Wii U CPU + GPU clock speeds increased? Is it even possible?

[JEMC]

Zero999 said:

JEMC said:

The rumored new speed for the CPU is unbelievable. Really. No one can believe that they almost tripled its speed with no serious consequences.

But a more modest increase could be possible. Heck, Nintendo said that the WiiU was designed to use about 45W when playing yet when it was launched and the media tryed it, they recorded a consumption of "only" 35W.

is it that uncommon for a new console not being pushed to it's limits? also, i think 75W is wii u limit.

abot the cpu/gpu clock increse, i have no idea if it can be done or not but i read it wouldn't cause any consequence if the cooling and rest of the system were designed with that in mind to begin with. if true it would be kind of a surprise to everyone since increasing power was only possible with add ons.

No, that's the rated wattage for the power brick.

Of those 72 or 75W you have to substract what it is lost due to the efficiency of the power brick (most of the new PC Power supplies are about 85% of efficiency or higher), then there is the overhead that must be left for safety reasons (you don't really want it to be always at 100% of its capacity) and other things that also make you lose some W.