Kynes said:
Baron said:
Kynes said:
Baron said:
Kynes said:
Take a look at the supposed size of the WiiU. You can't make a very powerful console with so low power requirement, I'm sure that Nintendo has done a good enough, very power optimized console (the EDRAM rumor hints to this) but it can't be several times more powerful than Xbox360 or PS3 with so tiny power profile. |
We know nothing about the Wii U's power profile so I don't know why you bring that up? Size =/= power profile. Power profile is the total TDP of a console. Nintendo has always downsized their consoles along with a considerable step in power. Also, we've got 2 handhelds now that are easily capable of matching last gens hardware. The Vita is even almost as powerful as the 360 and PS3. The Wii U looks to offer a lot more room to hardware than the Vita.
As long as the casing offers sufficiënt cooling Nintendo can opt to put a GTX 680 and a i7 3960X in the Wii U. Off course that won't happen as it will make the console too expensive but size doesn't matter as much as you think
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Size has everything to do with power profile and silence.
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Yes to silence, no to power profile. I've seen custom built PC's no bigger than a small stereo set with the fastest cpu and gpu and water cooling built in. Super fast, high power profile and trashing console performance with ease.
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I'm sure that Nintendo won't use water cooling for the WiiU. Be reasonable, what type of power profile do you think WiiU has? I'm sure that it dissipates less than 100W, it's probable that it's nearer to 50W. |
I know, I'm just giving an example to prove size doesn't matter. Price and Nintendo's goals do. But your TDP estimate is only an assumption really. It could be true but nothing has been said concerning it. We've only heard rumors. Still, with something like a 80 Watt TDP the Wii U could very well be multiple times more powerful than the 360 or PS3. The ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT delivers somewhat the same theoretical performance as the Xenos does. It had a TDP of 50 Watt. If you then take a look at a Radeon 4xxx card with the same TDP you get the 4650 which is already more than twice as powerful than a 2600 XT.
I therefor see no reason why the GPU in the Wii U couldn't be several times more powerful than the Xenos.
