GameSpot analyzes PSP Slim load performance |
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GameSpot certainly has a penchant for those benchmarking tests. The GameSpot staff managed to get their hands on Sony's PSP Slim and put it through its paces in a set of loading time tests against the original PSP. The results of the test show that while the original PSP loads stuff pretty quickly, the PSP Slim manages to do it much faster in almost all of its tests.According to GameSpot, the staffers enabled the "UMD Cache Option" in the system settings menu. This feature is supposed to speed up the load times of games by reducing the frequency in which the PSP picks up information from the UMD. They then tested three games (Pro Evolution Soccer 2007, Test Drive Unlimited, and WWE! SmackDown vs. RAW 2007) by checking their initial launch times on the two units, as well as the "subsequent level reloads" for each of the three games.
The results? Well, load times were generally faster for the PSP Slim on both the initial launch tests and the level reload tests, with the Slim being faster by anywhere from two seconds to 37 seconds. On the other hand, in the one instance where the PSP managed to be faster than the Slim, it was only by one second.
Granted, these load times still are still pretty high (106 seconds is still a long load process for a PSP Slim level reset), but for gamers looking for every bit of speed they can get for their games, the PSP Slim certainly looks to be something worth grabbing. Of course, there are other considerations that need to be looked at, and GameSpot also took a look at some of those in their full coverage, which you can check out through the Read URL. Bottom line though: The PSP Slim is quite an upgrade from the original in a lot of ways.
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People will still think nintendo ds kicks its butt.Thats the bad thing :(
Save some cake for me!
loading an iso from the memory stick kicks those times in the butt. sony should never have tried umd. what good is a portable device that loads more than simpsons road rage on ps2?
ISOs ought to run with no load times this time around.
Oh Yeah.........i Have GOT to get me One of them PSP's.............. NOT!!!!!
Hardly any Difference in Load Times, Sony Ripping People off as Usual, Why was there NOT Another Analogue Nub on the Right hand Side Added, No Exuse!!
Then if the Software Sensed there was Two Analogue Nubs then the Game would allow it to Operate in Game!
but ppl like them will be ignorant douches who think playing with crappy old technology is better.
and it's like the virtual boy. seems cool at first but really is gay.
Flash memory 4 teh w1nz0r!
true!
cookie 4u
Right analogue nub would force psp owners to buy the new one though.
Okay, so it's not really enough to justify another purchase, though I may anyway - brighter screen, TV Out, Memory Upgrade etc are nice but not essential.
I noticed some ignorant prat on Gamespot said "no decent games" - do people who make those comments actually play any games on the PSP? Show me the equivilant of Ace Combat, Tekken, Omni vs ZAFT or WipeOut on the DS...
Seems like the people trying to justify their reasoning of not purchasing one are the poor kids, u know, the ones that say sony sucks and should offer their games for free but until then they download the isos? yeah, those poor sacks of turds that hang around the internet all day posting comments.
stop being poor.
im going to buy one just to make you envious more so.
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your not going to buy anything!
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cookie thats a gd 1
games like prince persia and GTA should play normal.
This upgrade is hardly worth anyone's money, even paris hilton's. You'll wish you didn't get the anorexic psp once PSP Slimmer comes out, that's for sure.
Come on. Just wake up people... it's a cash grab.
So I can play it in those public bathrooms! tee hee! oh I'm so bad.
but people like you are the same ppl who say things like "FINAL FANTASY 7 PWNS ALL." Just admit that your a sony fanboy.
Actually I'm looking forward to what they can do with homebrew with the ram upgrade. Emulators and ebook should be able to run pretty smooth with it, if they can get custom to run with it.
if your having problems w/ GTA, and your running custom FW, y don't you just rip the UMD and run the game off the memory stick? This is if you have a big enough mem stik of course (like 2 GB).
just admit you're so stuck up you refuse to believe anything could be better than your nds soulmate and constantly criticize all psp games of being remakes when all your games are like the 50th remake of mario or some other 30 year old nintendo character.
Exactly, person. Why are slim supporters celebrating a slight umd speed up? It's still using the crappy umd format.
Homebrewers on the other hand have been able to enjoy long battery life due to game backups for years now. I mean blink and you'll miss it speed because it's coming off the memory card.
So who's willing to give that up for a slight umd speed increase? Go jump off a bridge.
Ok, let us see...
ace combat: no equivalent
tekken: super smash bros (coming out after brawl)
omni vs zaft (never heard of it)
wipeout: mario kart/ need for speed
Ok, now just to be fair, show us the equivalents of these:
Super Mario DS
Wario Touched (no, wtf doesn't count, as it's TOO cheesy)
elite beat agents
yoshi touch and go
POKEMON
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also, remember, the ds and psp compliment each other. While the psp has better graphics, it's got horrific controls and boring games. However, the ds has crappy graphics, but a great collection of games and a much cooler interface.
Thus, each has its own pros and cons. However, if we were to get a PSP with good games and a better interface, such as 2 analog sticks and/or touchscreen, or a ds with a bigger screen and better graphics, then it'd be ok to be a fanboy. But right now you can't be a fanboy.
Admittedly, though I like my DS a LITTLE more, the psp owns in the ease of homebrew (i.e. no need to buy an M3 adapter) and also, the pandora battery is too cool. The closest thing we have on the ds is the passme/ flashme, but they're not as cool as pandora.
how do you propose people to stop being poor? get off the net you 13 year old moron.
and apple (unregistered) too.
Yet "back-ups" load faster than either of them.
Lol. Thanks $ony for this "amazing" new psp packed with so many new features!
nds are for 10 year olds
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This is about 2 days old news. . .
Simon beats the psp any day.
That's his point. Sony half-assed another console, with no improvements other than video out.
They should have left it the ***** alone, or realease a PSP2, not a PSP Half-ass edition.
Remember guys, ITS A PSP SLIM/LITE, NOT A PSP2.
This is why there is no second analog stick, etc.
Wait a few months/years for PSP2, and hell, you'll see a difference.
Stop being ignorant and do some research, idiot.
DS is for mints, who like to play good games. i have a PSP and a DS, and wow my DS kicks the ***** out of PSP. there are like 4 decent games for PSP, and atleast 35 GREAT games for DS.
look they coulda mkae it better, but no they're too stubborn. hope they make a faster snes on this psp slim tho
then you must be a little kid who cant figure out how to hack his psp...
i have a nds n psp to.. honestly youl need to spend money buying a flash cart to play some cheap game on ur nds...
tell me one good games that stands up to a psp graphics system...
i will admit the touch screen feature is pretty amazing
and i was suprised they didnt put put it on psp 2k
but besides there there is no decent homebrew for nds...
if it weren't for homebrew on psp, I would play my ds more, but now I play them both. equally