| JustBeingReal said: I'm pretty sure a standard Carrizo APU only uses about 35 watts, has a 4 core excavator CPU, that runs at 2.4GHz and there's a 16ROP GPU that packs about 819GFlops. Nintendo could get AMD to design a SOC with 2X that level of hardware, for a 1.6TFlop 8 Core CPU that would basically trounce the 8 Core Jag in XB1 and PS4 running on 70 watts for the SOC alone. Form factor wise Nintendo could probably have a system about 2/3rds of the size of PS4 (slightly fatter than Wii U, tiny bit wider), but packing a better CPU and a GPU close to PS4. PS4 doesn't suffer any cooling or noise issues and the thing is very sleek, if Nintendo wants PS4 levels of tech, but a smaller form factor the tech is available for that. None of this rubbish Apple A9X junk is needed. For the console that's all good, cost wise it would probably be pretty comparable to PS4 too. The handheld could just use about 1/10th of the hardware, scale the resolution down from 1080p to 480p, reduce a few effects here and there, but essentially keep the same core experience. I don't see why a 10 watt battery for a handheld isn't possible with modern tech, in a Wii U Gamepad sized package, at a reasonable cost. |
A A9X scaled up and given a 35 watt envelope probably can beat that 819 GFLOP performance. Just saying. It's probably generating about 400-450 GFLOPS at 8-10 watts. I wouldn't be surprised. The Apple chips are benchmarked out the wazoo by multiple repuatable sites too so I really doubt that Apple is some how lying about the performance they claim to people who are quickly to yell about GFLOPS not being all equal and that.
But we need to stop pretending that matching the PS4 specs does Nintendo dick all. The market has never accepted three platforms that do the same exact thing, and sure as hell will not with NX coming 3-4 years late on top of that.
Nintendo's lost the traditional core console market, I think people just need to make peace with that. They ignored it for 5-6 years by targetting casuals with the Wii, and then failed miserably with the Wii U ... they haven't been relevant to that crowd in 10+ years now and they sure as hell are not going to impress Sony/MS' strong hold by saying "hey guys, check us out, we got the similar hardware to PS4, but 3-4 years late. Super cool right?". That teens/college age "core gamers" that Sony/MS dominate are going to laugh at Nintendo if that's their sales pitch.
A 10 watt battery/hour is possible. It would just require a large physical casing. And probably a $250 hardware cost for the portable at minimum.
