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[Joshua]

Do you think Nintendo will release specs for the console at E3 like what types of storage will be built in and Such?

I'm HOPING they will but it isn't like Nintendo to reveal their specifications during E3. They'd rather wait for people to tear it open and see for themselves.

[jono]

PEOPLE YOU SEE THIS?

The patent features cape Mario. NSMW is rumored.

Woooot!

That's not rumored, that's just really, really wanted. by EVERYONE.

[Waluigi]

This better be true, because i just soiled my pants for the second time in ten minutes. First bethesda announces a beta for dawnguard with free dlc, and now these scrumsious specs for the Nintendo Wii U. At this rate i will need more pants.

Praise the Sun

[ArnarFB]

I'm going with "way too good to be true... until proven otherwise"

[Socalmuscle]

; /

Edited by Socalmuscle, 01 June 2012 - 02:53 PM.

[Meelow100]

If the Wii U does have 2gb then that's 4-5x better then the 360.

[Plutonas]

Also 1 of ur links says that ps3 is 8 cores.. thats wrong.. It is 1 core and 8 threads.. lol and hard to program. http://wiiuconcepts....pu-exposed.html

Edited by Orion, 01 June 2012 - 03:32 PM.

[Soul]

^ link above was a good read.

[Socalmuscle]

The Wii U is 64 bit Power 7 fundamentally.

It can also handle 32 bit operations like any Power 7.

And no, the Wii U isn't 4 over-clocked Wii CPU's on one die... Power 7 hasn't been around for 10 years but only existing as a single core...

Some of the logic used to deduce info is startling.

Also 1 of ur links says that ps3 is 8 cores.. thats wrong.. It is 1 core and 8 threads.. lol and hard to program. http://wiiuconcepts....pu-exposed.html

Actually, that is wrong too.

The "SPEs" as Sony likes to call them are actually only 7 active vector processors. There are 8 physical, but sony had to disable one due to yield issues which seemed to turn up a dead SPE more often than not during Cell manufacturing when it came time to lock in the PS3 spec. so the Ps3 has one "Core" PPE and 7 effective vector units.

Edited by Socalmuscle, 01 June 2012 - 04:48 PM.

[MorbidGod]

POWER7 hasn't been around but the power brand has.

[Plutonas]

yeah its more like.. 1 core... and 7 (something between threads, not exactly or old individual cpus 486 dx) hahaha.. due to lag, the theoretical point of 210 gflops in single and 100 in double.. was just in theory.. originally it gives 33-44 gflops in all games.. So if the rumor or leak about wii U, speaks about 1.5 times faster than ps3... I assume 76-85 gflops (real performance) and not 200.. its crazy and stupid..

Because the power 7 (4 cores and 16 threads with 16mb cache) gives 97 gflops. is about the same performance with i7 980x. I believe the performance in comparison with a pc cpu, is going to be between the i5 2500k and i7 2600k.

Edited by Orion, 01 June 2012 - 05:10 PM.

[Socalmuscle]

POWER7 hasn't been around but the power brand has.

Exactly the point.

the 360 uses Power 5 at its core. The GCN uses a different version of the "PowerPC" family.

The wii U uses the newest and most powerful - Power 7. The point being that the Power 7 is nothing like 4 Wii CPUs overclocked and linked together...

[Plutonas]

lets just hope it has up to 8mb cpu cache 2mb per core (the original model of this cpu type, has 16mb L3 cache.. 4mb per core because there is 4 threads per core), 2 gigs of ram or 2.5 (better) and an equivalent to 68xx series graphic card... is going to be MUCH much stronger than we expected.

Edited by Orion, 01 June 2012 - 05:30 PM.

[Wonder Blue]

i dont know why i enter to this kind of threads, they speak in another language e_e

[The Lonely Koopa]

just decided to lay this here while most of this stuff we knew I don't think it was known that it was 45n don't ask where it came from it was posted a few minutes ago on neogaf.

Edited by The Lonely Koopa, 01 June 2012 - 06:35 PM.

[uh20]

I still get the idea there's something done with the CPU, anyone? aim I going crazy?

[MorbidGod]

Exactly the point.

the 360 uses Power 5 at its core. The GCN uses a different version of the "PowerPC" family.

The wii U uses the newest and most powerful - Power 7. The point being that the Power 7 is nothing like 4 Wii CPUs overclocked and linked together...

I completely agree, I just think the person who wrote that assumed it was the same. Truth be told, the new POWER7 has a lot of improvements over previous generations.

Actually, though, the Xenon processor is based off of the PowerPC family, yes, but not directly a POWER5 brand. I don't think we know what specific family it comes from, besides it is similar apparently to the Cell in the PS3 (I'm not sure on that, but that's what the article says. But it is Wiki ...).


http://en.wikipedia....non_(processor)

[Keviin]

That's not rumored, that's just really, really wanted. by EVERYONE.

It was in the leaked, unconfirmed line-up so it is rumored. And the picture of Mario in a cape only supports this rumor... Man I really want this game. SMW is the best ever. (just hope they will call it Super Mario World 3 instead, and go with a new artstyle)

[InsaneLaw]

Change the title, this is obviously fake, the PowerPC 750 is what the GC/Wii CPU was based on.

[Stewox]

Change the title, this is obviously fake, the PowerPC 750 is what the GC/Wii CPU was based on.

Really ? Link me to it