EuroGamer: How Powerful is the WiiU Really?

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Pokemonbrawlvg said:
Am I the only one who chooses not to believe this simply because it's from EuroGamer?

No, but I don't believe it just because it's a rumor from an anonymous source, not because it's from Eurogamer.

Pokemonbrawlvg said:

I don’t believe it because of these statements:

“The console’s CPU is apparently formed of three IBM Power PC cores”
“The GPU is a custom AMD 7 series, supporting shader type 4 and DX10 type features”

Power PC was never confirmed by Nintendo. Their own website claims that the CPU is multi-core, but Power based, not Power PC. They are two completely different CPU architectures.
The AMD 7 series GPU family supports shader model 5 and DX11 type features.

I am a skeptic. Grain of salt taken.

Regarding the CPU, IBM has confirmed that WiiU will use the same tech found in Watson. That means it's a Power7 CPU.

About the GPU, the problem I have with this rumor is how it's redacted. An AMD 7 series can mean either a GPU from the HD7xxx0 family (which is what you assumed and I highly doubt) or a GPU based on the R7xx series, which is what previous rumors pointed to, and is DX10.

Either way, until a trusted, named source (preferably Nintendo) confirms anything, I'll be cautious about any rumor.