3DS or Vita?

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HoangNhatAnh said:

curl-6 said:

It's not 2-3 times more powerful than it is though. It's weaker than the Wii.

Side by side video, New 3DS very obviously looks worse, and base 3DS couldn't even run it.

1.I said if 3ds/new 3ds is more stronger 2-3 times than they are now, their's graphic can blow the Wii out of water.

2.Again, don't use some cheaply, quickly ports to show that 3ds is better or worse.

Look:

3DS [2009 architecture, 6.4GFLOPs] (pica200 @200mhz is 4.8GFLOPs, 3DS runs the gpu at 268MHz, so 6.43GFLOPs)
PS2 [Sony 2000 architecture, 6GFLOPs]

3ds -> New 3ds:
ARM11 CPU: 2x MPCore/2x VFPv2 Co-Processor at 268MHz. Doubling to 4x MPCore/4x VFPv2 Co-Processor for new 3DS with 804MHz max clock.
ARM9 CPU: ARM946 at 134MHz.
GPU: DMP PICA at 268MHz (6.4 GFLOPS, 20.5 Million polygons per second at 268MHz, calcutated from 15.3 Million figure and 4.8 GFLOPS at 200MHz)
VRAM: 6MB, 10MB for new 3DS.
DSP: CEVA TeakLite at 134Mhz. ...
System memory: 128MB, 256MB for New 3DS.

So even 3ds is still stronger than ps2, let alone New 3ds, yet Dragon Quest VIII ps2 looks better than 3ds. One was built from ground up for ps2, one was just a quickly and chealy port, so using ports won't be enough to prove anything that related to graphic.

3DS isn't 2-3 times stronger than it is now, so this hypothetical is pointless.

And Xenoblade 3D isn't a cheaply made port, its a conversion by Monster Games, who are a capable studio who specialize in ports and who even co-developed Tropical Freeze, overseen by Nintendo themselves. No evidence it's a poorly done conversion, it's just limited by the hardware.

Your information is also incorrect, 3DS has a GPU from 2005/2006 and a CPU from a 2002-2005 series, not 2009 architecture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICA200

Last edited by curl-6 - on 13 April 2021