I believe the specs are as follows:
Main Processor (Newt): 729KHz
Graphics Processor (Bollywood): 243KHz
64KB of RAM @ 12 KB/Sec Transfer Speed
3 Polygons per minute
16 Colors
Power Source: Hamster on wheel
Die Size: 1.5" Duct Tape
This is straight from Hus, so it may be a little off, but I think it's pretty close. 
Power usage must be some kind of indication of something. I've read the Wii uses about 17 watts while it's on and 14 watts when it's in idle mode. Could be compared to the PS3 or X360 which are both around 180 watts and 160 watts. So by that calculation the Wii is about a tenth as powerful... or it's 10x more energy efficient. I've read many places that the Wii has a little over two times the TEV capability of a GC and about the same computational power as a Power PC but I really don't know what either of those things means. I do know that MP3:C looks great and it doesn't drop frames. 
Power usage could be an indicator, but isn't an absolute one.
For example, a Radeon X1800XT uses more power than a GeForce 7900GTX... but the GeForce is more powerful by a not-so-small amount.
It all depends on architectures. Some architectures require a high clock to stay on a competitive level. A high clock means high power usage.
| Timmah! said: I believe the specs are as follows: Main Processor (Newt): 729KHz Graphics Processor (Bollywood): 243KHz 64KB of RAM @ 12 KB/Sec Transfer Speed 3 Polygons per minute 16 Colors Power Source: Hamster on wheel Die Size: 1.5" Duct Tape This is straight from Hus, so it may be a little off, but I think it's pretty close. |
that was a bit low... does the Wii support 64bit processing/graphics?
ssj12 said:
that was a bit low... does the Wii support 64bit processing/graphics? |
Lets see N64 was 64 bit, Gamecube was 128 bit, so wii must be 256 bit!
(yes, that was a joke)
| fazz said: Yes, the clock can be changed through software... firmware to be more exact. To whoever has a Wii, you can notice that while playing games, the console doesn't gets too hot. This gives us headroom for a good ol' overclock. Also, the console can throttle back to a slower speed when in idle mode, like the AMD Cool n' Quiet tech... but this all depends if the CPU has such capability. |
It throttles back to 485mhz when you stick a GC disc in, but that may be just the only instance where it can do that.
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@: timmah, it's got 98MB of ram...i think...
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GBA:The Legend of Zelda:The Minish Cap
DS:Lunar Knights, Pokemon Diamond, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ,Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Hotel Dusk:Room 215, Mario vs DK 2: March of the Mini's and Picross DS
PS2: Devil May Cry 3:Dante's Awakening, Shadow of the Colosuss, Sega Mega Drive Collection, XIII , Sonic Mega Collection,Fifa 08 and Fifa 09.
GC:Fight Night Round 2
Wii VC:Super Mario 64 ,Lylat Wars ,Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Super Castlevania IV, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage, Kirby's Adventure, Super Metroid, Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man 2Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting,Wave Race 64 and Lost Winds
X360: Spider Man
PS3: Resistance: Fall of Man
| LordTheNightKnight said: It throttles back to 485mhz when you stick a GC disc in, but that may be just the only instance where it can do that. |
I'm sure it throttles back to less than 485 MHz when it's on standby with WiiConnect24 enabled.
@Ishy: 88 MB. 64 MB of main memory, 24 MB of internal memory.
| Timmah! said: I believe the specs are as follows: Main Processor (Newt): 729KHz Graphics Processor (Bollywood): 243KHz 64KB of RAM @ 12 KB/Sec Transfer Speed 3 Polygons per minute 16 Colors Power Source: Hamster on wheel Die Size: 1.5" Duct Tape This is straight from Hus, so it may be a little off, but I think it's pretty close. |
I really wish they didn't go with the hamster. Mine was DOA and the new ones I get keep dying from exhaustion trying to power it for Wiiconnect.
routsounmanman said:
Well 64MB VRAM isn't too shabby (I suppose it's Video-RAM). But in general it doesn't say anything at all. It's not about capacity or speed, it's about architecture; if it supports DirectX9c (doubt it),etc.
And I don't think anything less than Geforce 6000 or Radeon X000 could render Mario Galaxy and Brawl. |
Oh really ... Doom 3 can be run on some Geforce 3 cards ( Ti ) , and dont tell me that Mario Galaxy looks that good :?
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