The Nintendo Wii IS NOT a Gamecube article

[MechaSheeba]

Originally posted by: Pabster
No details. So HTF do you know there isn't a massive performance difference from the 700 "Broadway" chip against the 400 "Gecko" one?

You can't simply look at MHz. AMD taught us that years ago.

You can look at the games being produced and know, not guess, that it's not a massive performance difference.

 

[palindrome]

Originally posted by: MechaSheeba

Originally posted by: fanerman91
MechaSheeba,

I tried to make my post as unbiased as possible. Besides nearly a 50% increase in processing power, the Wii processor is also faster clock for clock. ie, how the Athlon 64 was faster clock for clock than a P4... or something (again, I'm bad at these analogies).

There's no evidence supporting that..

The Wii is going to be the only console that's profitable out of the box, because the hardware is so low tech, it simply doesn't cost very much to produce and that's including all the extras like wifi and the memory card reader. Not that it matters, if the games are fun the console will be successful. There's no doubt in my mind that the Wii is going to be a hit, that's not the point people are trying to make by saying that the Wii is a "repackaged" Gamecube.

Xbox: 733mhz, Geforce4 MX, 64mb ram -> 360: multi core 3.2ghz, 500mhz 48 pipe ATI chip, 512mb ram
PS2: 300mhz, 147mhz GPU, 32mb ram -> PS3: multi core 3.2ghz, 550mhz GPU, 512mb ram, blu-ray
Gamecube: 485mhz, 162mhz GPU, ~40mb ram (24 main 16 auxiliary) -> Wii 729mhz, unreleased specs

Not to mention the format war between MS/Sony while Nintendo dropped DVD support for the Wii to further lower production costs.

Show where you got that info on the Wii processor.

 

[waggy]

heheh fanboi's are so funny

 

[MechaSheeba]

Originally posted by: palindrome

Show where you got that info on the Wii processor.

Google Wii specs, it's never been officially confirmed but several sources indicate the same thing, and Nintendo has never attempted to dispute/correct the claim, something they would have done had that number been lower than the official clock. Nintendo has kept everything tightly wrapped up because they don't wanna get involved in the number game going on as it'd just be a bad marketing move considering what it's up against. They released the Gamecube specs in full detail, however, as it was much more competitive at the time.

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: MechaSheeba
You can look at the games being produced and know, not guess, that it's not a massive performance difference.

One, nothing has been released. Do you have a Wii you are using to judge this?

Second, graphics don't make a game. Play does. That has always been Nintendo's secret.

 

[MechaSheeba]

Originally posted by: Pabster

One, nothing has been released. Do you have a Wii you are using to judge this?

Second, graphics don't make a game. Play does. That has always been Nintendo's secret.

I agree graphics don't make the game, when did I ever say that? Did you even read my posts? The point is the Wii is only a very slightly revised Gamecube, nobody saying that is trying to hint that the console is going to be a failure because the games aren't gonna be graphical wonders, we're simply defending the fact that even Miyamoto himself has confirmed. We're speaking about hardware, not gameplay.

 

[palindrome]

Originally posted by: randay
on second thought, mr. palindrome, I accept your apology, you are forgiven.

Is that your way of telling us that you were wrong?