PlayStation Portable Chip Details

boarder8925 writes "The Register posted an article today that detailed the PlayStation Portable's chip specs. The CPU will run at up to 333MHz, and its frontside bus at up to 166MHz. The graphics system, operating across a 512-bit bus, will be capable of rendering 664m pixels per second and 35m polygons per second. Its core, operating at 166MHz, will include 2MB integrated buffer DRAM."

Well thats just great, but...

[Qapf]

exactly how many backpacks of batteries am I going to need to go 24 hours without a socket? /gba owner and proud of it.

Re:Relative performance

[xgamer04]

...[it] does give you a hint that the PSP will have proper, immersive 3D gaming capability...

At that screen size, the immersiveness will be spectacular.

Re:NetBSD, here we come!

[Sevidrac]

Or, you know, you could play video games on it.

Honestly, I never understand why people want everything to run an OS. Oh noes, the kernel corrupted on my linux toaster. Now it burns on one side and does nothing on the other.

Re:It IS just like the PS2!

[Guppy06]

"crippled by 640KB of memory."

Are we talking about the PS2, or the PS/2?

+1 self-contradictory

[Anonymous Coward]

It's because it's not the clock frequency that matters; it's also the ammount of work per cycle that matters.

That being said, 333MHz it's quite a lot of processing power.

So, just to clarify, clock frequency doesn't matter, unless it's quite a lot?

Re:Battery life?

[Dragoon412]

So, in short, hope ya end up happy. Just be careful about getting sucked into Sony's (or Nintendo's) hype. Go by the games, not by their silly claims about what their hardware can do.

That's exactly where Nintendo will falter. The DS lineup will look like this:

Mario: We Repackaged Your Childhood
Pokemon Gold-Enlaid Silver-Trimmed Edition
Pokemon Ruby-Encrusted Platnium Hyper X Edition
Pokemon: Again
Pokemon: ...and again
Pokemon: ...yet again
Pokemon: Seriously, You Guys Still Like This Shit?
*generic 3rd-rate Mario spin-off with useless gimmic*
Metroid: The Only Decent Game on the DS
Mary Kate and Ashley's Eating Disorder
Barbie's Mall Adventure
*umpteen dozen instances of Disney pimping their characters like a $5 vegas hooker*
Megaman Battle Network 62: Remember When Megaman Didn't Suck?
Megaman Battle Network 63: Megaman Buys a Barn
Megaman Battle Network 64: Hey, Didn't This Used to be an Action Game?

...and then, let's not forget the hundreds of poorly-done ports that plague every console.

Okay, so it's a bit facetious. I think my point's made, though: the game lineup on the GBA was the worst thing about it. Same deal with the Gamecube. So Nintendo occaisionally makes a good title amidst a see of derrivative and self-congradulatory crap - their library is still the worst around.

I wish Nintendo would spin off their successful development studios, and just stick to making hardware, 'cause they do a damned fine job of that.

Re:Not too shabby...

[Anonymous Coward]

or better yet, turn off monsters!