4.5 of the PS3's 6 CPU cores are being used by Killzone 2

[Zeus]

New information has come to light via EGM regarding the demands of KilZone 2. Currently ,the game uses four and a half of the six cores of the PS3's cell chip. The technical diector remarked that they have also taken a few techniques directly from the Resitance team and also have been talking to the God of War team in Santa Monica.



The magazine features 12 pages of Killzone 2 goodness, some of which mentions that four-and-a-half of the six cores of the PS3’s Cell chip are being used by Killzone 2 at the moment. Guerrilla Games’ Technical Directer, Michiel van der Leeuw also mentions, “Sony basically has an international forum for sharing character technology, animation tools and graphics shaders. ~ We’ve even taken a few tricks directly from the Resistance guys at Insomniac, and we’ve even been talking directly to the God of War guys in Santa Monica.”


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[barran21]

Who cares? power means nada if the games suck.

[yusky03]

Who cares? power means nada if the games suck.

Agreed +1

They have been saying this kind of crap since 06. WE DON'T FUCKING CARE ANYMORE!!! If you want to advertise bring out a new gameplay video. Or explain the gameplay mechanics!

[MicroNut]

So both of you have played Killzone 2 and it sucks?
QFT

[yusky03]

So both of you have played Killzone 2 and it sucks?
QFT

It is not out yet. They have been bragging about how good it is goign to be since 06 and keep delaying it. So as far as I am concened it sucks until they prove me wrong.

[lc204]

By the time killzone 2 is out, gears of war 2 will already surpass it in visual quality and gameplay.

[Puppet]

How the f*ck do you use four and a half cores?

That makes as much sense as saying I'm only using half of my car. I can't drive half of my car to work and leave the other half home.

You're either using a car or you aren't, you're either using a core or you aren't.

Are they passing half a thread through one of the cores?

[gustavo00]

start an old game on your computer. Let it running, press ctrl+alt+del and look at the CPU use.

open as many applications as needed to make the graph go to 50%.
Voilà!
Using half of your processor... processing power.

Doesn't mean that only half of the core is active.

You can drive at only half of the max speed of your car.

[daps83777]

So both of you have played Killzone 2 and it sucks?
QFT

i am very cautious with killzone 2. the first one on PS2 was talked up like crazy only to suck. the other fps they made on the PS2 sucked ever worse than killzone. the only have decent game they have made was the killzone game on psp, but it wasn't a fps. so caution is advised on killzone 2 in my mind.

[iLLNESS]

why arent they using all 6 cores? youd think devs would be making full use of the ps3 hardware.

i call a bs publicity stunt!

devs for sony consoles need to come up with some stupid marketing gimmick like bungie did

[powasam5000]

killzone for ps2 was the worst crap i ever played. they touted it as the halo killer. WHile halo is not gods gift to man, it was still a heavy claim to get attention. they need to do more to win me back after that. Then they lied about the ps3 trailer. Strike two! but that was the worst thing they could have done. Because no matter how uber the game looks, it wont look as good as the first trailer. heres hoping they prove everyone wrong or they are like the uwe boll or what ever his name is of games.

[SpoonerPSP]

How the f*ck do you use four and a half cores?

That makes as much sense as saying I'm only using half of my car. I can't drive half of my car to work and leave the other half home.

You're either using a car or you aren't, you're either using a core or you aren't.

Are they passing half a thread through one of the cores?

How about using the whole car but only using half the engine power?:rolleyes:

[MadonnaProject]

we will see. i bought haze on a whim the other day. i absolutely did NOT want to. but it was on sale so i went for it. paid 20 pounds, which is like 45 american dollars. still get buyers remorse and guilt though.

[snipersnake]

It is not out yet. They have been bragging about how good it is goign to be since 06 and keep delaying it. So as far as I am concened it sucks until they prove me wrong.

reminds me of Haze :D

[alkalinetrio]

The only thing that's impressed me about killzone is not how much power it uses, the gameplay / story or the graphics, but it's physics.

The way you hit an enemy in the arm and the arm recoils, or in the shoulder and they spin to that side and such. Just looks very good. Yes some games do this already but none as convincing as the way this looks. You can feel the bullet impact with every shot made.

For me, a good FPS just has that feel to it. When you shoot a gun and you hit an enemy it has to feel like its being shot. Some games just feels empty and hollow and just not satisfying enough if you know what i mean. It's hard to explain

[fanps]

I hope that "Guerrilla Games" speak with Naughty Dog, because using only 30% of the power of PS3, have developed the Best Game of this next-gen, for Graphics and Textures: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

[el username]

I think that this is obvious that it will be at least 4.5x more fun to play now.

[gbesta]

If they mean 4 cores are maxed and one is it 50% utilisation, would they not be better off having the 6 cores all running at 75%.

Anyways sounds like marketing rubbish to me.

[chucky_uk]

I hope that "Guerrilla Games" speak with Naughty Dog, because using only 30% of the power of PS3, have developed the Best Game of this next-gen, for Graphics and Textures: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

You dont have high standards if you think Uncharted is the best looking game on the PS3 game to date.

I thought the textures and graphics are poor on Uncharted compared to Ratched and Clank.

[panzival]

Why can't they use all the six cores ??? Probably because the crappy PS3 has an awkward architecture and it's a pain-in-the-ass to develop for it :(

Can we please get an ip for him and every person in Morocco? How many of his accounts have been banned so far?

[BurningLung]

They need to start using all of the cpu's. Maybe then they can smooth out some of the PS3's frame rate problems.

[GazP]

Does anyone know if any PS3 title uses all the cores?

Killzone 2 better be the best FPS ever when it comes out or it will bomb.

[Evolution]

I think that most people have already given Killzone 2 up as a bad job. Who knows it might surprise us but usually what happens with games that are as long awaited as this one has been is that they have an awful habit of being surpassed completely by an unknown game before or during release.

Remember Daikatana being totally destroyed by Deus Ex?

[GazP]

I have thought for soooooo long that if Killzone 2 isn't the greatest FPS on PS3 when released then it will be a flop. All this time in development and all the rumours about the previews years, well it just has to deliver or it will be a huge flop. No inbetweeens.

[feniX_bh]

WOW! I cant wait for killzone2! It would bee one of the best FPS of all time and with the best graphics!