Wii U specs include a quad core 3GHz CPU, 768 MB of RAM
Nintendo is finally set to release a new, much more powerful console with HD graphics, and many are wondering what kind of technology we might find inside the console, and how it will compare with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. We’ve heard from developers who have access to the console that the Wii U is “50% more powerful” than the Xbox 360 and PS3. We now know that those estimates of 50% are based on the fact that the Wii U is around 50% more powerful on paper, according to information Wii U Daily obtained from a Japanese developer who is currently working on porting a PS3 game to the Wii U.
According to the source, the Wii U specs are:
- Quad Core, 3 GHz PowerPC-based 45nm CPU, very similar to the Xbox 360 chip.
- 768 MB of DRAM “embedded” with the CPU, and shared between CPU and GPU
- Unknown, 40nm ATI-based GPU
The source also mentions that Nintendo has been testing two versions of the console, one with 768 MB of RAM, and one with 1 GB. The RAM is also made by IBM and is embedded with the processor on the same die/silicon, which results in more bandwidth.
These were the specs that Nintendo showed developers around March 2011, so it’s unknown how close to the final specs these are, considering there’s a year until the console is scheduled for release.
When it was unveiled earlier this year, Nintendo confirmed that the Wii U would support 1080p graphics and 3D is possible as well.
Just start making peripherals Crap-Tendo!! The WiiU will finally be 1080p…just a year or two before PS4 and XBoxNext will be 4kx2k…Ha ha ha ha.
Oh wow, you are not that smart. HDMI does not (not because they don’t want to, literally, it’s because of HDMI limitations) support resolutions over 1920×1080. So If you want 4kx2k you need a TV that upscales 1080p or a new graphics card and cord medium because not even DVI supports 4kx2k.
HDMI 1.4 supports up to 4096×2160, 1.3 supports 2560×1600. Hell, the first HDMI version supported 1920×1200.
So really, stop talking out of your ass.
Untrue HDMI 1.4 supports high resolutions including resolution of up to 4k
But the fucking ps3 and 360 does not support those res AT ALL. So stop barking at each other people. Ruff Ruff!
The fan part is that only Crossfire 6990s can pull out gaming at such resolution,and two Radeon 6990s cost 1200$
no they dont if you crank up tha aa then fps plumit
4kx2k is such a high resolution that you wouldn’t need AA.
The typical HDMI on the market now only supports 1080p because that’s the only tv you can find at the bigger stores. HDMI 1.4 is already adding internet connectivity. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10249212-1.html
Who is to say that HDMI 2.0 won’t add higher resolutions as TV’s begin to move that way? It would not be hard to do. 1080p isn’t a limit to the cable itself, it’s just all we need right now. You should think things through a little more before you start calling other people “not smart.”
Not only that, PS3 and 360 aren’t 1080p. Hell, some games like CoD MW3 are only 576p in order to attach 30FPS. Uncharted may be 720p, but it’s capped at 30FPS because the console can’t handle more.
On the other hand, both Galaxy games 60FPS and the difference is light and heaven (at least for my eyes, varies for every person).
So yeah, hi troll with trollish name, hows that bridge?
Oh wow, you are not that smart either. HDMI DOES support 4Kx2K and has done since 2009
The next Xbox and the PS4 won’t have enough memory to support those resolutions. So stop the Bullship.
I love how people act like 720p isn’t good looking or something. If you really need more than what’s currently offered by console(360/PS3) graphics, then you’re just some loser of a troll sitting in your mom’s basement beating off to cpu spec sheets. Get a life and play games for fun. noobs
well said:) these noobs are graphics whores who probably masterbate to video game woman (smh) games are games not a life!! thats y they arent real!! so im with you, mr wonder y
While these games may look good, the framerate is becoming quite an issue. Watching a game in 18 or less FPS really hurts your eyes.
what do u mean finally 1080p? did u know ps3 and xbox360 dont actually play most games in HD? look it up, ur ps3/xbox360 play modern warfare 3 in 704p!! thats not even HD. wii u can run it in 1080p
So you are saying that graphics are the most important thing in a videogame?
