superchunk said:
curl-6 said:
superchunk said:
curl-6 said:
superchunk said:
So, I read the GAF thread for this and I have to say this though. IF this turns out to be true (we'll only know after it launches and someone tears it down), I will be buying a 2nd console in 2014 when I see defect rate (or lack there of) for neXtBox/PS4. Because there is no way the console defined in the OP will be able to play all 3rd party games at that point.
I'll also realize NO ONE LEARNED A DAMN THING from this last generation. Also, if true.... it better be fucking priced at $250 or less for the a base version. At least in two days we'll know how good or bad the full OS/Online system is as well as pricing. |
Surely there's 0% chance it's true; they're putting Mass Effect 3 and Assassin's Creed 3 on it, those couldn't run on 3 Broadways.
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Why not? 3 Broadways with increased clock speed and cache are easily comparable with a X360 CPU, if not a little better.
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I was under the impression that Broadway was further behind the 360 CPU than that. My mistake, I guess. (Out of curiosity, about how big is the gap? Would 5 or 6 un-enhanced Broadways rival the 360 CPU?)
But if this was true, it would mean that, power aside, the fundamental design of the Wii U CPU (or each core, at least) would be unchanged since the Gamecube CPU was built in 1999.
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That is precisely why this has to be a fake. All statements from IBM and Nintendo state the CPU was based on Power7 which is significantly better design than "broadway".
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... Don't forget that IBM stopped producing PowerPC 7xx processors below 90nm, and the Wii U CPU is confirmed to be at 45nm
