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CPU: IBM PowerPC 7xx-based tri-core processor "Espresso" clocked at 1.24 GHz before the 3.0.0 update, 3.24 GHz after the 3.0.0 update.

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GPU: AMD Radeon High Definition processor codenamed "Latte" with an eDRAM cache built onto the die clocked at 550 MHz before the 3.0.0 update, 800 MHz after the 3.0.0 update.

I DO NOT DOUBT THERE COULD IN EFFECT INCREASE. THE CLOCK RATE, BUT I DOUBT THIS VERY MUCH OF AN added INCREASE, of BOTH THE CPU AND THE GPU clock rate increase by that much, As the system would also need heat dissipation to Handle such an increase in clock rate which: AS AN EXAMPLE

In the case of the Wii U, the heat sink is bigger than that of the Wii. Thanks to some clever engineering with the MCM the heat generated is actually less than what it might otherwise have been, but it is still three times more than the output of the Wii.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/the-newly-revealed-wii-u-specs-explained-by-someone-who-has-no-business-explaining-them/#ixzz2StGugekH 

BUT I DOUBT THEY COULD CLOCK RATE IT THAT CHIP THAT FAR WITH THE Heat sink that is in the current build:

as you can see . there is no heat pipes for passive heat dissipation so i doubt very much the clock rate could be increased to that high for extended times with the build that is there.

I made that quote before the link was fixed and saw the suggested speed increase.  I was expecting only a few hundred MHZ.

I don't doubt it's increased, but by that amount? Unlikely.

If it did truly jump that much, it would mean Nintendo purposely underclocked it that much. So was Nintendo trying to bluff their way with a console that appeared to be weak lol?

In reality I doubt it though. A modest boost is indeed possible, but it makes no sense for them to high 2/3rd of the power as it only causes damaged relationships with devs who did release content at launch.

Now that I think of it, if they did increase the speeds then the sensible thing would have been to also increase the speed of the fan to keep temps down so...

Have any WiiU owners noticed that their console does more noise?

Hard to tell.  Cause it's hard to notice when something that barely makes it in the first place.  I hear no real difference.

PSP was underclocked by default for power reasons.

That is to say it was running under specification so clock speeds weren't "increased" they were just set as high as they should have been in the first place.

Don't know if that's the case with the Wii-U, incredibly unlikely, or unbelieveable (genuinely, not in the "amazing unbelivable" way.)

Going from circa 1.5Ghz to 3.xx Ghz is just asking a bit much to take seriously that Nintendo would have released the console at only 1.5Ghz considering the moaning the low CPU speed has caused and being responsible for the frame rate issues in the current ports.

There's no reason for the Wii-U to have been underclocked like there was with the PSP, power isn't an issue obviously as it doesn't run on batteries.

Damn it Nintendo! Why can't you make noisy consoles like the rest?