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FlyingWeagle · Nov 21, 2007, 04:37 PM // 16:37

I am soong going to be buying a PS3, and wish to install a linux distribution to it so that it replaces my senile 12yo PC. If I was to then install Guild Wars to the linux partition, would it run fully, if at all?

Cheers for any insight

Weagle.

blakecraw · Nov 21, 2007, 05:03 PM // 17:03

Outlook not so good: http://forums.qj.net/f-ps3-linux-283...ead-78750.html

FlyingWeagle · Nov 21, 2007, 05:39 PM // 17:39

Hmm. Thanks for that. Sucks a bit, but nvm, I'll keep digging, maybe theres a PowerPC version of Wine or Cedega in development
We live in hope

Weagle

lordpwn · Nov 21, 2007, 06:16 PM // 18:16

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Originally Posted by FlyingWeagle

maybe theres a PowerPC version of Wine or Cedega in development

Even if there was the CPU architectures are totally incompatible - it would have to run the x86 instructions in an emulator, slowing things down by a few orders of magnitude.

Also, to protect Nvidia's corporate secrets and Sony's rule over the games that get released on the console there is no way to access the 3D hardware from PS3 Linux.

Don't hold your breath.

EDIT: Nvidia, not ATI. Silly me.

Kattar · Nov 21, 2007, 06:52 PM // 18:52

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Originally Posted by lordpwn

Also, to protect ATI's corporate secrets and Sony's rule over the games that get released on the console there is no way to access the 3D hardware from PS3 Linux.

Don't hold your breath.

DING!! Not to mention it's hard enough to play ANY games on Linux, much less find adapters for things.

sagilltwins · Nov 21, 2007, 07:52 PM // 19:52

better off sticking with a PC

for 600 bucks u can get a decent comp

FlyingWeagle · Nov 21, 2007, 10:40 PM // 22:40

OK, thanks guys, sounds like I'll have to stick with this PC for GW.
in response to Sagilltwins: £600 will get me two PS3s, and at any rate, GW is the only game I really play on PC.

Weagle

Edit:
I knew the RSX GPU was 'restricted' but I figured that such a powerful chip would be enough to play GW even tethered. Does anyone know how much hypervisor limits the graphics?

lordpwn · Nov 22, 2007, 12:52 AM // 00:52

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Originally Posted by FlyingWeagle

I knew the RSX GPU was 'restricted' but I figured that such a powerful chip would be enough to play GW even tethered.

The RSX seems to be a modified Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX so while it's not exactly state of the art, yes, it's easily more than powerful enough to run Guild Wars.

Yes, I made a slight typo in my previous post - meant to type Nvidia instead of ATI. Don't know what I was thinking

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Originally Posted by FlyingWeagle

Does anyone know how much hypervisor limits the graphics?

As far as anyone knows it is completely impossible to access the 3D hardware functions from PS3 Linux. The Linux system can draw its interface through basic 2D functions, but these cannot be used for rendering any kind of modern realtime 3D graphics.

Note that even if Guild Wars would run on a PPC-style processor and could access the 3D hardware, the PS3's 512 megabytes of RAM are split evenly between the GPU and the CPU, leaving 256 MB for the CPU, of which approximately 200 MB will be left usable with the hypervisor and Linux system loaded. This is not enough to run even Guild Wars: Prophecies.

Guild Wars was made for PC's and I wouldn't expect it to run on anything else any time soon.

Lord Sojar · Nov 23, 2007, 09:34 PM // 21:34

The PS3 is insanely powerful, but it is still just a console. Games have to be specifically coded to function on it, as the Cell is odd enough to be considered a freak of technology currently.

Wol Fenrook · Nov 24, 2007, 01:42 PM // 13:42

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Originally Posted by FlyingWeagle

OK, thanks guys, sounds like I'll have to stick with this PC for GW.
in response to Sagilltwins: £600 will get me two PS3s, and at any rate, GW is the only game I really play on PC.

Weagle

Sagiltwins had said 600 bucks, so I would assume he means $600 not £600. I built my current system for less than £400 and that included an OEM copy of XP Pro and a 19" Widescreen monitor. There is no way you could get a PS3 and a hi res LCD TV for that kind of money.

Wol