his comment that consoles are outdated and have no functionality because they can't be oc'd, light modded and other bs. even if i were playing games on a computer, i don't stare at my computer in awe thinking gee i love these flashing lights and neon water flowing through my system. my attention is focused on the monitor not the stupid window on the computer case.

its a good thing ms, nintendo and sony staggered the console launches. a year ago xbox 360 was the lastest and greatest. this year the ps3 is the latest and greatest. both of them having great visuals. however, nintendo took a different route with its gameplay. in and of itself it will be a great system.

 

[sunangel]

Well, if they didn't try to rush it out for xmas time and given developers a longer look at it they would've had better launch titles.

Your comment is garbage and should be placed in it. Afterwords, cover it with newspaper and contain the smell.

How much time do you think developers need? 3 months? 6 months? 1 year? 2 years? Ask yourself this question? Why do games for PCs always lag the video card introduction? Is it because AMD ATI and NVidia sends software companies their prototypes by FEDEX and they get lost in transit? Or could it be they have to wait, like everyone else, to receive the final specs on the video cards.

Nub comments like his makes my stomach gurgle like neon water flowing through a computer case. Why is the front of my pants whet?

 

[weskurtz81]

The GPU in the 360 is more powerful than a 7900 series card, and more powerful than ATI's 1900XT. It max fill rate is slower, but it is so much more efficient that is sustains a higher fill rate.

wes