Taking a Look at PlayStation’s Performance Specs Throughout its History

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PlayStation 2

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The PlayStation 2 is most likely the era of gaming where many of your favorite franchises started on. One of the many things that made the PlayStation 2 stand out from its competitors was the fact that it had backwards compatibility with PS1 games. The console would later be discontinued after 13 years of production and selling over 155 million units.

  • CPU: 64-bit MIPS R5900-based “Emotion Engine” (294 MHz then 299 MHz)
  • GPU: Parallel  Rendinger Processor  with embedded DRAM “Graphics Synthesizer” (147 MHz)
  • System RAM: 32 MB
  • Resolution: 720 x 480, with certain games 1920 x 1080
  • Sound: Memory of 2 MB with 48 hardware channels of ADPCM. 5.1 surround sound with full motion video then analog 5.1 surround.
  • Media: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM

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