PSP God of War's boosted clock speed comparison

God of War and its sequel for the PS2 had a reputation for being the dreamiest guy in school — the Zack Morris of the system, if you will. So it makes sense that developer Ready at Dawn would want their latest project, God of War: Chains of Olympus, to hold a similar honor for the PSP — and since the release of firmware update 3.50 for the system earlier this year, Sony has made their job much, much easier.

The firmware update unlocks the system's true capabilities, upping the system's measly 222MHz processing speed to a respectable 333MHz. It doesn't make your old games look any better, but developers of new games on the system can reap the rewards of the 50 percent processing speed boost. Just check out the video comparison of the game running at the two different clock speeds above, and see how Ready at Dawn gussied up their handheld take on the PS2 swan song.