How much textures could the wii fit due to compression?

[LordTheNightKnight]

Viper1 said:

sc94597 said:
Please I need more help. Did the original xbox and ps2 have any form of texture compression support? If so how did it compare to the gamecubes.

Xbox also had 6:1 S3TC texture compression.

PS2 supported a 4:1 texture compression BUT it had to be decompressed before ti was piped into the Graphic Synthesizer since ti couldn't decompress textures itself in real time. Meaning its benefit is purely storage only and not saved bandwidth like the other systems enjoyed.

Hence redrawing all the textures in RE4. Although S3TC is color based, meaning the PS2 could still fit in highly detailed textures, just not with the same color depth.