If you're still as of yet undecided on which next-gen games console you're sold on. AnandTech has a very thorough 13 page article examining every aspect of the top 2 contenders. Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3 go head-to-head in a battle of the titans.
The article takes a look at what matters most to gamers, plus they go through every aspect of the consoles from the storage capacity, raw graphics power, processing capabilities and more.
The most important goal of any platform is balance on all levels. We've seen numerous examples of what architectural imbalances can do to performance, having too little cache or too narrow of a FSB can starve high speed CPUs of data they need to perform. GPUs without enough memory bandwidth can't perform anywhere near their peak fillrates, regardless of what they may be. Achieving a balanced overall platform is a very difficult thing on the PC, unless you have an unlimited budget and are able to purchase the fastest components. Skimping on your CPU while buying the most expensive graphics card may leave you with performance that's marginally better, or worse, than someone else with a more balanced system with a faster CPU and a somewhat slower GPU.
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