PS3 General Discussion
- Thread starter Solid Lifters
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- Paganisterr
- Ak Paganister
Yeah! I'll download that now.
Btw, how quick is the web browser meant to be? It's taking forever (like 10-20 seconds) to load pages on GTP, where as elsewhere on another forum it usually takes 10-15 seconds. I was going to post in here from it, but it kept taking forever to load this thread. It's slower than a computer that's for sure, unless I do have a wireless speed issue? The connection strength is around 70-80%
Edit: It sometimes randomly signs me out of the Playstation Store too...
Edit2: It's downloaded 10% of the 690mb already in the last couple of minute, so the speed is still there. Maybe another issue?
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- SOLID_LIFTERS
Are you doing the background downloading? That's new for 1.6. My GTHD download took like an hour to download. However, the current download speeds are pretty quick, thanks to 1.6.
I can't get GTPlanet.net on my web browser. Wont load at all. Don't know why.
I can't get GTPlanet.net on my web browser. Wont load at all. Don't know why.
- 2,344
- Bristol UK
- GTP_Chris
I can say that my PS3 doesn't play GT4. And bizarrely, yes, Prologue does work... just a little unstable. GT3 isn't too bad though.
My PS3 games still haven't come yet! I guess that gives me time to fiddle around with some of its features.
hmmm i see, well, do you have any idea if test drive unlimited works?
- 11,462
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- Paganisterr
- Ak Paganister
Definitely no background downloading. It's a little better now, after a done simple things like re-set the router and made sure the aerials were pointing upwards. But yeah, GTP's page keeps getting stuck after a while...
77% and counting.
Don't have the game, so I don't know...hmmm i see, well, do you have any idea if test drive unlimited works?
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- SOLID_LIFTERS
Definitely no background downloading. It's a little better now, after a done simple things like re-set the router and made sure the aerials were pointing upwards. But yeah, GTP's page keeps getting stuck after a while...
55% and counting.
Don't have the game, so I don't know...
OK. For some reason, for long download times, it will "timeout" from the Sony Store, but it will still download the game with not problems.
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- Paganisterr
- Ak Paganister
Ah, I see. It was timing me out of the store within seconds though... And I just got an "error connecting to server" downloading the GTHD at 80% right now, but it seems to have got itself going again.
Maybe I'm just a little too paranoid.
Remote Play was a little bit of a disappointment. It's quite stuttery, even more so when you move away from the PS3. Still, a nice little (if somewhat flawed) feature to have... Not tried streaming videos yet though.
Maybe I'm just a little too paranoid.
Remote Play was a little bit of a disappointment. It's quite stuttery, even more so when you move away from the PS3. Still, a nice little (if somewhat flawed) feature to have... Not tried streaming videos yet though.
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- GTP_Sprite
eyup ps3'ers. this is great apart from im unble to get on to GTP. but every other site works fine. im having to post this from the psp. GTHD is stunning on the 46 inch Sony.
Do i need to do anything special to get onto gtp? my psn id is cgsprite
Do i need to do anything special to get onto gtp? my psn id is cgsprite
- 1,499
- Darkest Kent....
- Slackbladder
- DarkSideDaMoon
Well, mines here! The driver said he'd done hundreds today (not literally) but obviously a lot. I reckon more PS3's have been pre-ordered for delivery than anything else.
Anyway, setting up now!.
Anyway, setting up now!.
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Every PC combined running folding@home: Processed 240 Total Tflops.
PS3's by their lonsome...: Processed 270 Tflops.
PS3 > Folding@home.
PS3's by their lonsome...: Processed 270 Tflops.
PS3 > Folding@home.
- 29,232
- Glasgow
- GTP_Mars
It's just like SETI but instead of searching for aliens, it's doing folding simulations of proteins. There's more info on the website http://folding.stanford.edu/ ... seems like a great idea to me, harnessing the immesne processing power of all the PS3's in the world to do the number-crunching. It might even persuade the boss to buy a PS3 for the department!
I've got my PS3 hooked up right now and am about to complete the GTHD 2.0 download. Has taken ages though, even on this super-high speed connection. Still, hopefully I should have several demos to have a look at when I get the console home tonight!
I like the way the downloads automatically queue. Downloading in the background doesn't seem to affect the transfer rate, although it's slow anyway, so that's just as well really...
Does anyone know how to quit GTHD without resetting?? - I just figured it out, hold down the magic PS button (Spot the PS3 noob!)
I've got my PS3 hooked up right now and am about to complete the GTHD 2.0 download. Has taken ages though, even on this super-high speed connection. Still, hopefully I should have several demos to have a look at when I get the console home tonight!
I like the way the downloads automatically queue. Downloading in the background doesn't seem to affect the transfer rate, although it's slow anyway, so that's just as well really...
Does anyone know how to quit GTHD without resetting?? - I just figured it out, hold down the magic PS button
(Spot the PS3 noob!)
