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[plainr_]

Can somebody translate this to a more understandable format? Dragon Ball Z power levels perhaps.

 

[Anth0ny]

I'm just gonna wait 22 minutes.

 

[DrM]

I heard similar stuff from one dev, but last time i heard that they are looking for 2 gigs of RAM for retail units..

 

[Huw_Dawson]

Looks good, but will it be inexpensive?

 

[StevieP]

Errm, I'm pretty sure StevieP isn't a dev, that's how he got his tag.

I'm not a dev. But they are correct.

 

[Grisby]

So is this pretty good then?

 

[Plinko]

looks like ps3/360 plus alpha rather than next gen

just like wii was ps2/gc/xbox plus alpha

Tell us why, tech master.

Also, guys, 3GB of RAM in the DEV KIT. No way the final has 3GB. Probably 1.5 to 2, which is what was rumored.

 

[Game-Biz]

Why did EatChildren get accurate secret devkit info and not the rest of us?

 

[Randdalf]

Tessellation unit

I am excite. Seems to be only 1.5GB for retail consoles though =/ if those are real.

 

[Instro]

Same.

3GB is good rite gaf.

I remember some poster saying that it would be a miracle if the other 2 next gen consoles had 4gb. so 3GB is good right, or is that ram just for devs or something.

RAM for devs, actual amount will be 1.5 or 2GB.

 

[MrGame&Watch]

I like how all the people with NDAs are coming in here and basically saying fuck it, that's right.

And they are.

 

[Auto_aim1]

So 32MB eDRAM and 1.5 GB RAM? We have a winner.

 

[MYE]

So, this is good news?

 

[sprsk]

So how many Wii's taped together is this?

 

[Rich!]

All anyone needs to know from these specs, if you're tech illiterate, is that Retro Studio's new game will look FUCKING AMAZING.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

Can somebody translate this to a more understandable format? Dragon Ball Z power levels perhaps.

PS3= Hercule
Wii U= Gotenks

 

[Salvadora]

Looks good, but will it be inexpensive?

Time to get a second job.

 

[big_z]

system will have 1GB of ram with 820MB available to developers.

believe.

 

[mugurumakensei]

Hmm, my reading seems poor today.

I'll go back an edit.

So with the compute shaders where does it really put the wii u gpu. It seems like some SM 4.5 with having tesselation and compute shaders. What's the full SM 5.0 Spec?

 

[Horse Armour]

That would be a huge OS footprint.

Not really, 512mb is what I'm expecting for the other two and it's the minimum required to have a full featured, multi tasking system.

 

[The Elite]

How many graphics does this translate to?

Two graphics? Three?

 

[iKhayal18]

Ideaman, where are you? Translate and confirm for us

 

[fly high ~ayunite~]

Soo in percentage terms using these numbers, how does the Wii U compare to the current consoles?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

We can just wait like 26 minutes.

Wait like 20 min to put all these rumors to rest.

I'm just gonna wait 22 minutes.

If you're waiting on specs, you gonna be wait a lot longer then that

 

[AlexMeloche]

I can understand that it got plenty of RAM... what about graphics?

 

[Plinko]

So how many Wii's taped together is this?

9000 Pikmin.

 

[KingKong]

only 8 gigs of storage?

 

[jman2050]

PS3= Hercule
Wii U= Gotenks

Wait are we talking regular Gotenks, SSJ Gotenks, or SSJ3 Gotenks?

This is an important distinction.

 

[shinobi602]

So 32MB eDRAM and 1.5 GB RAM? We have a winner.

How do you think that RAM will hold up 4-5 years from now?

 

[Cosmonaut X]

So, assuming these are accurate - and there seems to be some agreement from folks in the know here - what are we looking at? My layman's reading of it suggests it's a powerful system with a modern featureset, but not the kind of massive leap we've been used to in previous generations.

It's definitely not a GC-->Wii situation where the featureset was the same, just overclocked with a dash more RAM, but it isn't a bleeding-edge piece of kit. Would saying this is the Dreamcast in the N64-->Dreamcast-->GameCube continuity be about right?

 

[bobbychalkers]

Using Dragon Ball Z terms, what does this mean?

 

[Willkiller]

PS3= Hercule
Wii U= Gotenks

No way.

 

[canvee]

Compute Shaders let you write your own code and run it on the GPU for anything that would benefit from a floating point based processor like physics or animation.

Shader Model 4 can technically be recompiled for from Shader Model 5, but performance is unideal.

Thanks for the explanation

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Wait like 20 min to put all these rumors to rest.

There will be no putting to rest. Nintendo never talks specs like this. Just ports and the like.

 

[MasterShotgun]

That looks pretty good to me. A few parts of it is beyond my knowledge, but the stuff I do understand points to the Wii U being a little better than I expected.

 

[Rich!]

only 8 gigs of storage?

Native USB storage support.

just hook up a USB hard drive, man.

 

[madmackem]

Tessellation unit

I am excite. Seems to be only 1.5GB for retail consoles though =/ if those are real.

Why the frown, the current hd consoles have a third of that.

 

[Horse Armour]

I'm not a dev. But they are correct.

Yeah and I want to know why we should believe you since as you say you're not in the industry and you didn't get given that tag for no reason.

 

[Vanillalite]

As others have said it matches up to OLDER dev kits. I bet this info is pretty much accurate, but the question is how current is the info.

 

[spons]

At least this sounds realistic, unlike most leaks.

 

[VariantX]

How do you think that RAM will hold up 4-5 years from now?

Dosen't matter, it'll be time for a new console by then.

 

[gofreak]

Shame there is no information on the GPU, in terms of performance level - i.e. how many compute units etc. That's a more important bit of info than the feature-set.

The rest is what I'd have expected.

 

[DieH@rd]

Same.

3GB is good rite gaf.

I remember some poster saying that it would be a miracle if the other 2 next gen consoles had 4gb. so 3GB is good right, or is that ram just for devs or something.

3GB for devkit, 1.5GB for retail.

 

[mugurumakensei]

So, assuming these are accurate - and there seems to be some agreement from folks in the know here - what are we looking at? My layman's reading of it suggests it's a powerful system with a modern featureset, but not the kind of massive leap we've been used to in previous generations.

It's definitely not a GC-->Wii situation where the featureset was the same, just overclocked with a dash more RAM, but it isn't a bleeding-edge piece of kit. Would saying this is the Dreamcast in the N64-->Dreamcast-->GameCube continuity be about right?

It would fall way under the XBox to XBox 360 leap. However, it's close enough to what a normal jump would be (1/2 skip).

 

[Nirolak]

So with the compute shaders where does it really put the wii u gpu. It seems like some SM 4.5 with having tesselation and compute shaders. What's the full SM 5.0 Spec?

Well, 5.0 is just straight up Compute Shaders, so if support means they have them, then they're there already.

I mean, it could be the recompile thing being "support", but I'm going to be optimistic today until proven otherwise.

Full DX11.1 is these sets of requirements.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

So how many Wii's taped together is this?

Like 17.

 

[KingKong]

Native USB storage support.

just hook up a USB hard drive, man.

oh nice

 

[twinturbo2]

I'm thinking about getting one, but I need more than just a port of Aliens: Colonial Marines to sell me on it.

Don't let me down, Nintendo.

 

[Majukun]

Far better than current gen. No idea how it'll compare to 720/PS4 though.

in pc-terms? midrange? (with low end being current gen and high end being the gtx690)

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

How do you think that RAM will hold up 4-5 years from now?

I played witcher 2 on my 360 last month. I'm not to worried.