| Play4Fun said:
*Sigh* Sorry about the raging. I guess I was pissed off. There is no reason for Nintendo to use a low-end R700, especially with what they are trying to achieve. I follow NeoGAF. They may be elitist but they know what they are talking about and the information I got from their numerous Cafe threads go against your theory. If the console where to be similar to that, it would be able to pump out games much better than what PS360 offer and would be able to get down-ports from PS4/720. |
That IGN article displays if I may use the way overused IGNorance term ignorance. They are obviusly making stuff up with the 1080p and stereo 3D as people at Nintendo have made it clear that 3D won't be utalised on Cafe IIRC not at launch anyway. And the very fact that Nintendo are using the outdated R700 chipset pretty clearly suggests that they are not going for a powerhouse console especially if they want a compact fan-less design. If they wanted a console more than twice as powerful as the 360 they should have gone for the vastly superior R800 series which offers both more performance per watt compaired to the R700 series but also the addition of a hardware tesselator which is the most significant advancement in GPU technology since the unified shader architecture that got it's mainstream debut in the 360's GPU, tesselation is going to be a major factor in next generation graphics as shown in the Unreal engine next gen Samaritan demo. The very fact that Nintendo are opting for a GPU that doesn't have that feature will probably be the reason the 3rd parties use to not port next gen titles to Cafe, oh and if that 512MB of RAM rumour is true... Well lets just say I really hope they have at least 1GB total.
To be honest I would love for me and the rumours to be wrong and for the Cafe to be a significant jump but all evidence points the other way...
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