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Throw the old N64 out the window and ditch the outdated Playstation
console because something new is in town. The Playstation2 came out with a bang at the 1999 Tokyo Games
Show. Before the new
Playstation even hit US soil, the Japanese version sold over one and a
half million copies in the first week.
The US release date for the Playstation 2 was set for October
26, 2000 and there is still a back order and parts shortage. Many people preordered their system but many of them received
the short end of the stick because Sony announced a part shortage and
the majority of the Oct. 26 orders would not ship until Christmas.
How much are people paying for this console? One can go to http://www.Ebay.com
and check the ridiculous
prices. One of the
highest bids was at $1,200 for two Playstation2’s!
This system, with a retail value of $300, has really out done itself.
Is this console worth more than a DreamCast or N64?
Sony built this new Playstation as a complete entertainment
package. It is both a
super fast and graphically appealing machine as well as a cost
effective DVD player. The
majority of DVD players are more than $250 alone.
So in effect, this system can pay for itself (it is like buying
a superior Playstation and getting a “free” DVD player).
Here are some specs on the new gaming system to see whether
this product is worth the money.
System
Specs:
CPU:
Complete 128-bit Emotion Engine System Clock: 300MHz Cache Memory:
16KB Memory Direct Rambus (Direct RDRAM): 32MB Memory Bus
Bandwidth:
3.2GB per second
Co-processor:
Floating Point Unit Floating Point
Performance:
6.2 GFLOPS
Graphics:
75 million polygons per second (maximum) 66 million polygons per second
(with minimum light shading) 20 million (with lighting, textures, z
buffering and alpha blending) Compressed Image Decoder: MPEG2
Synthesizer
Clock: 150MHz DRAM
Bus
bandwidth: 48GB per second DRAM
Bus
width: 2560 bits Pixel
Configuration:
RGB Alpha: Z Buffer (24:8:32) NTSC, PAL, HDTV and VESA compatible
Audio
SPU2
and CPU 2MB Ram AC3- and DTS-Capable Voices
Input/Output
Devices: IO: I/O Processor CD-ROM and DVD-ROM
Courtesy
of http://www.sony.com
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