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Since Nintendo's focus is on low power & form factor, I decided to look at this AMD GPU comparison chart 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units

 

Now, as I peruse through the interwebs for Wii U infos, I have noticed that NO ONE has seriously discussed MOBILE gpu as an option for Wii U.  Why is that? Look at this card for example, seems tailor made for Wii U esp. if they customize it further:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units#Mobility_Radeon_HD_5xxx_Series

Mobility Radeon HD 5830

lauched: January 7, 2010

40 nm, DX11/4.0 shader

800 GFLOPS

TDP: 24 Watts

Lots of people freaking out thinking Wii U will be weak b/c of Iwata saying the system is 75 W power consumption, but its still possible to have decent specs.