whats better a ps3 or a xbox?

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Whats better i dont want to here about games or online i want hardware pros and cons

Metaphor · Accepted Answer

Xbox 360 Specs
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU  
•3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
•2 hardware threads per core; 6 hardware threads total
•1 VMX-128 vector unit per core; 3 total
•128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
•1 MB L2 cache
CPU Game Math Performance 
•9 billion dot product operations per second 
Custom ATI Graphics Processor 
•500 MHz
•10 MB embedded DRAM
•48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled shader pipelines 
•Unified shader architecture
Digital Media Support  
•Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
•Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PCs
•Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive
•Custom playlists in every game
•Windows Media Center Extender built in
•Interactive, full screen 3D visualizers 

PS 3 Specs
CPU: Cell Processor 
•PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz 
•1 VMX vector unit per core 
•512KB L2 cache 
•7 x SPE @3.2GHz 
•7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs 
•7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE 
•1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS
I/O
•USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0) 
•Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1 
•SD: standard/mini x 1 
•CompactFlash: (Type I, II) x 1
CD Disc media (read only):
•PlayStation CD-ROM 
•PlayStation 2 CD-ROM 
•CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW 
•SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD 
•DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD Disc media (read only):
•PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM 
•PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM 
•DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc media (read only):
•PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM 
•BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE
One downside to me about the PS3 is the fact that Blu-Ray Tech has been used by the US Military for a little more than a decade.
The downside about the XBox 360 is the Red Ring of Death.  With these specs, you should be able to make a logically choice that is well worth your money.  Personally, 360 is superior

? · Answer

I've had both. And as a console overall, PS3 is better. Although 360 does have some good games that PS3 doesn't.

Edit - All these people who say Xbox is better are wrong. PS3 has faster processor, better graphics, blu-ray player, looks better, doesn't have the 'ring of death' problem.

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Offline PS3

Online Xbox 360

Chris P · Answer

I have both and have noticed that the ps3 is much smoother at moving like in its menu or froma game back to the menu. The ps3 beats the 360 at everything in hardware speaking, but the 360 has way more potential. he ps3 only uses like 30 percent of its power, while the 360 uses all of it. That is probably why they are always getting overheated and Red ring of death.

Anonymous · Answer

PS3, I even have went by 3 Xbox 360's... they might desire to many issues, if not for issues... Xbox might have had my vote. as nicely how many RROD's do you spot on PS3? precisely.

brownkid · Answer

PS3, fisrt of all, u can watch movies on, u cant on 360, also live is free for ps3, and xbox 360 is 4 years old, thats why it has more games, but cod and gta are originally ps3 games.

Tysnatch · Answer

an xbox has a faster processor, has usually a 60-120 gig hard drive, it can save your music and play it any time, and the graphics card is better then a ps3s, but a ps3 is also a blu ray player.

i reccomend a 360 and a blu ray player(optional) instead of a ps3.

Anonymous · Answer

Statistically speaking, the xbox 360 is winning no competition

? · Answer

ps3
u dnt have to pay to play online 
xbox 360 u have to pay which is gay so ill go with ps3

Jone · Answer

depends what games you like but i recommend ps3 cause it has much more other things than games :&#92;

whats better a ps3 or a xbox?

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