Give up? Are you jealous that the winner or the console war is Nintendo? Just stating the facts, the Wii has sold more than Xbox 360 and PS3, that means they won. Also, Nintendo completely changed gaming with motion controls. Xbox jumped on the bandwagon, and so did PS3.
you’re retarded
the wii u has a GPU that automatically supports Dx10.1
its also been confirmed that the GPU is custom, and that it will improve the graphics (taken straight from AMD), meaning the wii u will most likely support DX11, which is a HUGE difference from modern consoles
and by the time xbox720 and ps4 come out DX12 will come out, but every gaming console has to have out dated hardware, always have, always will
so if you think the next xbox and ps4 will have better graphics than the wii u, you’re fucked
“so if you think the next xbox and ps4 will have better graphics than the wii u, you’re fucked”
The next xbox and ps4 WILL have BETTER GRAPHICS THAN the WII U
Did you come from the future?
DirectX is Microsoft proprietary programming language to use with the Windows OS. There’s absolutely no reason that any Nintendo or Sony system ever, EVER would support DirectX as long as Microsoft is in the race.
By which time you will have the TV that will be capable of displaying that output. Lets get real with ourselves here. The Wii U looks excellent for today people. If you looking for 4k by 2k resolution I bet u can start saving your hard earned cash to buy a TV to play games on a console that developers will not make games to exploit its resolution just like the PS3 and Xbox. How many games on the Xbox even support 1080p? Yeah! Thought as much. Those who have that kind of luxury are PC gamers and even they are excited about the Wii you.
I’m going to call bunk on at least part of this rumor. That much memory isn’t likely to actually fit on a cpu-size silicon die. Maybe on an MCM (multi chip module), but that’d be kinda pointless for this scenario.
Welcome to 2007 Nintendo!
PSvita uses touch! oh welcome to 2004 Sony!
Oh, a clueless Sony-fanboy. What a surprise. Just one fact for you: According to this rumour, the underclocked devkit had 768 MB edram. PS3 doesnt even edram. Considering this, the ram would be 768 times more powerful than PS3.
For the sake of combating your stupidity I’ll ignore the eDRAM bit of this rumour which pretty much invalidates it.
40nm GPUs hail from 2009 at the earliest. POWER7 architecture is ridiculously advanced and very new. 768MB of RAM is hell of a lot for a game system, For it to be eDRAM is hilariously good.
Your an idiot. Your agenda is being displayed right there in your avatar. Your parents are probably idiots to have brought up an idiot liek you. I bet your dog is an idiot as well.
meh… next Xbox and PS4 are just around the corner, and that Wii U controller without analog sticks is like a dildo stuck in the 80s xD
Have you seen the controller….there is TWO analog sticks!
There is TWO analog CIRCLE PADS, not clickable like the dualshock 3 or xbox 360 controller and probably with more chances of it slipping off of your thumbs as far as we know. That is the BIGGEST issue i find about this controller.
Wow some commenters seem to be too fast to comment or too ignorant about Tech.
The only processors IBM does that are 4core and at 45nm are the ones of POWER7 architecture.
POWER7 is the latest top of the art processors of IBM featuring hyper-threading as Intel’s Core i7s does,and this is just uncomparable to xbox360 who has a processor of Intel Celeron architecture.
RAM wise the system is poor indeed.
It would seem more reasonable to have 2GB of dedicated RAM and 1GB of VRAM.
768mb of shared memory aren’t even enough to display 1080p resolution so probably this is false.
As for the graphics card,40nm Ati (AMD) means it’s a 5XXX series chip.
AMD went to the 40nm process with 5XXX series,so this could be anything from 5450 to 5870.
Don’t hesistate to comment and bash please!
IBM actually has 4, 6, 8 core variants of Power7. Thing that baffles my mind is how many SMT threads will the CPU have. Even in a 4 core chip. It technically can support up to 4 SMT threads per core. Thats around 16 threads or more. IBM Watson itself has all 8 core chips. If Wii U has 8 core + 32 threaded CPU chip. Then it truly will be on level with PS4, and Xbox 3 in terms of raw CPU power. I believe anyway.
