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UPDATE: http://gimmegimmegames.com/2012/09/amd-rep-says-wii-u-uses-custom-radeon-e6760-gpu/

I contacted AMD and Phil Hughes (Head of PR Product Team) responded. I asked him whether he could confirm these reports and he told me; “Kevin we can confirm that the Wii U will use AMD graphics but we have not provided any specifics on what silicon they will be using in the upcoming console.”

(Credits to Shokio for posting this link)

http://gimmegimmegames.com/2012/09/amd-rep-says-wii-u-uses-custom-radeon-e6760-gpu/

Basically, people have been mailing AMD and asked them what the GPU in the Wii U is (someone on GAF even did this) and were told the following:

Features & Benefits

GPU and memory in one MCM BGA package
Desktop level graphics, multimedia and compute capabilities
480 shader processors
128-bit memory interface with 1 GB GDDR5
Microsoft® DirectX® 11 support
Third generation unified video decoder
Support for H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2/4 decode
Dual HD decode, Blu-ray & stereo 3D
Up to 6 displays with AMD Eyefinity1 technology
AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP)2 technology for supercomputing capabilities
5 year supply with dedicated support3

Obviously, a lot of these things have been gutted, and some adapted for the Wii U if this rumor is true.
Shader processors/GFLOPS/Memory interface might all change for better or worse, decoders are probably lost, eyeinfinity technology adapted for whatever it is Nintendo need the GPU to do to output to multiple Wii U pads and the TV, and so on.

EDIT:

Yeah I got the idea from him but these images are from my inbox. I don't care who gets credit. It's just cool I actually got an answer

Here's the email I sent.

More proof. The auto email they sent me when I asked. Just try yourselves

 

[XtremeXpider]

people have been mailing AMD and asked them what the GPU in the Wii U is (someone on GAF even did this) and were told the following

Every site gave credit to NeoGAF but was a guy on a spanish forum who published the email.

 

[ymmv]

http://www.nintengen.com/2012/07/speculation-wii-us-gpu-based-on-amd.html

 

[GaussTek]

DirectX® 11 support <-

 

[Levyne]

What's the equivalent DBZ power level

 

[Mr Swine]

DirectX® 11 support <-

But didn't people working with the dev kit say it has a dx10.1 GPU?

 

[Azure J]

DirectX® 11 support <-

Support for some of the features? Maybe. Actual DX11? Nope.

Also, I still feel like this is a sketchy source at best.

 

[BGBW]

I literally just went GAF -> Internet -> GAF.

The theory is true.

I know nothing of GPU but at least it puts the worries of DirectX to rest even though that means nothing since this isn't a Microsoft machine.

 

[Hoo-doo]

"Time to admit that the graphics-driven future is not doing so much harm after all" thread by Pramath incoming?

 

[Anth0ny]

so what you're saying is

it's on par with 360

 

[MikeE21286]

How many flippity flops are we lookin at here?

 

[Absinthe]

http://www.nintengen.com/2012/07/speculation-wii-us-gpu-based-on-amd.html

A concise summary here as well - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42398815&postcount=4828

 

[Earendil]

so what you're saying is

it's aliens

Fixed

How many flippity flops are we lookin at here?

The stock 6760 is 576GLOPS. Can't say for certain what a modified version would be.

 

[EloquentM]

so what you're saying is

it's on par with 360

What?

 

[BGBW]

so what you're saying is

it's on par with 360

But it has Nintendo games on it so that makes it 360 times better don't you see?

 

[enzo_gt]

What's the equivalent DBZ power level

1 Saibaman

 

[roddur]

i dont think this thread was necessary.

imo offcourse

 

[Projectjustice]

The gap gets smaller and smaller.

 

[Absinthe]

so what you're saying is

it's on par with 360

Nope. Well, If you mean 3x-4x the 360, then yes, yes you are correct.

 

[rpmurphy]

So how old is this console technology now?

 

[Azure J]

1 Saibaman

#dead

 

[wrowa]

It's so strange that AMD support would so easily spill the beans... Why does the support know which GPU is build into the Wii U to begin with? Judging by Nintendo's latest hardware releases, Nintendo doesn't want the hardware specs to ever be released to the public period, so why would AMD tell the support about it?

 

[Dennis]

What's the equivalent DBZ power level

Over 9000

 

[alphaNoid]

DirectX® 11 support <-

 

[Zeroth]

What's the equivalent DBZ power level

Farmer with shotgun, or roughly 2 GCs or 4 Wiis ductaped together.

