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oni-link on 04 April 2012
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drkohler said:
oni-link said:
.. The facts being, are that the Wii U will come with a POWER7 CPU (it comes in 4, 6, 8 cores @2.4ghz-4.5ghz configuration) and a Radeon HD R770 based GPU!!! Those alone (not accounting eDRAM probably 10-24MB from MoSys, along with the rumoured 1-2GB system and video RAM) give the Wii U at the very least 4-5x more capability than my beloved X360 slim!!!

The original 8core Power7 CPU burns around 200 Watts. Now look at the WiiU case and compare its size to a PS360 case (which get warm while burning around 100 Watts). See any problem right there? Next learn what eDRAM is used for (hint: 24MByte is not enough to buffer a 1080p TV and 1-2 pads). => End of your WiiU pipe-dream.

The fact is that the WiiU apparently uses a significantly stripped down Power7 (probably quad-)core processor which is about 20-40% more powerful than the XBox processor. Given the fact that the WiiU processor has to feed more than one screen simultaneously, it is no surprise that current rumours say that the WiiU performs roughly on par with PS360 (if pad(s) are use extensively) or somewhat better (if the pad(s) are only used marginally).

 

  • MoSys 1T-SRAM a pseudostatic RAM would be used again since Nintendo owns a significant portion of the company!!!  Also, I doubt the U-pad would let the main system to all the work anyways!!!  The pads are only 480p at most according to most rumors.
  • Not yet a fact buddy, though I agree it'll be the weakest of the P7 and thus a quad-core.  I doubt it'll be too stripped, modified but stripped won't be a fact until someone does a teardown.
  • Really, I don't think the X360 CPU is anywhere close as it is a whole generation behind the P7 CPU and it was even debated by my PS loving rivals to be less than a full basic P6 which it was based on.

anyways E3 can't come soon enough.