Oh No Sega Say It Aint So

[JayPatel]

Im Getting that Genesis 32X flashback again.

 

[piku]

False.

NAOMI 2 isnt even 256 bit anyway.

 

[fragarific]

it isn't so

<i don't know>

 

[Aquaman]

I though that the Dreamcast was going to be the last Sega console for the consumer.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[JayPatel]

well thru sega terminology NAOMI 2 could be 256 bit

remember how they pushed Saturn to be 64 bit and even now the DreamCast to be 128 bit.

i seriously hope this is false, i all to badly remember the 32X......

 

[piku]

They pushed the Saturn as 64-bit?

And if they tried doing that, they would call it 512-bit.



(edit: the Dreamcast 2 512-bit that is, not Saturn)

 

[JayPatel]

yeah they marketed the Saturn as 64 bit because it had dual 32 bit Hitachi CPU's in it that worked thru parallel

 

[Killbat]

That's total bull. A simple expansion card that blows away the other three nexgen systems? Ha.

 

[piku]

Well if they make the upgrade and it does turn the Dreamcast into a Naomi 2 then it will be as good as the other systems.

Basically, the Naomi 2 is just a normal Naomi with additions to its PowerVR 2 chip (T&amp;L and hardware environmental mapping) and a bunch more RAM. It's performance is roughly 10 million polygons a second, which is well more than any PS2 game so far.

And its fully backwards compatible.