PS3 tested under 'adverse' conditions - Survives

[Bateluer]

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Keep in mind the name of the site is PS3Vault, so I'm not sure of its reliability. Its pretty common knowledge that the PS3 is more reliable than the Xbox360 though.

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
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Keep in mind the name of the site is PS3Vault, so I'm not sure of its reliability. Its pretty common knowledge that the PS3 is more reliable than the Xbox360 though.

You could say a $10 whore is more reliable than a 360 at this point.

 

[randay]

bunk tests. an xbox 360 could probably survive them all just as well, and i am no advocate of the 360. electronics dont normally fail in those conditions, thats all.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: randay
bunk tests. an xbox 360 could probably survive them all just as well, and i am no advocate of the 360. electronics dont normally fail in those conditions, thats all.

Pretty much. That writing on that site looks like it came from a 12 year old. You're right that the Xbox 360 would have survived those tests - it usually takes a while for a 360 to die, not one 108 hour marathon session.

This is what we know:
- The PS3's failure rate is not abnormally high.
- There is no reason to believe at this point that there will be issues with PS3s down the road.
- The Xbox 360 probably has the highest failure rate of any console in history.

This article added absolutely nothing to our understanding of this.

 

[Bateluer]

I doubt the 360 would operate for very long in a sauna. I live in Phoenix AZ, and last year, and several times I've been without AC. On a few occasions, I've seen my CPU operating temp rise as high as 85C, producing all sorts of strange errors in windows. My old 6800GT used to rise about 100C after a short time in a game. On my 1900XT, it would rise even higher, to 105C. The ATI card would VPU error, the 6800GT would simply crash. In every case, I had to shut down the system entire until the AC was restored.

Given that the 360 overheats under normal operating temperature, I serious doubt it'd function for very long in the high temp and humidity of a sauna. 😛

 

[ubercaffeinated]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I doubt the 360 would operate for very long in a sauna. I live in Phoenix AZ, and last year, and several times I've been without AC. On a few occasions, I've seen my CPU operating temp rise as high as 85C, producing all sorts of strange errors in windows. My old 6800GT used to rise about 100C after a short time in a game. On my 1900XT, it would rise even higher, to 105C. The ATI card would VPU error, the 6800GT would simply crash. In every case, I had to shut down the system entire until the AC was restored.

Given that the 360 overheats under normal operating temperature, I serious doubt it'd function for very long in the high temp and humidity of a sauna. 😛

That state you live in is hot. Jesus. HOT. I've only been there once and I was looking at you people like you were crazy. HOT!

 

[inveterate]

Originally posted by: makoto00

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I doubt the 360 would operate for very long in a sauna. I live in Phoenix AZ, and last year, and several times I've been without AC. On a few occasions, I've seen my CPU operating temp rise as high as 85C, producing all sorts of strange errors in windows. My old 6800GT used to rise about 100C after a short time in a game. On my 1900XT, it would rise even higher, to 105C. The ATI card would VPU error, the 6800GT would simply crash. In every case, I had to shut down the system entire until the AC was restored.

Given that the 360 overheats under normal operating temperature, I serious doubt it'd function for very long in the high temp and humidity of a sauna. 😛

That state you live in is hot. Jesus. HOT. I've only been there once and I was looking at you people like you were crazy. HOT!

As in their girls are HOT!, i mean I heard hot weather brings out the Best in women hehe,,

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: inveterate

Originally posted by: makoto00

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I doubt the 360 would operate for very long in a sauna. I live in Phoenix AZ, and last year, and several times I've been without AC. On a few occasions, I've seen my CPU operating temp rise as high as 85C, producing all sorts of strange errors in windows. My old 6800GT used to rise about 100C after a short time in a game. On my 1900XT, it would rise even higher, to 105C. The ATI card would VPU error, the 6800GT would simply crash. In every case, I had to shut down the system entire until the AC was restored.

Given that the 360 overheats under normal operating temperature, I serious doubt it'd function for very long in the high temp and humidity of a sauna. 😛

That state you live in is hot. Jesus. HOT. I've only been there once and I was looking at you people like you were crazy. HOT!

As in their girls are HOT!, i mean I heard hot weather brings out the Best in women hehe,,

Thats one of the first things I noticed after moving out here. Warmer weather means the women can wear less most of the year, which means they need to stay in shape. 🙂

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I doubt the 360 would operate for very long in a sauna. I live in Phoenix AZ, and last year, and several times I've been without AC. On a few occasions, I've seen my CPU operating temp rise as high as 85C, producing all sorts of strange errors in windows. My old 6800GT used to rise about 100C after a short time in a game. On my 1900XT, it would rise even higher, to 105C. The ATI card would VPU error, the 6800GT would simply crash. In every case, I had to shut down the system entire until the AC was restored.

Given that the 360 overheats under normal operating temperature, I serious doubt it'd function for very long in the high temp and humidity of a sauna. 😛

Just to give you an idea, 120F, which is the highest they went, is only around 50C.

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I doubt the 360 would operate for very long in a sauna. I live in Phoenix AZ, and last year, and several times I've been without AC. On a few occasions, I've seen my CPU operating temp rise as high as 85C, producing all sorts of strange errors in windows. My old 6800GT used to rise about 100C after a short time in a game. On my 1900XT, it would rise even higher, to 105C. The ATI card would VPU error, the 6800GT would simply crash. In every case, I had to shut down the system entire until the AC was restored.

Given that the 360 overheats under normal operating temperature, I serious doubt it'd function for very long in the high temp and humidity of a sauna. 😛

Just to give you an idea, 120F, which is the highest they went, is only around 50C.

Yeah, but now you're comparing CPU/GPU temps with the ambient temp. 120 F is HOT when you're talking about air that a machine is supposed to be using to cool itself. I really wouldn't trust my 360 in a room that hot.

 

[bob4432]

the 360 console (the case) design is horrible from a thermal design. the xclamps don't help the problem, the supposed lead free solder doesn't help the problem, the fact that the gpu fan (they are independently controlled) doesn't kick up until 80C(~180F), so i wouldn't use mine over ~85F ambient.

hell a friend of mine's rrod, he didn't want to mess w/ waiting and picked up another (not a modded console, in fact he gave it to another friend who, at my suggestion, put it in a pc case and now it works fine) and now, after about 1mos, the new 360 is dead.

ms really f*cked up on this one. i would say a 33% failure rate is very much in favor or ms and would actually think it to be higher.