NeoGAF: Wii U GPU 160 ALUs, 8 TMUs and 8 ROPs

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Mummelmann on 07 November 2013

I've never seen people get so angry about GFLOPS. I remember when gaming was about games.

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Nirvana_Nut85 on 07 November 2013

forethought14 said:
@fatslob:

Oh? Here's one from before launch:

"Wii U has a powerful GPU with more oomph than the rivals – and is more modern in architecture and shader support, which may come in handy later on."

http://www.gengame.net/2012/08/report-developers-talk-wii-u-specs-including-ram-cpu-and-gpu-details/

Note how this dev separates the term "more oomph" and "more modern architecture", it's more powerful aside from the fact that it has a more modern architecture. And no, if you read the neoGaf thread correctly, you'll note that those numbers are still guesses based on BGs analysis, not from any spec sheet. Again, the spec sheet does not have that ALU information.

@genti the 360 has around 216 GFLOPS theoretical performance numbers

Nope, your absolutely wrong. People who've never developed for the system speculating about hardware they do not have a clear idea about while stating "Rumours" as dogma will always be more informed than any dev that has stated the opposite!

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fatslob-:O on 07 November 2013

gentii said:

fatslob-:O said:

gentii said:

fatslob-:O said:

gentii said:

Xbox 360 is probably more powerful than PS3

The first graph is wrong seeing as how the ps3 sports 176 gflops for the gpu.

The second graph seems to fall inline with the claims about the SPEs being vector processors.

The third graph is dead wrong seeing as how you can't be adding the bandwidths together because they both have very different memory subsystems.

i heave both console and x360 is more powerful,more colorful,more flexsibel. i think you post only bla bla bla

Have it your way seeing as how guys from the console side are mostly ignorant. If you think I'm some PS fanboy then wow your feelings got badly hurt by my evaluation of the wii u hardware LOL. Stay on consoles where you heaps belong whereas the educated master race will have a proper discussion on how hardware works. Keep denying these facts.

mod edit: Let's tone down the condescending elitism a bit here, guy. That's meant for religious discussions. (Dsgrue slam!) - Tor

The GPU of the Xbox 360, with a slightly higher number of transistors (330 * 10 ^ 300 * 10 ^ 6 vs. 6), it is not surprising that the total number of programmable GFLOPS is very similar.

There is no such thing as programmable gflops.

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JoeTheBro on 07 November 2013

Do numbers even matter anymore? The console has already been out for a year. Just compare the real world results.

Disclaimer: I'm not confirming or denying the accuracy of the numbers in the op.

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Soundwave on 07 November 2013

Shrugs.

Seems to me the system is pretty much exactly what Nintendo wanted. Something good enough to get PS3/360 ports (and the Wii U does have superior versions of things like Arkham Origins, Assassin's Creed IV, Black Ops 2 when you consider it can the game on the TV and the controller simultaneously), while being small and electricity efficient.

I can't say I agree with Nintendo's fetish for needing to have such a small console/low electricity draw (if it was portable in some way I'd understand), but they make that a huge priority for whatever reason.