Kazuma Kiryu
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damn, i thought i was the first one.
yeah, it doesn't make it less stupid though. next year's incoming news "ps4/720 got more memory than wiiU".
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Sumo: Wii U specs are surprising; "way more memory" than PS3/360
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damn, i thought i was the first one.
yeah, it doesn't make it less stupid though. next year's incoming news "ps4/720 got more memory than wiiU".
Nah,i think then ms and sony will unveil the specs of nextbox and ps4 respectively at their e3 or pre-e3 pressers like always
On-topic-Does anyone know the number of tracks in the game?
Damn the vita really packs a ton of memory. I'm surprised. I mean I knew it was good hardware but that's quite a lot of RAM there.
How fast is it compared to the RAM in the 3DS?
fabricated backlash
Member
But how many quantum leaps is it?
shinobi602
Member
Not really...a lot of phones have 2GB of ram.
I'm surprised it's that little, I thought the Vita had 1GB...
TheGuardian
Member
Phone RAM is incredibly slow and cheap. You can't compare it to the one in consoles or PCs.
Almost certainly not.
Throwaway123456789
Member
Doesn't Nintendo (almost) always use some kind of insanely fast RAM?
fabricated backlash
Member
Yeah no, you're trying too hard.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Every time i see WiiU threads, they always come out (to me) as damage control.
chocolateTHUNDER
Neo Member
Is this even thread worthy? Soon to be launched console is more powerful than consoles that are 6 and 7 years old. Gotcha.
Why ?
Silly.Mikey
Banned
I dunno, they always seem to be insisting on how "powerful" it is. I mean god damn, this is like the 5-6th thread about its power. Do people still need convincing?
There probably should be a persistent thread about performance rumours, but yes, it's thread worthy. The Wii never produced graphics that out performed the Xbox as far as I could tell, the WiiU doesn't appear to be inline with the performance gap with the last Nintendo system, and that's worth knowing.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Ask the GAFers that question the same thing.
Liamario
Banned
Honestly, I read it that way. Especially when you compare it to everything else that was said
Eg: 'The Wii U looks as good as any of the HD platforms'
That to me seems like a strange thing to say for a console with way more memory than PS360...
I believe you did, it's not well written. The sentence before speciifcally compares the GPU to the HD twins chipsets, so it's a continued comparison to them. It also says it will result in crisper textures, that must be within the context of the specific game, and that game isn't on Wii.
StealthGoblin
Banned
Thats all very well and good, but if Sony and Microsoft launch within a year/year and a half of the Wii U it'll be the drastically underpowered console again.
Launch titles won't take advantage of the extra power fully (no launch title ever does) so we'll be expecting the second round of games to be standout better on the Wii U. By that time Sony and Microsoft will likely have started the 'Our new consoles are fucking awesome' PR drivel etc.
Interesting times ahead. It'll be interesting to see if developers favour the Nextbox/PS4 co development and then scale down for the Wii U.
Launch titles won't take advantage of the extra power fully (no launch title ever does) so we'll be expecting the second round of games to be standout better on the Wii U. By that time Sony and Microsoft will likely have started the 'Our new consoles are fucking awesome' PR drivel etc.
Interesting times ahead. It'll be interesting to see if developers favour the Nextbox/PS4 co development and then scale down for the Wii U.
Maybe they saw the games.
We'll see.
Without a doubt the Wii U will be the weakest of the three, but the difference almost certainly will be smaller. The general (BS) multiplier is that the Xbox 360 = 20 x Wii, and sources indicate that the Xbox480 likely will be between 2 to 6 times as "powerful" as the Wii U. Heck, maybe a large chunk of the next Xbox's RAM will be dedicated to the beefy OS.
(Disclaimer: pretty much all of these numbers are subjective. Made 'em up on the spot.)
dacuk
Member
Yup, because all memory is the same...
Silly.Mikey
Banned
This is Nintendo and like always, they will rather be profitable than be cutting edge.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Because Nintendo.
Zoramon089
Banned
I think this is ban bait. You're doing it on purpose. I can tell. I won't fall for it though
MrCunningham
Member
I thought he meant the PC version.
And yet nintendo generally uses very fast RAM and beneficial architecture to compliment said RAM.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Very fast ram compared to 2005?
How would I know? the Wii U isn't out yet, nor are its specs. I was speaking on their track record (gamecube/wii). Where you just making negative assumptions about a company without knowing any prior or current information, or where you just saying 'herp derp nintendo lol'?
well Wii U has like 1.5-2 gigs so it'll be at least three times the story compared to the other consoles.
But with it's online probably being worse, how will it be the definitive version?
Your phone may have more RAM, but it is also much MUCH slower than the RAM in the PS3 and 360, fast ram is much more important than lots and lots of ram
you have no idea what you're talking about, do you?
Zoramon089
Banned
Mind giving us a rundown of the Wii U's online features and what it's missing compared to other systems? Thanks!
Liamario
Banned
It's not ban bait. The article to me is ambiguous. Now, if you take offence to the implications of my post due to some misplaced loyalty to a company- I can't be held responsible.
I expressed a genuine opinion and I backed it up.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I think the definitive version is the one that runs at 60fps.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Just going off Nintendo's online track-record.
dev-Gaf has confirmed the range of the RAM amount (cleverly without breaking NDA might I add).
There's no need when Iwata has stated plenty of times in the past year that their online infrastructure will get a total re-haul with the Wii U.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Dev-Gaf?!? Oh well, stop the presses then. We have confirmations people.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
About as close as we're likely to get until someone cracks the thing open.
So you don't trust confirmed developers who comment on this forum, yet you're posting (and I'm assuming trusting) in a thread for a developer who made a comment to a journalist about the large amount of RAM when compared to the HD twins?
President's of large corporation's say a lot.
You probably shouldn't be so trusting of them, and go off what a company's past trends are.
Aizu_Itsuko
Member
They were surprised the Wii U's GPU (Wii Pee U) could match the shading capabilities of the current generation HD consoles and has more RAM? What were their expectations? A toaster with a screen?
As for the GC:
24MB 1T-SRAM
16MB DRAM (extremely slow, only for some uses)
3MB embedded 1T-SRAM (2megs for framebuffer, 1meg for texture cache)
Wii having more memory than the Xbox isn't surprising at all, even if you haven't looked at the specs.
As for the GC:
24MB 1T-SRAM
16MB DRAM (extremely slow, only for some uses)
3MB embedded 1T-SRAM (2megs for framebuffer, 1meg for texture cache)
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