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[Elric]

Do you think that project cafe will be more powerful than the ps3?

[Wertville]

I think it's been proven that it would cost them more not to have stronger tech, so...

Significantly :/

[Limelight788]

It will be powerful enough to where third-party developers won't mock the system's potential for the entire generation, that's for sure. How can Nintendo's Project Cafe do well without being considerably stronger then the PS3 and Wii?

[Feld0]

I think it's pretty much confirmed at this point that Project Café is going to be an absolute beast. Really, on Tuesday, I bet you we're gonna see some of the most beautiful video games ever made.

[AMAC]

I think that Wii 2 is practically guaranteed to be more powerful than the Xbox 360 and PS3. I can't wait to see games that look visibly better on a Nintendo system than they do on the Xbox and PS3.

[Waller]

Yesterday it was proven. The Wii U is awesome in every aspect, this obviously includes graphics. (Not like someone didn't know.)

[Elric]

I don't think they are better than the ps3 or xbox, but I suppose it's equal to them. Now nintendo has a chance to redeem themselves from the wii. And actually compete.

[Guest]

There's a rumor going on on NeoGAF saying that the WiiU's CPU is based on Watson's Power7 CPU. Although that doesn't mean that your WiiU could beat you in Jeopardy because Watson's a gigantic cluster with 2880 cores and 16 TB of RAM, it still means that the WiiU uses considerably newer tech than PS360. Let's hope the GPU will be good enough not to bottleneck the CPU.

[Jikayaki]

I don't think they are better than the ps3 or xbox, but I suppose it's equal to them. Now nintendo has a chance to redeem themselves from the wii. And actually compete.

The Wii U is significantly more powerful than either the PS3 or Xbox 360. Both tech demos show cased that fact simply how much more powerful is the question. Rumors before E3 pointed to a theoretical figure of something between 4x to possibly 6x the capability of Xbox 360 depending on how the rumored chipsets where customized. The only thing in doubt about the full capability of the console was whether it could be considered a full generational leap over current consoles. As a measuring stick going by those original rumors there isn't any reason with optimizing the code for a closed box system that majority of the more graphically impressive games that have recently come out for the PC could run on Wii U on their highest settings.

There's a rumor going on on NeoGAF saying that the WiiU's CPU is based on Watson's Power7 CPU. Although that doesn't mean that your WiiU could beat you in Jeopardy because Watson's a gigantic cluster with 2880 cores and 16 TB of RAM, it still means that the WiiU uses considerably newer tech than PS360. Let's hope the GPU will be good enough not to bottleneck the CPU.

This bit of information though is extremely interesting. Basically the only thing that can be taken from it is that Wii U's CPU is Power 7 based, but that means far more power than many expected. Depending on the number of cores, the clock speed, and exactly how the chip has been customized it could theoretically be a full generational leap over Xenon. Going by the AMD press release the GPU may be something from the Radeon HD 5xxx to 7xxx family of GPU's instead of the originally rumored 4XXX family of GPU's. Which would result in a better feature set, better performance with a lower TDP, and would benefit from AMD Eyefinity technology. The biggest issues I'm worried about regarding Wii U now is its total RAM.

[Joshua]

From what I've read floating around the Internet, many developers are saying that this console is more powerful than the Xbox 360 and PS3.
This article in particular points out the fact that the WiiU MAY be even as strong as 50% more than the 360 and PS3.

Wii U Is Actually 50% More Powerful Than PS3 - Report

Which isn't all surprising really seeing that the PS3 and 360 are, what, 6 year old tech?

Edit: Forgot to add the link to the article

Edited by Nin10doh, 13 June 2011 - 11:01 PM.

[Jabob]

It will be a lot more powerful. I'm even game enough to say that it will be almost comparable to the next XBox, while there is no doubt it'll still be the weakest in terms of specs, it will be able to compete graphically against Sony and Microsoft's next gen consoles.

[Tony Bradshaw]

From what I've read floating around the Internet, many developers are saying that this console is more powerful than the Xbox 360 and PS3.
This article in particular points out the fact that the WiiU MAY be even as strong as 50% more than the 360 and PS3.

Wii U Is Actually 50% More Powerful Than PS3 - Report

yeh i've read the same thing in a different article, quite confident it will be more powerful than previous generation consoles.

[raney150]

The Wii U is significantly more powerful than either the PS3 or Xbox 360. Both tech demos show cased that fact simply how much more powerful is the question. Rumors before E3 pointed to a theoretical figure of something between 4x to possibly 6x the capability of Xbox 360 depending on how the rumored chipsets where customized. The only thing in doubt about the full capability of the console was whether it could be considered a full generational leap over current consoles. As a measuring stick going by those original rumors there isn't any reason with optimizing the code for a closed box system that majority of the more graphically impressive games that have recently come out for the PC could run on Wii U on their highest settings.



This bit of information though is extremely interesting. Basically the only thing that can be taken from it is that Wii U's CPU is Power 7 based, but that means far more power than many expected. Depending on the number of cores, the clock speed, and exactly how the chip has been customized it could theoretically be a full generational leap over Xenon. Going by the AMD press release the GPU may be something from the Radeon HD 5xxx to 7xxx family of GPU's instead of the originally rumored 4XXX family of GPU's. Which would result in a better feature set, better performance with a lower TDP, and would benefit from AMD Eyefinity technology. The biggest issues I'm worried about regarding Wii U now is its total RAM.

This definitely sounds like good news. As long as it's close, I don't care if it's underpowered when compared to the next generation consoles.

[CUD]

Over 9000?

[Mario Fan 123]

YES.

Wii U > 3DS > Wii > GameCube > Nintendo 64 > SNES > NES > Atari 2600 > Hotel Mario > Xbox 360 > PS3 > PSVita.

[raney150]

YES.

Wii U > 3DS > Wii > GameCube > Nintendo 64 > SNES > NES > Atari 2600 > Hotel Mario > Xbox 360 > PS3 > PSVita.

Ummmm???? Any reason you have some false statements there?

[The Lonely Koopa]

Ummmm???? Any reason you have some false statements there?

I see no false staetment their