Wii U games Resolution and fps talk. We need to clarify something.

[FrancisNobleman]

JoeTheBro said:

FrancisNobleman said:

DarkTemplar said:

Unfortunately we cannot just sum the screen resolution and the Wii Pad resolution because is it actually more demanding to rasterize two different viewports (in this case 480p + 720p) than a single viewport with the same amount of pixels.

There are a few reasons for that. For instance, while rasterizing two different viewports the CPU and GPU caches will suffer from more misses because of the Principle of Locality.

wow, finally someone who goes straight to the point.

 

Please could you explain us how much more demanding is a game at 720p@30fps tv plus a different 3D scene @ 480p30fps on gamepad, compared to just 720p30 fps with no screen, just like any other console ?

It depends on the game. This isn't just a one variable thing like you seem to be thinking.

just go with the example of zombiu then. If now sony came up with a copy of the gamepad for the ps3, would the console run the exact same game as it is on the wii u ? I bet it would be nearly impossible.