 

[XtremeXpider]

Nope. Well, If you mean 3x-4x the 360, then yes, yes you are correct.

Not 4x.

 

[Majmun]

Is this...good?

 

[Meelow]

It's so strange that AMD support would so easily spill the beans... Why does the support know which GPU is build into the Wii U to begin with? Judging by Nintendo's latest hardware releases, Nintendo doesn't want the hardware specs to ever be released to the public period, so why would AMD tell the support about it?

When the Wii U launches that's when we know the final Wii U specs.

 

[Snakeyes]

What's the equivalent DBZ power level

SSJ Vegeta

Not 4x.

So 3x.

 

[EloquentM]

Not 4x.

It's actually 3.92389x more powaful

 

[djplaeskool]

So how old is this console technology now?

IIRC, about a year and a half.
If this is an e6760, it's a low-power-usage embedded chipset, which would fit the description.

 

[Azure J]

It's so strange that AMD support would so easily spill the beans... Why does the support know which GPU is build into the Wii U to begin with? Judging by Nintendo's latest hardware releases, Nintendo doesn't want the hardware specs to ever be released to the public period, so why would AMD tell the support about it?

This and the "I learnt it all through email" aspect of this is bugging me, even if I think that part makes sense for a Wii U like console. Really, I kinda stopped trying to put together anything based on what's there in first gen launch software and ports or what was rumored and am now waiting for the first official teardown.

 

[Blantyre]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4307/amd-launches-radeon-e6760

Not seem very powerful

 

[Kai Dracon]

So how old is this console technology now?

Probably circa. 1997, late 1998 in the absolute best case scenario.

Nintendo is just that cheap it's terrible I know.

 

[gogogow]

Quick ask the AMD tech support what the PS4 is using!

 

[Kacho]

Farmer with shotgun, or roughly 2 GCs or 4 Wiis ductaped together.

The guy Radditz killed? lol

 

[Absinthe]

So how old is this console technology now?

e6760 - 2011 Tech.

http://en.expreview.com/2011/05/03/amd-offers-radeon-e6760-embedded-discrete-gpu/16714.html

 

[apana]

This seems kind of nuts, AMD is not allowed to give out this information.

 

[Thoraxes]

so what you're saying is

it's on par with 360

I take it you know nothing about Xenos.

 

[thuway]

Man these threads need to stop. The Wii U couldn't pull off Mass Effect 3 at 1080p. That's all I needed to know.

 

[CorrisD]

DirectX® 11 support <-

Which doesn't mean anything really for the WiiU besides it will have similar abilities via OpenGL or whatever offshoot they might be using.

My foot could have DirectX 11 support but it isn't going to matter if it isn't running on a Windows or Xbox platform.

 

[Azure J]

Probably circa. 1997, late 1998 in the absolute best case scenario.

Nintendo is just that cheap it's terrible I know.

Cut the crap, you know this is just another 1985 part when you take all the enhancements away. This fucking company will never learn.

 

[Meelow]

Man these threads need to stop. The Wii U couldn't pull off Mass Effect 3 at 1080p. That's all I needed to know.

Who said it couldn't pull it off?

Cut the crap, you know this is just another 1985 part when you take all the enhancements away. This fucking company will never learn.

Are you kidding me?, the Wii U's tech is 1889 tech, seriously, gosh guys...

 

[mugurumakensei]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4307/amd-launches-radeon-e6760

Not seem very powerful

Eh, it could run circles around the 360 GPU easily.

 

[Hellsing321]

Probably circa. 1997, late 1998 in the absolute best case scenario.

Nintendo is just that cheap it's terrible I know.

We'll be lucky if it even supports colored lighting. Should have gone with Voodoo.

 

[EloquentM]

When the Wii U launches that's when we know the final Wii U specs.

Not true

 

[Absinthe]

Not 4x.

Yeah, if it is a stock e6760. If it is customized, and it will be, it could be 4x. We will know in November for sure.

 

[MrCunningham]

DirectX® 11 support <-

No console out side of Microsoft's Xbox line will support Direct X. The Wii-U's own custom API might support some Direct X like features, but DX itself will probably stay exclusive to Microsoft's own console.

 

[Ponn]

I don't see a "potentially" or youtube video link in that screencap from an email so I would only rate that as quarter solid.

The shit we accept for journalism and confirmations nowadays. I bet kotaku and IGN are kicking themselves right now. People have been hunting for Wii-U specs for over a year and all they had to was email tech support.

 

[2MF]

It's actually 3.92389x more powaful

Or probably more than that when you count in the architectural improvements.