Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
JWong said:Then show me the console announcement.
Go to joystiq, kotaku, IGN, etc. They all have pics up of the console itself.
JWong said:Then show me the console announcement.
Power7 doesn't come in a triple-core version, at least according to Wikipedia (only 4, 6, or 8 cores). The chip is also massive at 45nm.brochiller said:Well the rumors are that it will be a triple core CPU. And I also hear a rumor recently that said that dev kits have 1GB RAM, but the final console will have 1.5GB.
guldakot said:Well if it is a triple core variation 1.5 gb of unified ram would be just about perfect for a closed box system.
Im still VERY reserved because we dont know what the hell is in the rest of the system (You can EASILY bottleneck a cpu that powerful with subpar video) but my hype level is much higher then it was based on those tech demos alone.
Btw, curious about this comment from mark rein. He almost implies that the bird demo was running on unreal 3 tech.
MarkRein Mark Rein
RT @Michael_French @MarkRein So that means you're supporting Wii U? <--No announcement to make today but let's just way "Water meet fish"
AceBandage said:First thing I thought when the demo started. Looked exactly like a better version of UE3.
Zombie James said:Power7 doesn't come in a triple-core version, at least according to Wikipedia (only 4, 6, or 8 cores). The chip is also massive at 45nm.
They could do the same as Sony and use only 3 cores to increase yields and reduce heat.Zombie James said:Power7 doesn't come in a triple-core version, at least according to Wikipedia (only 4, 6, or 8 cores). The chip is also massive at 45nm.
I've seen the Nintendo conference. They announced the controller, not the console.Plinko said:Go to joystiq, kotaku, IGN, etc. They all have pics up of the console itself.
EVH said:UE3 is confirmed because Arkham City comes to WiiU and runs on UE3.
JWong said:I've seen the Nintendo conference. They announced the controller, not the console.
That is my point.
Nintendo has said nothing about the console that the controller is streaming off of.
Three cores, six threads.Gamer @ Heart said:The 360 processor has 2 threads right?
The processor used in Watson is IBM's Power7, their most advanced architecture. The spec goes from 4-cores (each capable of running 4 threads) at 3Ghz up to 8-core chips at 4Ghz. Even at the lower end of the scale (which we can assume Nintendo will be using), the processor craps all over the XBox360 CPU and (for almost all uses) PS3's CELL CPU.
I'll admit I'm not an expert on modern CPU architecture (hopefully some of the GAFfers who are will chime in), but I think this should safely put to rest the "only slightly more powerful than PS360" rumours.
EVH said:UE3 is confirmed because Arkham City comes to WiiU and runs on UE3.
herzogzwei1989 said:I hope the GPU really is powerful, a good match for the powerful CPU.
They announced the console and focused on the key feature and selling point: the controller.JWong said:I've seen the Nintendo conference. They announced the controller, not the console.
That is my point.
Nintendo has said nothing about the console that the controller is streaming off of.
JWong said:I've seen the Nintendo conference. They announced the controller, not the console.
That is my point.
Nintendo has said nothing about the console that the controller is streaming off of.
AceBandage said:Because that wasn't their focus. And people really don't seem to be getting this.
Their focus, just like in 2006, was to show off the new way to play games with their new controller.
Brettison said:Fuck if you look at some GAF posts as of late even if some GAFers had 2 of their brain's duct tapped together they wouldn't be able to make an accurate coherent thought in post form.
linko9 said:They claimed that their focus was to attract both hardcore gamers AND casuals (their words, not mine). If they really wanted to attract hardcore gamers, they should have played up the graphics.
That's the very definition of a computer. Computers are very stupid devices that, at an architecture level, can only do very simple things. However their strength lies in being able to perform billions of these simple tasks every second.scy said:Remember, Watson didn't win due to outsmarting Ken or Brad, it won by virtue of reacting faster than either of them. In truth, it probably "knew" less than either of them.
Chiggs said:16mb.
This gives the following theoretical performance figures (based on a 4.04 GHz 8 core implementation):
max 33.12 GFLOPS per core
itxaka said:Doesn't the 360 has 10Mb? 16 doesn't seem like lots compared to that.
Only in the same way an Atom is similar to a Sandy Bridge chip.claviertekky said:I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't let you do that.
So if it's from IBM, will that mean it's similar to the architecture of the 360?
AceBandage said:First thing I thought when the demo started. Looked exactly like a better version of UE3.
itxaka said:Doesn't the 360 has 10Mb? 16 doesn't seem like lots compared to that.
That's GPU EDRam.itxaka said:Doesn't the 360 has 10Mb? 16 doesn't seem like lots compared to that.
linko9 said:They claimed that their focus was to attract both hardcore gamers AND casuals (their words, not mine). If they really wanted to attract hardcore gamers, they should have played up the graphics.
AceBandage said:They attracted the hardcore gamers by showing off big named third party titles... Which, at the end of the day, is what people want.
BeeDog said:16 Mb on-board RAM is a lot.
That's CPU EDRam.
Uuuuh thanks for confirming that they didn't announce it in the conference?Jangocube said:Yes they have, just not during the conference.
Go to some video game sites and see for yourself, stop being lazy.
The 360 has 10MB in it's GPU. In it's CPU, it only has 1216KB. 16MB is huge for a CPU cache.itxaka said:Doesn't the 360 has 10Mb? 16 doesn't seem like lots compared to that.
It was a joke. Calm down.1-D_FTW said:Why? Because they don't suck down at the alter of Nintendo's dick? Guys making comments like yours are the same people who used to bitch at people who said DS/Wii would be a huge success. An inability to think for yourself and judge evidence that is new is the real problem. We've got too many Pachter's who are only capable of judging what happened the very last cycle and base all their opinions on that. Things change. Evaluate evidence and think for yourself. Sometimes you can "see the future" if it's obvious enough.
P.S. Watson was running 2880 cores. WiiU will be just as stupid as many of the comments here.
AceBandage said:They attracted the hardcore gamers by showing off big named third party titles... Which, at the end of the day, is what people want.
360s 10MB of eDRAM is on the GPU is it not?itxaka said:Yeah but the xbox launched in 2006 and IIRC there was some complaints for the latests games because the edram was not enough?
Wasn't even Itagaky proud of using 9,98Mb out of the total 10Mb? Like is way too important for the framebuffer and such*
*Disclaimer: I don't understand shit about this so Im sorry if what Im saying is stupid, don't be too harsh
Isn't this one the same? CPU with lots of embedded ram?
mrklaw said:edram is for frame buffer. Someone else can come along and do the maths, but you want enough ideally for a 1080p screen. Gives you huge fillrate and performance advantages. 360 had 10MB I think and thats not quite enough.
Log4Girlz said:So someone give me numbers. How much more powerful would this be than Wii's CPU? Do this for the lulz. And if you're really tech savy, take into account that Wii U should only have 3 cpu cores, not 4.
snoopeasystreet said:They showed games that were already announced/coming to a console that most hardcore gamers already have. They needed to come out and say that all multiplatform games coming out will be better on the U.