Sony’s much vaunted PS3 Slim is practically released, allowing curious testers to make the shocking discovery that the slimline version is actually slower than the corpulent original.
The comparison videos below demonstrate the apparent differences:
However, another set of videos seem to show it being slightly faster:
Rumours circulate that some differences may be caused by differences in harddrive, but in this case the maker of the video claims the same 7200RPM HDD is installed in each.
Of course, the discrepancies could also be due to mysterious differences in firmware or hardware, or simply random fluctuations.
Whatever the cause, it seems very unlikely Sony will be admitting any undocumented performance difference, positive or negative, between the models.
Via Ore-teki.
Fuck consoles! PC FTW
i’m happy with my first generation 60 GB model… glad i didn’t wait to buy it later, seeing how it gets worse and worse with each new model
Like the countless incarnations of the PSP?
PS3 Slim cost $399 in North America, PS3 and PS3 Slim do not have same price. PS3 Slim is much cheaper than PS3.
Thats 100% incorrect right?
North America is large, so maybe you should specify a country (I have no idea what the canadian/mexican price is), but in the USA the Slim is $299, and the 80gig PS3 Phat is also $299
yes i have the fastest ps3 then yeah fat owns its nice looking and faster!!!!!!! we old timers are the best
It was already stated that the silm would have less power, so it’s no surprise if it’s a tiny bit slower at parts
and the faster parts would be thanks to a new firmware right?
Minor delay and what? It looks sexy
still don’t care…
I read this article saying that in the new ps3 update, when starting a game um it will no longer say “playstation 3” as you can see in that last video, that video starting a game up, you can see in the ps3 slim it did not say “playstation 3” D:
Indeed the older versions are faster :O!
yeah that batman video is not a good test since the phat does not have the 3.0 update that removes the playstation screen!
gonna wait a year to buy the slim one. let ’em work all this kinks out.
wow can u say xbot fan like come on bud get a life, all ur tryin to do is hurt sales and man u aint got shit alrite man go back and suck on ur moms tits alrite fagot peace
Already have every system. Don’t care.
FIrmware 3.0 is supposed to remove the Playstation 3 logo that appears after you click on a game. It just seems the PS3 slim has the functionality built into it.
They are both the same speed! And even if they are not we have all got what we want a cheaper affordable ps3. Who cares if it’s faster or slower, as long as we all have the opportunity to own one, or two in my case!
i wanna get a PS3 — slim… but if slower… is there any custom firwares for PS3 yet? maybe there’ll be a speed patch or something 😛
and we say, that playstation 3 is better than XBOX in slower terms?
That speed difference is pretty minimal, don’t see it as a deal breaker. Do we know if it preforms slower in games?
what the hell the way they got it labled in the pictures the slim is loading faster.
So much for an Xbox killer. Good job Sony. Keep this up and your screw right out of the market.
this article is bullnookies the hdd in all ps3s are 5400 rpm hdds.
Thats funny the PS3s Hard Drive is 5400rpm, it all depends on how much you have on your HDD and even though the TVs look the same model it could be slightly different would could also change the outcome.
i read this article saying, that in the ps3 update 3.o, when starting a game up, it wont say “playstation 3” anymore, you know? that spiderman font? that last video was only faster because on the slim, it didnt say playstation 3, im guessing the slim was already instealled with 3.0
Slim is installed with 2.7x. 3.0 will not be launched until the 1st of september.
Dick, the PS3 slim is only slow by 3 seconds the most. What are people bitching for? Sounds like a load of crap coming from PS3 fanboys.
Are you all kidding me?
Slim is only “a little bit” slower on boot up and running Bluray movies. Guess what this is propaly because of down downsetting the frequency on the core, to produce even less heat and noise and consuming even less power.
In gameloading it is a little bit faster (maginal).
So…uh….