As for GPU while it could be in 5800 range. It could also be in the 6800 range as well. Could be high or low end though. Likely range from power of 4600 series all the way up to 6990. Likely a card that launched at least 1-2 year’s before console’s launch. So it could have been worked into the system in a flawless manner. My bet is on 5870 or greater card. Even if Mid range 6000 series.
your also forgetting that the 6000 series AMD gpu’s are also 40 nm as well so the wii u can be using the 6000 series GPU as well not just the 5000 series
THIS IS IT.
NINTENDO’S FINISHED.
Has to be fake, simply because that much eDRAM is literally impossible.
@ DD:
Were this true, at least as far as the memory is concerned Nintendo would be sitting pretty somewhere in the 2020s, because 768MBs of eDRAM is ludicrous.
come on man, this can’t be true… Those specs are garbage… That’s the same jump as the Wii from PS2 which mean that Wii U games will look exactly the same as the current gen Xbox and PS3. Even the PS Vita has more ram than that! I thought the Wii U was going to be capable of running 1080p at 60frames but with those specs I don’t think so. =/
The funny thing is that Nintendo is gonna sell that garbage at $350 I bet because they love to overprice their products just like Apple. I mean, they sold the Wii at $250 alright and that machine was barely more powerful than an Xbox 1. In fact, many Xbox games like Halo and Halo 2 looks much better than the entire Wii library.
Are you implying that the current generation uses POWER7 equivalent architecture, 2 year old GPUs and a literally impossibly large amount of eDRAM?
I don’t understand why people are saying this is bad. The fact is that this is so good that it literally can’t be true.
U sir are a genius. People are not getting the true power of the Power7 CPU and if that thing about 768MB of eDRAM is really true, then I bet that Nintendo console is going to be smashing MS’s and Sony’s.
I think it’s just people misunderstanding the specs. They’re looking at the numbers, and btw the PS Vita does not have more RAM than that. PS Vita only has 512MB of RAM and 128 VRAM. The Wii U has 768MB of eDRAM. There is a big difference in the two. Unless Nintendo has a time machine, they’re pulling some BS out of their butts. Also, these specs are really good. To the point of being wtf. It’s like when I saw the Vita specs and was like “Does a handheld really need this much power?” No it doesn’t. But the Wii U does. I’m not so tech savvy on HDMI or anything, but I know most of it is just lies of what it can really do. Also your more of an idiot claiming that $350 is overpriced. Wait till you see the so-called Xbox Loop or PS4. It won’t be any better rest assured (Not to mention you have to pay for Xbox LIVE). Oh but I’m sure you’ll buy the PS Vita even though the launch titles are crap and there are hardly if any good future titles announced. It’s the PSP VS DS all over again. Can’t wait till PSVita gets hacked, then I’ll get one. Also, again, you need to get your facts down. The Wii wasn’t meant for powerful graphics, it was meant for the revolutionizing motion controller. It originally cost 500$ to make a Wii at first but they were selling it for half that because they knew it will sell out, which it did. It’s all supply and demand. They had to sell a little amount of Wii’s at first because they were losing money. It wasn’t until later on when materials got cheaper when the price lowered. Same goes for the 3DS, however the price cut was a result from low buyers. I don’t understand why majority of the market hates Nintendo. They’re a great company. Just because they don’t focus on violent games or high powered consoles doesn’t mean they suck. I’m glad they don’t focus on those. They leave room for innovation, unlike Microsoft and Sony who just rip off from them and do a terrible job at it. If it wasn’t for the kid industry begging their parents for some high violent game it would be a different story. Everyone thinks “Oh nintendo is for kids” So what!? My Little Pony is for little girls but you still see adult “men” watching it. Just because your not in the demographics doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it. Have fun with your useless graphics and crappy/unoriginal gameplay!
The Wii ALWAYS sold for profit. I don’t know why you thought it cost 500 to make. They used old tech to keep the pricing down, because they knew it would appeal to everyone and they could make a nice chunk of change off of it. They played it smart and selling the system at a $250 loss on old tech would not be playing it smart.
it might be true being that controller the system might need that mutch eDram just to run it all if so i still agree it is insane so lets wait tell E3 2012 and see
I remember reading an article shortly after the Wii’s launch that Nintendo made about a $40 profit on each system they sold. This was completely unheard of at the time. Prior to this most companies sold their systems at a considerable loss at launch. They made their money initially off of licencing fees, in house games, and selling accessories (controllers, memory cards, etc). Over time as the cost of technology dropped manufactures would lose less and less with each console sold until eventually the cost of components was to a point where they could actually turn a profit on each unit sold. I am sure that Nintendo has a very similar philosophy this time around. I am sure they are less concerned with how much more powerful their system is than their competitors and more concerned with creating a system that they can immediately generate a profit for them given the current cost of technology.
unless Nintendo will be releasing 2 types of Wii U.
