| Pyramid Head said: one question i have is : why can my ps2 do gran turismo 4 at 1080 but my wii cant do ANYTHING at 1080 generally i like wiis graphics more |
Because Nintendo locked it to 480p. I mean... developers barely deliver acceptable graphics and performance with that... just think about what would happen when using 720 or 1080i. Also, the PS2 was a pixel processing monster, well above the Xbox 1, Gamecube, Wii... it was half of the PS3 and 360 in that matter (even if it was quite primitive in other regards).
On topic... wouldn't it be easier if Nintendo released a firmware upgrade that gave game developers the ability to overclock/throttle the Wii's hardware? It's a fact that the RAM (or at least part of it) has A LOT of headroom, I mean, it's the same that it's used on the HD twins, just less and with lower speeds. I don't know about the CPU's and GPU's headroom, but I'm sure they still have some Mhz left. Also, the Wii's GDDR3 RAM can be used for anything, so that would overcome the Wii's small embedded frame buffer problem.
But I doubt Nintendo ever does something like this or what the OP said... again, read the beginning of my post.