You have 2 videos of it being slower. Then you have 2 videos of it being faster. Yet the article is titled “PS3 Slim Slower Than PS3”. I would say that it breaks even. Plus, certain load times don’t necessarily make a difference. The only concern is if its slower during actual gameplay.
Despite the fact that the creator of the videos uses the same type of HDD in each PS3, we don’t know if the older model has the specified game info and bluray info cached and thus happens to load faster sometimes.
stupid vdo clip …
is it slower ? .. i don’t think so
Artefact you got homo-fantard-pastor boys running the circus here.
It’s not a big deal, not like it’s slower by 10 seconds or something.
But i do know that watch blu-ray movies are slower by a TINY bit, like 1 or 2 seconds slower. But it doesn’t matter, as i know playing games on the PS3 are slightly faster though.
Sorry didn’t realise i was not logged in just now =/
It’s not a big deal, not like it’s slower by 10 seconds or something.
But i do know that watch blu-ray movies are slower by a TINY bit, like 1 or 2 seconds slower. But it doesn’t matter, as i know playing games on the PS3 are slightly faster though.
Someone mentioned that the PS3 Slim’s Blu-Ray drive is more like that of something that would be used in a laptop.
In other words, the load time for Blu-Ray and Games could be due to read speed differences between the original Blu-Ray Drive and the new one being employed.
Someone test Valkyria Chronicles on the slim please.
Even on an installed copy, reloading a saved game in the middle of a battle took freakin forever (on a fatty).
well consider there is no load time at all after that and during gameplay, I say it’s pretty amazing itself. Some maps are pretty big.
Although I can see where it’s coming from with it’s load time, is no mean small.
It’s not like you’ll notice startup times anyway, since the PS3 spends most of its time gathering dust between half-decent 1st party releases.
I still spit in SONY’s eye…
…with my dick
Then SONY will spit in your ass…
… with its tentacles
It’s a few seconds slower, get over it.
maybe it depends on the ‘heat’ of the ps3
you know, when one warms up, it gets better
The initial startup is what, a TINY bit slower. This probably takes into account Bravia Sync and the fact it now displays the PS3 logo before entering the XMB.
Does anyone really give a shit though? Still better than a red ringing white box of gay.
I am no fan of the PS3. It is the sad result of Sony’s hubris and has completely failed to live up to its potential so far. But I will say this in its defense:
I believe the PS3 does dynamic caching of frequently or recently accessed disc content to the HD, even on games that do not require installation. That could easily account for the differences in performance here, if any of these discs had been run on that unit before the recorded comparison was done.
For all practical purposes, the small differences in performance seen here seem negligible, and I would bet you would see similar differences between two “identical” models of PS3 as well.
How dare you post such obvious lies, you heathen.
PS3 is the best gaming console ever made. It is god’s gift to man. It is perfect in every way imaginable and even in every way UNIMAGINABLE.
Killzone 2 is the best FPS ever made AND YOU KNOW IT IS THE TRUTH WITH IT’S AMAZING OPPONENT AI AND PERFECT MULTIPLAYER!
I love how 360 fanboys are quiet for the most part during posts like these but once something bad is said about 360 or good for ps3, they all come out to post how biased and ps3 loving Artefact is…
Wow, ratchet and clank background… nostalgic?
HA! As an Xbox fan this amuses me, as Ps3 games take long enough to load as it is. Xbox killer my ass! The wii is going to win anyway….
yea the 54% RROD rate is better than waiting a few seconds right =D
What’s even worse is MS had a chance to dispute that 54% error rate from the statistic, but their PR person didn’t. Instead they reiterated their awesome wonderful warranty. THEY had a chance but they did NOT dispute the claim. You know what that means? The error rate probably IS that high.
agreed major cock
xbox sucks asshole
Oh wow
Poll: Hey RRoD 54%
MS: That’s not true
People: Yeah sure Microsoft go tell that to yourself.
People just would not believe MS in this case.
Yeah because online polls are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO reliable.