Wii U 1 with xbox 360/ current gen specs so that Wii U can be affordable.
Wii U 2 with high end specs to make games look much better and feel next gen like. Full expensive price.
it would make sense but Nintendo don’t do this type of packages
That would cause major issues for the developer.
Dear Nintendo, go for the 1gig memory size. Memory means more creativity for the dev´s, dev´s can do with less but more dev time will be spent on optimizing the code. I hope for the PS4 4GIG of ram, damn the games will be great then.
Won’t happen. PS3 only has 128MB of RAM. IF there is going to be a PS4, it’ll likely just have 1GB or less. But unlike Nintendo, it won’t be eDRAM. Keep in mind the reason PC’s have high amounts of RAM is because they are also running an OS and the memoy and CPU’s are structured differently than a consoles.
PS3 has 512MB of RAM – 256MB for the CPU and 256MB for the GPU.
Nintendo aren’t using eDRAM, certainly not 768 or 1GB of it. The fact that they have different configurations proves it. Nintendo are probably using STACKED DRAM. Three or four 256MB DRAMs stacked on top of the CPU, possibly using TSV (Through Silicon Vias) for massive bandwidth and low power use. We could be talking about 384/512-bit or 768/1024-bit memory bus. More likely is that it is just stacked without using TSV and it’s a 192/256-bit bus.
If the CPU is a POWER7 variant then there may be some addition eDRAM as cache on the CPU. If it’s a quad-core variant, then maybe there is 16MB of eDRAM cache (as the octo-core Power7 has 32MB).
As the memory is on the CPU, it is likely that there is a very high bandwidth interconnect between the CPU and GPU as well. This would probably mean an MCM (Multi-Chip Module). Alternatively, the GPU has its own graphics memory.
Oh, no. PS3 has 256 MB main RAM and 256 MB video RAM.
the only reason gaming PCs need 4, to 8 gb of ram is because they have a bulky OS running in the background, 1gb of memory for any next gen console will be plenty. i dont believe it but if it really has that much eDram its going to out preform the 720, and from the specs of the 720 they are using an out dated, low end GPU. where as the Wii-u is speculated to have an R700 series card which is, while not brand new, or very powerful, still more powerful than the one rumored to be in the 720. as far as the cpu i have a hard time believing that its a multi-thread quad-core proc. its not like nintendo to put that new of tech into a console, the 360 had a modified celeron processor. the wii u will probably use a 2 or 3 core processor. to keep power consumption down.
jeez< just arrived at the site and wondering if its only 12yearolds who post? Reminds me of the sega/nintendo arguments all the prepubes would have.. did the death of sega as a cosole manufatorer really please all those people? Surely competition between various platforms is a good thing? I like having three diffrent platforms to choose from, besides a monopoly would likely lead to alowering of standards and a hiking of the price on the remaining system. Oh and it does say rumour, you ant relly dismis a system that hasnt come out yet based on that.
“These were the specs that Nintendo showed developers around March 2011,”
umm, as in the “underclocked hardware” that devs were using?
http://kotaku.com/5812391/report-developers-working-with-underclocked-wii-u-hardware
AAAAANNNNNNDDDDD…..The Northern Island GPUs ALSO run on a 40nm process….http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Islands_(GPU_family)
not to mention that the whole “768MB of eDRAM” may have been a missread “768 Mb (megaBIT instead of megaBYTE) eDRAM” which would be 96MB or eDRAM which seems like a more feasable amount.
if its more powerful than that then it will blow any thing out of the water . because if you look it up you would no it is very powerful all redy 50% is speckulatshion only the graphics chip is 40nm witch is 5xxx chip the power7 with eDram is very powerful showes you don’t no what you are talking about so look it up be for you start talking we don’t need any better graphics than that unless you want to talk about a price out of every bodys range
so Wii U will be $250 at launch! PERFECTO…people will buy Nintendo’s console for their HD exclusives this time…Sony and MS will again battle for the BEST hardware ! damn…its a sensible move in Bad ECONOMY…KUDOS to NINTY..
