Wii U specs are surprising, says Sonic developer, specifically the GPU and memory

[Baron]

Kynes said:

Baron said:

Now compare two graphics chip made on the same process: 5870 and 6970.

Why? The Wii U gpu is a lot newer than the R500 based Xenos. Also, the 6970's only a slightly improved 5870. Not an entirely new architecture.

If you want to compare different architectures than compare the 3870 with the 4850. Same manufacturing process of 55nm and almost the same TDP (106 for 3870, 110 for 4850). DIfference? About 1.5 to 2 times the 3870. And that's just one step up on the architectural ladder.

The 3870 had a huge bug in the AA resolve, as they had to use the shader cores to do it, instead of fixed function hardware.

Even without AA the 4850 smashes it. Your just looking for excuses and quick escapes now.