Just like how moot got Time Magazines most influential person of the world 2009.
so whats it like being in junior high
The fact that the Slim was a little bit faster when starting Batman was due to it having a newer Firmware where the “Playstation 3” Logo when starting a game was removed. When the new FW will be available for download it will be the same for the old ps3.
But srsly…who cares about that second or two anyway.
Don’t care. Not like i can afford a ps3 anyway.
you know the 360 cost $100 more than the slim at launch, right.
just saying that $300 is not really an outrageous price.
As long as the FPS is the same, it doesnt matter to me :p
Maybe all these “Anonymous” people would get registered if Artefact changed Anonymous to something silly. Like if unregistered users would show up as random shitty nicknames like iluvhorses93, shadow_vampire_xxx and inuyashagurrrl…
Would you?
kindly?
i love smoking this shit…
hella yeah!!!!
And fingerfuck me in the ass?
Then suck my dick?
fap to your horses?
the video is a fubar. you can easily tell that the video is rig, unless you got bad eyesight. it’s like having a regular tv w/ cable box vs hdtv w/ hd cable box.
who cares? At least no RROD for me… I’d rather have a slower console than one that doesn’t even work hahaha
9,4% for Jasper to RRoD
10,4% for PS3 to YLoD
inb4 54% RRoD
The 54% were based on an anonymous click-and-away survey…as much credibility as Moot being the worlds most popular person.
You moron, the 54% statistic was from a magazine survey done by Game Informer. YOU NEED TO PHYSICALLY MAIL THE SURVEY to them. =P In general, people are too lazy to actually drop mail – especially postcard surveys – to the postal office if they don’t actually have a problem. Disgruntled consumers are more likely to report a problem than people that never got any. IT WASN’T A CLICK & AWAY SURVEY you retard. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT DOUCHE
gameinformer or not, all my friends that own a 360, died on them, and there on there like 3rd system..me, im still on my 1st ps3, no problems what so ever. and about the slim, who gives a shit if its like .4 seconds slower, its still not going to die out
Who’s Moot?
4chan dumbass look it up
His mom?
Hey, at least I have 100% game rate on 360.
Could this be do to the newer firmware on it?
mabee.
It can’t be helped
very few people would of notice if this wasnst posted
I think there’s too many flaws in the video to tell really. The ones trying to show the slim as slower could easily have been done by someone with some bias in their console choice.
Things to note though, in the last video, the batman symbol on the loading screen spins at slightly different speeds, yet the one it appears slower on loads faster… seems a bit odd to me. Either way, I wouldn’t be so quick to trust these videos.
The reduced price Xbox 360 exhibits no change in speed.
Yes, both-ways shipping and warranty repairs on RROD’d Xbox 360 Elites will continue to take the same amount of time as previously.
first of all, you’re retarded.
second of all, you can’t forget the version they used to sell that DIDN’T HAVE A HARD DRIVE. severe performance differences there, also this has caused incredible trouble for developers and is one of the big advantages that the ps3 has, every ps3 owner has a hard drive, so the developers can design their games knowing that the player has a hard drive.
except for the one that didn’t have a hard drive lmao, you know how many problems that’s caused for developers?
also the cpu and gpu in the slim are still exactly the same so I would not expect framerates to differ by any significant margin at all.
Cuz they’re already shitty to begin with.
NO MAGNA CARTA 2 FOR U!
#2 owns
Thanks to Artefact, nobody cares about Magna Carta 2 now, “White Knight Chronicles” is better anyway ;p
+1 for 2nd anon
Meh, you call that a benchmark?
I’ll wait until several sites do a comparison between the PS3 and PS3 slim then I’ll know which is better.
You’re a faggot.
no you
It’s only loading faster by a few seconds, not much of a big deal when you’re saving 200 dollars.
wait … it’s cheaper in the US ?
PS3 fat and slim same price here in germany…though you get 2 games + fat in a bundle for the same price of a slim.
