Yeah, i rememeber GC full specs where revealed, but Nintendo didnt give them much importance, just released them because it was the norm back then

That is not true for the SNES. There were a few other systems that weren't as popular in the U.S. but outperformed it in its time frame.

The N64 and GC were the most powerful overall in their eras, and that is also when Nintendo saw its lowest sales. Nintendo learned from its mistakes.

There philophy now is that specs are not one of the most important things.

I just assumed he meant a high end gaming PC.  There's no way he could possibly mean a $2000 5+ year proof mega PC.... How could someone be that stupid?

Yeah lol because a nerfed 6570 will tessalate like a beast!  LOL you do realize that a $30 6450 can run all those things you said right?   But is it playable?  NO!  

Custom what?  Usually that means worse.  We are using cards like the 6570 and 6670 to compare.  However the actual card it is based on is weaker than those.  So best case scenario, your little optimization will still get you a $40 bairly able to play modern games well card.  HAVE FUN!  LMFAO!

You're the wrong one here.  I bet the only thing you think of is "lul look at me I'm so cool I can find 8GB of ram for $40 that's 4x as much as the Wii U has, and I can find a better processor for under $100" yada yada yada.  You're an idiot if you think that a PC could out-perform a console using the same specs as it does in gaming.  

It sure couldn't run those things that well. Its good thing we arne't talking about that GPU, but one that is stronger and "can" run all of those things.

While it's obvious in context that TheSource did not mean a supercomputer like how most in research think of it, since that's where I'm from I thought the exact same thing as Mazty so I'm going to agree with him.  It was a poor term to use unless you have an extremely low bar for what you'd call a supercomputer.  We have a 5 year old cluster at my department that I use to run theoretical chemistry calculations, I'd be quite impressed if any console could get do anywhere near what it can do.  

As long as it's 1080p and has nice sexy smooth textures, framerate, etc. I don't think anyone will complain.

Uh, no, that is not what "custom" typically means.

Let me spell this out for you:

*NIntendo asks for a part that fits into their budget/power profile.
*Nintendo asks for xyz additions to the GPU's microcode (and, if within budget, the silicon) to handle things like, say, DX11-style effects.
*If those additions fit into their budget, they get added.

This is why using an older GPU actually makes sense: you get a *much* cheaper part which you can then modify the crap out of.

It's no different, at all, than people that buy a Honda Civic (Instead of, say, a Porsche Boxster) and trick it out so that it destroys the Boxster for a fraction of the cost of the Boxster.

In your world, however, that custom Civic is actually a weaker car than the Boxster by virtue of being custom despite murdering it in the 0-60, 0-100, and 100-0.

(But I'm sure the Boxster has a better stereo, so that makes it a better car, right?)