Originally Posted by White[Pony]
Saying the three systems will all be the same is like saying every PC is the same that uses Intel chips. The processing power and types of processors are very different though. Tough to tell which is faster at this point, but the PS3 Cell microprocessor has one central 64-bit unit at 4.6GHz with 8 "helper" units and the Xbox2's processor uses 3 64-bit processors all running at 3.5+ GHz. So yeah... not the same. One application may be better suited to certain types of processing than the other and vice versa. They'll be similar, but not too terribly so.
Not too sure about the details of the new Nintendo system, but having ATi graphics is enough already to seperate it from the Nvidia powered systems.
you pretty much nailed it. sony+ibm's Cell processor is generating a lot of hype. whether it'll live up to the hype is anyone's guess. sony's pretty damn good at hyping up their products (with the exception of their MP3 players, which are pretty much dead in the water), so it could just be clever marketing. but i'm sure the PS3 will be a pretty decent performer, at the very least.
there's not enough information about nintendo's next system to tell how it'll perform. one thing's for sure; it'll have to be leaps and bounds beyond the PS3 in every way imaginable, or it'll share the same fate as GC and N64