I’d love me some of those deals. Price stayed exactly the same in Finland. Thanks a lot Sony.
And do you know WHY the price stays the same in Finland?
Because of the frickin’ reindeer mafia, that’s why!
Frickin’ reindeer…
I never did trust Rudolph, that red nose of his just isn’t natural I tell ya. You can be sure he wasn’t born with it, and it certainly isn’t from the cold either.
It’s not Sony’s fault. It’s always been like that here in Finland.
or a faggot
or korean
or africa
Or Brazilian.
they even ship there ? ^^
or mexican
At least you’re not Australian
I don’t know about Finland specifically but usually they don’t give a shit about Europe. First comes Japan, second comes the USA and… “Ho we almost forgot Europe better make them pay a lot to have the chance to access our wonderful system…”
Slightly slower for movies, slightly faster for games.
Touhou games on any PS systems should be therefore played on the traditional-sized PS3 and not the slim. You don’t want it to be even more insane, right?
>Touhou games on any PS systems
I want to play Touhou on my PS3 now.
Thanks a lot.
Guess that’s pretty much that you can get out of the tests.
I see what you did there.
WHERE ARE 3 SECONDS OF MY LIFE I WANT THE BACK NAO!
i rather wait 3 seconds, then to wait for weeks for a RROD 360, or pay same price for a 360 knowing it will die before the year ends
If you want those 3 seconds back, you’ll have to check eBay. I heard those 3 seconds are going for a pretty penny.
well, the slower booting is not a real problem right?
If it has the same “speed” when you’re playing a game then that’s just the same.
well, until it lags, now that’s a problem
From what I have seen, it plays games fine. My Brother has one and I haven’t noticed any differences compared to my fat.
so the slim’s faster for shit tier games?
0/10
it’s common sense that the smaller the processor the more energy efficient & faster is.btw this article is clearly a fan boys work lmfao!
Slimmer = Slower
you’re fucking retarded.
Fuck u phaggit!!!
Oh god, I want my precious seconds of my life back.
2nd
FUCK 2nd!
rotfl
Umm… yeah.
Umm…fuck me.
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Yep im full fledged ghey as well, i came out the closet at sankaka complex a year ago
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We are looking a Boobs how can it be gay when Sankaku Complex shows boobs?
I’m not gay I’m just open minded
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Take that as you will.
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^Facepalm.exe
“I’m not gay, I love Coldplay!”
Sounds rather paradoxical…
I’m not gay, I love Coldplay!
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/facepalm
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I guess some later benchmarks might interest me.
You DO realize from the first video, the PS3 Slim has the PS3 logo on startup, and the PS3 fat has the old Sony Computer Entertainment text at startup right?
From that alone it should suggest to you they have different firmwares on each system. It’s rumored the newer firmware will replace the old text with the new PS3 logo.
Hah!! The slimer the slower they are??
lol hail the king slime
LOL
i think you meant slim =(
the slimer they are the more likely they are to overheat as well
The Slim actually has a huge fan in it, and it runs noticeably cooler than the fat model.
I’ve also noticed that the slim seems to load levels slightly faster in Killzone 2, but I don’t have a second copy of KZ2 to verify that with my Slim and my bro’s 40GB.
sure is electical engineering up in here.
Big deal.
It’s not like the difference is that critical.
If it lags while in real-time gaming, then it’s a different story altogether.
Dude, have you even seen the fan on the Slim? There is no way it’s going to overheat.
except that they have done multiple die shrinks since the original as well, so the system is not producing nearly as much heat, and thus does not need as big of a heatsink to keep cool (uses less electricity, also)
this is why I hate it when sankaku complex talks about hardware, nobody here actually knows jack shit
except that they have done multiple die shrinks since the original so the cpu and gpu are not producing nearly as much heat as the original and thus do not require nearly as big of a heatsink
learn2computer
they are the same price >.>
dun care, i’ll buy the cheaper one lol