Nintendo Revolution Specs

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Available from here.

Snippet :

"Insiders stress that Revolution runs on an extension of the Gekko and Flipper architectures that powered GameCube, which is why studios who worked on GCN will have no problem making the transition to the new machine, they say. IBM's "Broadway" CPU is clocked at 729MHz, according to updated Nintendo documentation. By comparison, GameCube's Gekko CPU ran at 485MHz. The original Xbox's CPU was clocked at 733MHz. Meanwhile, Xbox 360 runs three symmetrical cores at 3.2GHz.
Clearly, numbers don't mean everything, but on paper Revolution's CPU falls performance-wise somewhere well beyond GameCube and just shy of the original Xbox. However, it's important to remember that the CPU is only one part of the equation.

Revolution's ATI-provided "Hollywood" GPU clocks in at 243MHz. By comparison, GameCube's GPU ran at 162MHz, while the GPU on the original Xbox was clocked at 233MHz. Sources we spoke with suggest that it is unlikely the GPU will feature any added shaders, as has been speculated."

Looks like more brain than brawn power. This could be the mass appeal console to reach for everybody's wallets!

Plus this CNN interview about what Nintendo is really aiming for in the gaming industry.

 

[lord_spaceman]

In my eyes, Nintendo are basically the "orginals" left in the gaming market today. They've been around since the 80s with their NES consoles (who never owned one of these ?). Obviously they know what they are doing, since they have been doing it long enough - they created one of the best consoles of all time, the NES and one of the best hand-held consoles of all time, the Gameboy. Perhaps their specs aren't all the way up their with Sony and Microsoft, but their games are brilliant and majority of the time are classics. Super Mario, Zelda, Metroid and Pokemon - what other console can even come close to those classics ? Sony and their Crash Bandicoot ? Microsoft and their Halo ?

PS: I'm not a fan boy and I don't own any consoles.

 

[playkiller no.2]

Don`t mind having this as a second console.
I just want wave the remote and stab someone on the screen with it.

All that techno babel means nothing to the man on the street cause it's the games that sell a system.

 

[Moederloos]

It is never about who has the better product, but who has the better marketing and support.

Beta vs VHS
M$ vs Linux
Coke vs Pepsi ( )
me vs Brad Pitt...

 

[doobiwan]

Dissappointing, but not disheartening. At least Iwata doesn't talk bull. It definitely doesn't compete with next gen boxes, but with those specs it should be cheap enough to be an impulse buy, for non gamers, and a second system for hardcore gamers.

 

[useless]

the thing with most people is they will moan and complain that it doesnt to MP3's, DVD's, media center stuff or coffee... guys... gals... this is a PLAIN GAMING CONSOLE. period.

 

[doobiwan]

Hey, it may very well do all of that. With their open stance on storage media there's nothing stopping someone developing player software (If it doesn't have already)

http://www.revolutionfanboy.com/200...p-games-mass-storage-and-in-game-advertising/

I suspect the Rev is going to be about giving the customer everything they want, bar HD.

 

[useless]

at least it wont cost an arm, a leg and a kidney like the current X360 and the upcoming PS3...

 

[doobiwan]

Doobi's Conspiracy Theory:

The big secrets to be revealed at E3-
1. It's been in production for 6 months already
2. The price will be $150
3. It will be available world wide in June.
4. If you shake the controller the right way it'll take you to free WiFi pr0n sites . . .

 

[useless]

i really like point #4!