Emily Rogers: NX not gonna use X86 architecture, raw power close to XBO

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spemanig said:

Soundwave said:

It would have to be the form factor of say a Wii U tablet. Is that "hand held"?

Rendering at 720p or 1080p is pointless on a display that would be the size of 5-6 inches. On a 960x540 display, native Vita games look great, even streamed PS4 games look great, going for a higher resolution is just wasting horsepower.

The Vita can't run PS3 equivalent graphics at any resolution, something like a scaled down Polaris (at say 1/6th = 7 watts or so) would be able to actually run PC games like Far Cry 4 and Star Wars Battlefront straight up, it would just have to be at that reduced resolution and probably medium effects.

The gamepad is not the form factor of a mini laptop, and calling that a handheld is an impressive leap in logic. It's way too big and bulky. That's like calling an Ipad a handheld.

It doesn't matter if it's pointless. It's what it has to achieve to be XBO level in power. That's what was said. XBO power level. No cheating. No short cuts. If it's not running games of the same complexity at the same specs, it's not the same power. That's fact. Nothing in a handheld formfactor is doing that in 2017.

How is an iPad not a "handheld"? What do you hold it with?

More people carry a tablet around on a daily basis than a 3DS, so which form factor really is more relevant?