Can a Playstation 3 run PC games?
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why the hell would you want to install windows on a ps3...? thats like putting a volvo engine in a speedboat.Kaleion said:
Yes you can, as above you can run Linux. It'd be interesting to see if anybody manages to work out how to access off the the cores, because as I remember the problem with Linux on a PS3 is that you only get access to one of the cores.
Even more interestingly, those cores must be running at a few hundred Mhz each, so even with only one core as long as you could access the graphics processor and a decent amount of RAM there's no reason you couldn't run some slightly older games circa 2000. They only needed a few hundred MB of RAM and a processor running at ~500MHz.
Even more interestingly, those cores must be running at a few hundred Mhz each, so even with only one core as long as you could access the graphics processor and a decent amount of RAM there's no reason you couldn't run some slightly older games circa 2000. They only needed a few hundred MB of RAM and a processor running at ~500MHz.
I'm confused by that, mainly because Windows has massively more features than a console os and that Volvo make very good, fast engines. Bit of a metaphor fail there I think.jasoncyrus said:
As far as i'm aware for the PS3:
-linux only available on the phat version.
-linux does not have access to the GPU hardware, so restricted to software graphics modes
-The cell has one PPC core and 7 SPEs. The SPEs are specialised sub-cores and i doubt linux even has access to them, let alone support for them
-so you end up with a single core PPC CPU and 256MB ram to play with.
For windows, you'd need to emulate an x86 CPU as well, so you're going to have minimal resources left after windows is running.
In short, you'd get much better performance out of a cheap second hand PC, or even a cheap netbook.
-linux only available on the phat version.
-linux does not have access to the GPU hardware, so restricted to software graphics modes
-The cell has one PPC core and 7 SPEs. The SPEs are specialised sub-cores and i doubt linux even has access to them, let alone support for them
-so you end up with a single core PPC CPU and 256MB ram to play with.
For windows, you'd need to emulate an x86 CPU as well, so you're going to have minimal resources left after windows is running.
In short, you'd get much better performance out of a cheap second hand PC, or even a cheap netbook.
not really since the ps3 as sstated by other posters isnt nearly enough machine to handle the windows OS and its features. Plus pc games are a LOT more processor intensive than ps3 games.number2301 said:
