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Rumor: PS3 Downgraded Again?

Posted Aug 28, 2006 at 9:24AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: PS3 Tags: playstation 3 updates, RSX, Sony

The Inquirer says that the PS3 has been downgraded again due to some kind of RSX problems. The RSX graphics processing unit, which was previously set to run at 550/700 core/memory has been realigned with expectations and the value chain at 500/650. No reasons were cited in the article.

Well, we urge all our readers to take this post with a huge grain of salt. A lot of rumors about the PS3's specs have already made the rounds since it was announced, and a lot of them proved to be insubstantial. Just like all rumors, the only way to confirm it is for someone actually working on the PS3 speaks out. But still, everyone's free to leave a comment and/or opinion. The floor is yours, guys.

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And to be objective they could do this and you would never even know...just like the PSP runs at 333mhz and I don't even think games are still using it....sure that was to save battery, but this would to be save heat....and technically the card would be CAPABLE of the said specs, but whether that's what you are getting not is another question. It's just Sony has done it before so it wouldn't surprise me...

# Oh, and — Planet 2006-08-28 11:09

when you try to hide behind the "it's only a rumor" cover: just consider the logic behind having the X360 running 700 MHz GDDR3 for a year and having to clock it down for the PS3...

# zdsf — Guest 2006-08-28 11:16

This is a big 100% fake article!

# when you try to hide behind the "it's only a rumor" cover — Guest 2006-08-28 11:16

We were sure to let you know it was a rumor in case you came across the news on some other site that decided to leave that little bit of info out. We actually didn't want to cover the news, but felt it our duty to let you know what was going on out there. We don't make the news, we just report it ;)

# umm — Guest 2006-08-28 11:33

doesnt the inquirer report about human bat babies and whales that give birth to puppies? and ManBearPig!!!!

# The inquirer writer is the same from the other famous inquirer news: PS3 broken — TheProfessor 2006-08-28 11:36

This is the same person that had a conversation with some dude on the plane who is an insider and tells him all this great knowledge about the PS3.

Come on this guy can't even spell, and his writing ability is that of a 12 year old. Inquirer has become the worst gaming new source on the internet. It has 0 respect.

Is amazing how some guy can come up with complete BS and get so much attention. He probably get's the inquirer millions of hits a month with his strategy. It is a known fact that, currently in the gaming world, PS3 news get's more hits than any other platform. I never even heard of the Inquirer until this guy started pulling stories out of his a$$.

# aaa — Guest 2006-08-28 11:36

how you now is fake fanboyz? stop *****ing

# oh ffs... — Guest 2006-08-28 11:37

if this is true then why cant sony make a nice gaming system without downgrading it 3242 times ffs...

# That's not the point — Planet 2006-08-28 11:41

It is no news at all! It is plain hate mail from an infamous rumor mill. Did you even read the article and its predecessors? It is so full of mockery, getting worse every time, that has nothing to do with journalism.

If i posted on my site that playing X360 turns you into a homosexual communist axe murderer, would you spread the "news" just to let the people know what's going on? By copying and spreading that crap you turn it into a "news" in the first place.

# yes i am mad — Planet 2006-08-28 11:54

Sorry for double posting, but there is no edit. The post of seBBex shows exactly what those constant rumors do. In the public reception, sony did downgrade the PS3 endlessly. While it only got rid of a 2 USB ports (which is quite bearable, having 4 left), the second HDMI (which would have been usefull for maybe 0.2% of the audience) and the spare Ethernet ports (who wants to buy a 600$ PS3 to do the job of a 15$ switch?). Every other detail has not been changed! Not once. Nothing. Yet still people "know" Sony killed the PS3...

George Orwell's 1984 from is still a good read! If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.

# Guest 2006-08-28 11:54

Some sordid news agencies will slime their "news" through the mud to get people to read their printed toilet paper, and Inq is no different in how they pull stunts like this to get site visits.

If they want site visits, here's one I recommend... the public e-mail link to the troll who wrote that story:

http://uk.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?page=24&authorID=110

Let them know what you think of their great work in journalism.

# well... — Shatterdome 2006-08-28 12:04

to be fair, the info given to him on the plane (If you are reffering to the slow access times between certain memory types) was actually true, just misinterpreted....

# Shatterdome, that is exactly what these people do, take a little bit of known fact and add garbage. — TheProfessor 2006-08-28 12:20

Let's say some site posted something like this:

- Insider claims all 360 games that use multithreading with the three Cores will trash your 360. Actually is so bad that most developers are pulling away from coding to the three cores and instead are continuing to make their titles look last gen with single threaded execution. Even the mega title Gears of War will now be released without multi-core usage.

- Insider claims that the Wii's new network platform is still in it's infancy and that the virtual console will have very few titles. He also claimed that half of the Wii launch titles are actually tech demos build to test the remote which Nintendo decided to instead release as games and bump up the amount of launch titles. Furthermore, it looks like like the Wii is just a gamecube with a peripheral controller as he noted the hardware is comparable to that of a gamecube with a bit more ram.

Both these stories contain a bit of truth turned into an ugly mockery of the console. These so called reporters play on this fact to get readers guessing whether is real or not.

All of his articles have been disproved, why would this be any different.

# The Inquirer? — Guest 2006-08-28 12:30

It sickens me that a publication like this trash is actually allowed on newsstands, nevermind sells millions of copies. To think the person who founded this paper makes millions of dollars off it would be a mockery of humanity, but it is very, very true. Only in America, huh?

# it's no wonder there's a bad buzz about ps3 — comedy 2006-08-28 12:30

if the general public keep seeing articles like this (or hearing rumors such as this) then i don't see why they would have any faith in ps3.

it's time sony started the positive press machine.. i can't wait until tgs, i want good news now!

oh well, we all know by now that all these junk rumors about how ps3 will lose all exclusive games, or how ps3 is crud are just big packs of lies made up by idiots.

# dude... — clouducla 2006-08-28 12:32

why post somethin like this???? i mean...there is no reason for the downgrade in this RUMOR.....yet this assclown still puts this crap up???? i mean...wtf??? like there isnt enough bad press on the ps3...very lame

# Good picture for the PS3 — Guest 2006-08-28 12:38

I like how this article apparently says that PS3 is going back to the boomerang with that amazingly old picture. I used to come to this site looking for news on the PS3, now I just come to see how frigging stupid these articles that are posted can get

# INQUIRER!? — BULL3TPR00F 2006-08-28 12:39

hahahahahahaha dont make me laff!

o wait, too late!

even if this rumour was tru (which i highly doubt). We could jsut overclock :)

# this rumor is in fact true — maru_mari 2006-08-28 13:02

I asked one of our graphics programmers just now and he confirmed the speed reduction in the RSX chip.

# -_- — Guest 2006-08-28 13:04

You can't trust an Inquirer

Le-mo

# maybe its true — Guest 2006-08-28 13:19

ppl ppl its true on a way because maybe thats the mysterious news that sony's going to say at TGS this sept.so maybe its leaked news

# cont. of #25 — Guest 2006-08-28 13:24

maybe thats why the rumor of price drop...... Cmon stop being a Fanboy for a second and face what's really happening.........

# *rolls eyes* — Guest 2006-08-28 13:35

Karl B you are a moron. Stop posting "rumours" from the Inquirer, they just make ***** up. Stop spreading their BS, thats what they want you to do. Idiot...

# Sorry — Guest 2006-08-28 13:49

I have a devkit right here and the specs, there's no downgrade here. This is yet more Inquirer BS.

GameDev

# Sorry — GameDev 2006-08-28 13:50

I have a devkit right here and the specs, there's no downgrade here. This is yet more Inquirer BS.

GameDev

# i call bs — Guest 2006-08-28 14:01

not because sony wouldnt do it but the fact that final dev kits have been given and more than a few games are 80%+ into devolpment, sony wouldn't change spec 2 months before launch or else they wouldn't have a single game ready by nov. 17th.

# Keyword — Guest 2006-08-28 14:28

nocomment

# LISTEN TO ME...... — Guest 2006-08-28 14:30

KEYWORD HERE.......

THE "Inquirer" PERIOD!!!

# I'll give you a hint... — Target Render 2006-08-28 14:33

I'll break my NDA for this, but the devkits are @ 550/700.

I see no reason for this rumor to be true at all...

# nintendoo!! — Guest 2006-08-28 15:04

wooooo nintendo wii WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO its the best ps3 can my balls

# Then why? — Fin 2006-08-28 15:17

"No reasons were cited in the article."

Then why the hell did you post this blog. Really QJ, you guys need to re-evaluate your bloggers.

# blah — Guest 2006-08-28 16:27

We'll never know whether or not the rumor is true or false. It doesnt even matter because it will sell regardless. If Sony had the audacity to announce a console that costs more than a good pc nowadays then they have nothing to worry about. The psp went through numerous downgrades before its launch and it still sold well. Sony's target audience are ppl who are technologically illeterate and dont care about specs. So... BLAH!

# Wow — Fin 2006-08-28 16:33

So I actually went to the source link to The Inquirer. The author is a complete jackass and unprofessional. You say that you posted this blog to make sure that everyone knows this is a rumor yet anyone who would read that original article would know how unprofessional and how bias driven it is. Comon really, just read this quote from the The Inquierers article

"As a help to the fanbois who inevitably write in somewhat curious broken englishish every time their precious console gets re-specced in a downward manner, please cut and paste the following. It will save you at least an hour trying to figure out the parts of the keyboard that are not WASD:"

"As for Sony, I know your reaction, you are going to start a whispering campaign on the forums like last time. Please give the PR genius who thought that one up a promotion and a raise. It worked so well to cower me that I got more inside sources disgusted with you third rate backstabbing attempts than I got in a year. Please do it again, I didn't take offense last time, and I promise not to this time."

He sure doesn't sound like he has something against Sony. Nope, he surrree doesn't.

# What the *****! — Guest 2006-08-28 16:43

The Inquirer!!! ARE YOU *****ING *****TING ME?! WHAT THE ***** ARE YOU SMOKING TO BELIEVE THEM?????!!!!! GET THE ***** OUT OF HERE, WHOEVER WROTE THIS SHOULD BE SHOT AND FIRED!

# wow — Guest 2006-08-28 16:49

I think the article is bogus too....but come on guys...

whats with the huge posts and all caps messages....

Sony fanboys and thier low I.Q. levels (-_-)

# Fake Or Real? — Guest 2006-08-28 17:25

Hey whether this article is fake or real, is it possible The Inquirer comes up with these rumors, just so that it can attract traffic? If so, i am sure they are doing a decent job and they will continue to come up with more rumors just to keep the traffic flowing.

# well logically — Guest 2006-08-28 17:40

use ur brains ppl, the devkits have been out for ages there is no reason for a downgrade if the developers already have the the fully loaded machines.

umm attention all devs plz underclock your gpu memory speed, that would be great. yeah right.........what morons

ID LIKE TO HERE MORE ABOUT THIS XDR RAM THAT THE PS3 USES. APPARENTLY IT RUNS AT 3.2GHZ LIKE THE PROCESSOR SO THERE SHOULD BE ARDLY NE BOTTLENECKS IN LOADING AND OTHER SUCH THINGS, DEPENDING ON HOW THE DEVS COD EVERYTHING

# Know what we need? For you to STOP. — Guest 2006-08-28 17:45

Just what we needed. Another "inflammation of the fanboyus causus".

Do you guys even know what a level-headed response is?

One reply about "ooh, this article is fake!" would have been FINE. Hell, two or three even.

But GOOD GOD why do you guys ALWAYS feel the need to repeat the SAME things OVER and OVER and OVER again?! 40 posts! I mean COME ON!

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"

# ... — Guest 2006-08-28 19:59

the inquirer is a load of BS the whole time, its as bad as gamesrader ffs

besides, quoting a line from a slipknot song 'whatever doesnt kill us only makes us stronger', most of the rumours have got people more interested in the PS3 and a few have considered buying this instead of a 360 now, so 2nd rate rumour sites and biased ms sites are gonna help the ps3 own them all LMFAO

# RE13 — Guest 2006-08-28 22:50

X360 *REALLY DOES* turn you into a homosexual communist axe murderer. and im spreading the news as i speak :)

# to 42 — clouducla 2006-08-28 23:26

#42...there is a point here...as redundant as it may seem, its important for QJ to know that we, the readers, are not going to sit here and be fed this garbage....

# The Inquirer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! — hush404 2006-08-29 00:30

Grain of salt? You shouldn't even post an "update" if it comes from the inquirer, give me a f'n break.

# End of discussion — GameDev 2006-08-29 01:34

We are in development on final kits. Do you seriously think Sony is going to downgrade the kits on us 2 months from launch? Think about it.

Please don't discuss this BS any longer.

# to QJ staff — Guest 2006-08-29 02:46

I heard a rumor that the ps3 once it sold 20 million units it will become alive and take over the world. I think you should post the rumor considering that you don´t make the news but it is your duty to report every rumor there is about the ps3

# Downgraded, not Likely — Vietone 2006-08-29 02:49

Final dev kits were shipped out already. Nvidia chip yields are strong for their desktop line and the RSX is basically a desktop GPU.

This rumor is garbage. Its like saying new revisions of the Xbox360 will be downgraded to compensate for overheating issues.

Microsoft must be really scared paying the media to release anti-ps3 news. They know that they wont win this generation, they know that Sony will beat them in terms of power and graphics. They know they will get a bigger share of the market this generation. They will do everything they can to bring Sony down from the the top position and they will fail.

# The Inquirer ? not another time... — Guest 2006-08-29 06:06

all we got on The Inquirer was false, so I suppose the ps3 cannot be downgraded, because The Inquirer would be true, and that's an impossible fact, lol.

# To clouducla — Guest 2006-08-29 18:15

Yes I understand that QJ.net needs to know the opinions of the audience that it targets. But there are more productive approaches to doing so.

For one, address the QJ.net staff directly, and with intelligence. Prove that your words are worth listening to.

I understand the importance of changing the Qj.net staff. I myself think that Qj is an extremely unprofessional source of information, and it is a rumors site at best, not a source of credited information. You have sites like IGN and Gamespot for that.

But 40 or so posts of repetitious and unintelligible garbage isn't going to change QJ. You have to realize that this is THEIR site, and we have to play by THEIR rules. Here, they are master. Show them that we can play their game.

# Guest 2006-08-29 23:17

U ALL SMELL AND SUK WILLY

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