OZZYGT
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- OZZYGT
Ah Thanks Chris 👍, although I must admit I'm slightly more interested in playing games rather than that, but hey! it doesn't hurt having it does it?It's just like SETI but instead of searching for aliens, it's doing folding simulations of proteins. There's more info on the website http://folding.stanford.edu/ ... seems like a great idea to me, harnessing the immesne processing power of all the PS3's in the world to do the number-crunching. It might even persuade the boss to buy a PS3 for the department!
Easy there fella! Imagine how busy the sever is at the moment with everybody trying to update/download software for their PS3s right now!
Don't worry, I can tell you that since last night's update (1.6), download times have dramatically gotten better!
Also to everybody: Don't forget to post your PSN IDs on this thread so we can all find each other easily. 👍
EDIT:
Hold the PS button on your SIXAXIS for like 2 seconds and it will give you the option of quitting the game.
I don't know how anyone can design a custom charater for that long... I could only do it for 10 minutes maximum, then I need to actually play the game.I spent two hours designing my character in Oblivion.
I spent another two hours designing my mech in Armored Core 4.
We can help cure cancer.
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- Paganisterr
- Ak Paganister
- 6,009
- Austin, Texas
- D-Nitrate / GTP_DNitrate
Download times are effected by your modem, ISP, and how many are downloading from the same server at the same time, which would explain the slow times right now, as I suspect a lot of US and Japan customers are also downloading GT:HD 2.0 from the Euro server(s).
Under normal circumstances, if you are using a cable modem and getting download speeds from your ISP of about 8 Mb/s, then it will only take one second to download each megabyte. GT:HD is 690 MB, so it should normally take just over ten minutes do download. As it took me much longer, clearly the servers are working overtime right now.
A couple days ago though, I was downloading wirelessly to my PS3 the trailers off the UK site in about two minutes each, and they are a little more than 100 GB in length.
One way to avoid download traffic jams is to avoid peak usage times, although with background downloading and the ability to queue downloads, even with congested load times, its probably not going to be a big deal for most people.
BTW: If anyone is interested in calculating how long it might take to download a file from a PS Store (under normal conditions), you can test your current transfer speeds by using www.speedtest.net.
SpeedTest will give your current download times in kb/s (kilobits per second). The files from Sony are in MB (megabytes), so to convert them to kilo bytes simply multiply them by 8,000. (Or conversely, you can convert the download time to MB, by dividing it by 8,000.)
So for example a 100 MB file is 800,000 kb. If you have a transfer time of 8,000 kb/s and there are no log jams from the Sony servers, then it should only take less than two minutes to download.
To see how your download times compare with others, GTP has a thread dedicated to just that:
Under normal circumstances, if you are using a cable modem and getting download speeds from your ISP of about 8 Mb/s, then it will only take one second to download each megabyte. GT:HD is 690 MB, so it should normally take just over ten minutes do download. As it took me much longer, clearly the servers are working overtime right now.
A couple days ago though, I was downloading wirelessly to my PS3 the trailers off the UK site in about two minutes each, and they are a little more than 100 GB in length.
One way to avoid download traffic jams is to avoid peak usage times, although with background downloading and the ability to queue downloads, even with congested load times, its probably not going to be a big deal for most people.
BTW: If anyone is interested in calculating how long it might take to download a file from a PS Store (under normal conditions), you can test your current transfer speeds by using www.speedtest.net.
SpeedTest will give your current download times in kb/s (kilobits per second). The files from Sony are in MB (megabytes), so to convert them to kilo bytes simply multiply them by 8,000. (Or conversely, you can convert the download time to MB, by dividing it by 8,000.)
So for example a 100 MB file is 800,000 kb. If you have a transfer time of 8,000 kb/s and there are no log jams from the Sony servers, then it should only take less than two minutes to download.
To see how your download times compare with others, GTP has a thread dedicated to just that:
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- GTP_Mars
He's done it again (for GB read MB, methinks) 
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- GTP_Sprite
Took me around 5 minutes to download GTHD this morning at about 9:00 am, also got Every bodys golf 5 from the Hong kong store that took about 2 minutes to download, I also figured out how to eventually get onto GTP via the PS3 (posting from mac upstairs) turn off Java script. just converting some movie trailer to MP4 in 1080p to put onto the PS3.
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- D-Nitrate / GTP_DNitrate
He's done it again (for GB read MB, methinks)
Maybe I was just testing to see if you were paying attention... maybe not.
(thanks for catching that... again - fixed it)
- 11,462
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- Paganisterr
- Ak Paganister
GTHD was about 1mb every 2.5 seconds or so (pretty much the full speed of my connection). The next demo, the F1 one, is doing exactly the same, but it pauses every few minutes or so for about 5 minutes, then continues again. It's similar to what my PSP does, actually...
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- Austin, Texas
- D-Nitrate / GTP_DNitrate
For my UK address I used the final resting place of Ian Fleming, at St. Andrew's Church in Sevenhampton... you think they'll leave a copy of Casino Royale on his grave marker?
Speaking of which, I noticed that anyone over 107 years old will have to lie about their age when registering. Ian Fleming just barley made the cut.
BTW: I'm guessing some may recognize what my UK Game ID is for... AMDB5_64
My Kong Kong ID may be a little more difficult to decipher... Hard_Boiled_92
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