| Zero999 said: p.s: almost forgot, it's just common sense the cpu is better than last gen consoles. you can say it's based on the wii cpu but by that same logic we can also say pentium 4 is based on pentium 1/2/3 and that doesn't make it less superior right? |
Actually the Pentium 4 wasn't based on the Pentium 1, 2 or 3. The Pentium 4 was based upon the Netburst architecture which Intel made from the ground up and that ended up slow, hot and power hungry.
The Pentium 1, 2 and 3 used the P6 architecture which was efficient and at the same clock speed was faster than a Pentium 4, Intel saw this and used the Pentium 3 as the basis for the Pentium M which then eventually evolved into the Core 2 series whilst the Pentium 4/D and hence Netburst Architecture was killed off and never to be seen again. (I.E. Horrible example.)
As for the PowerPC CPU's, we all know they are relatively slow, most generally use In-Order Designs with a relatively long pipeline that can clock heavily, heck the Cell isn't even faster than a 7 year old Core 2 Quad in double precision.
However, what they do provide is great price/performance in the low end, perfect for a cost sensitive device such as a console.
Remember though, it's not the CPU driving the awesome graphics or holding you back to 720P or lower resolutions, it's the GPU and to a lesser extent the Ram.
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