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Yeah, no. Wii U does not do DirectX 11. The developer who said that wii u supports DX11 only said so in order to sell a few more copies of their game.

Technically speaking, neither does PS4, since it's a Microsoft API. It's all about equivalent features. Wii U's GPU supports some DX10/11 level techniques like geometry shaders. It's also several GPU generations newer than the older cards in PS3 and 360.

Ugh. Ubisoft probably made the port ugly to make sure every version is "equal". The PC version could have been so much more.

Wow, flaming 2 people now!

A GTX 980 is several generations ahead of a GTX 680. Yet, GTX 680's performance is not too far behind the 980.

Similarly, the wii u GPU is several gens ahead of RSX only in terms of manufacturing generations. Performance-wise the RSX is no too far behind.

Also, the wii u does not have features equivalent to directX 11. Nintendo was simply never interested in pushing the limits of technology. They tried to take the gimmick approach which worked so well with the wii.

They are still not interested in pushing the limits of technology. They are more interested in making quality of life nonsense and selling kids' toys (amiibos). Expect Nintendo's next gen console to be another potato.

Moderated,

-Mr Khan

LOL several "Gens" ahead.  The R7 240 is several gens ahead of the HD 6670, but that doesn't make it any stronger.  Yeah it is newer technology, however the GPU in the PS3 was a High end GPU of the newest gen when it came out, and the GPU in the Wii U was low LOW end gpu from a 2 generation old family of GPU's.

PS3's GPU fell short of even the 360's which was a circa 2005 card.

Wii U's GPU has more modern funtionality than both.

Yes, it does, a qualified developer has confirmed as much.

I agree that Nintendo is not interested in pushing technological limits, you only have to look at their games to see that. However, while Wii U may not come close to PS4/Xbone in performance, it is more capable than PS3/360.

Memory isn't the only contributing factor to the textures ... There are other ways to get around the memory limit such as streaming the textures from the disk. The textures for structures such as this is awful so it's not so clear and cut as to which game has the better textures as you make it out to be. 

HDR doesn't necessarily change anything about the lighting. It only allows for more contrast. Light's are more than just point lights. There are area lights and environment lights as well but SSAO improves lighting all around by trying to calculate how occluded the surfaces are from exposed light to improve upon the areas less exposed to light. 

The material system is flat out superior to NFS even on last gen consoles. With NFS, it doesn't even attmept handle anything more than plastic, concrete, or metal. Watch Dogs on the other hand takes an extra step further by adding in skin, cloth, glass, and wood. 

Both the PS3 and the 360 had GPU's of near equal strength.  That 2005 card was VERY strong.  Yes the Wii U has more much more modern architectures, but while that helps sometimes it doesn't make it any stronger.

My 3 year old 7970 is still noticably stronger than the brand new R9 285 even though the 285 has newer features.