96MB = 768mb …..768mb=96MB SO LOGIC PREDICTS WIIU’s system on chip has a gpu/cpu shared level 3 catch of some kind not ram
HEAD IN HANDS….
These specs are false. There is no way a home console will have 768 MBs of eDRAM. The 360 only had 10 MBs of eDRAM. It would be slightly more believable if it was just RAM that was shared between the CPU and GPU, but that still leaves out what the GPU is bringing to the table.
It is a shame that this source made it out like this with the mentioning of the embedded DRAM being at 768 MBs without the actual person reporting it raising an eye brow at this insane number.
It is Possible IBM has put 1Gb of eDram on a single chip before.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32970.wss
so cool i want to have it
it says DRAM not eDRAM!
Wii U spec are weak in my opinion , but will be able to play 1080P games at 30FPS. I know because my pc specs are very similar(I just got more ram).
they did say “embedded with the CPU”. The “e” in eDRAM means embedded. And 768MB is a LUDICROUSLY high amount. The current beief is that eiter A) it’s fake or B) it’s megaBITS instead of megaBYTES. That would put the eDRAM at 96MB or 128MB which is very feasable.
But you run a shit windows your ur pc, video game consoles dont have BSOD cause they’re meant exclusively to play.
You people and you’re big words, talkin’ ’bout’ “eDRAMs” and “HDMI”, and don’t forget “Power Core Proccessor Triple Somersaulting Boost Pack (now with extra Super Hydraulic Instantaneous Transporter, otherwise known as SH–)
ANYWAYS, yeah. I’ve no idea what you guys are talking about. All I know is that Sony and Microsoft fanboys were trolled (blech, I sound ignorant using trolled) when Nintendo announced the Wii U while the PS Move and Kinect were still fresh.
Please add analog triggers for race games.
It has triggers. Left and right.
Some people here seem to be very simplistic. They read 768MB and they think “Nintendo is dead”. Obviously these people have no idea about RAM, because this amount of embedded DRAM would make the Wii U a seriously implausible “console”. HAHAHA.
@ WiiU Daily,
why dont you ask your source to get a clarification on this rumor.
Is it 768 MB of DRAM or 768 MB of eDRAM?
DRAM embedded = eDRAM the hints right there !!!!!!
768mb not MB if theres any truth to them 96MB EDRAM funny enough ibm edram @ 96mb would take up around the same die space as 32mb sram as found in a cpu catch
96 to 128MB of edram fast high bandwidth ibm ram is 100% doable !!!!
They said embedded but that doesn’t mean that it is eDRAM.
Wii U really specs
Processors:
CPU: IBM Power Architecture-based multi-core 45 nm microprocessor based on the POWER7 architecture found in the Watson supercomputer.[3][60]
GPU: Custom-designed AMD Radeon HD[5] similar to the R770 chip.[6]
Storage:
Internal flash memory, expandable via SD memory cards and USB hard disk drives[61]
Slot-loading optical disc drive compatible with 12 cm “proprietary high-density optical discs” (25 GB capacity)[62][63] and 12 cm Wii optical discs
Ports and peripheral capabilities:
SD memory card slot (supports SDHC cards)
USB 2.0 ports (2 at front of console, 2 at rear)
Sensor Bar power port
“AV Multi Out” port
HDMI 1.4 out port[56]
Controller:
Built-in 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope
Speakers and Microphone
Front-facing camera
IR Sensor strip
6.2 inch (15.7 cm) 854×480 FWVGA 16:9 resistive touchscreen
Two Circle Pads and one D-pad
Stylus
Select, Start, Home and Power buttons
A/B/X/Y face buttons, L/R bumper buttons and ZL/ZR trigger buttons
Controller sync button
Bluetooth
Note: The Wii U is also compatible with the Wii Remote, Wii Nunchuck, Wii Classic Controller, and the Wii Balance Board.[64]
Video:
1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p or 480i, standard 4:3 and 16:9 anamorphic widescreen
“AV Multi Out” port supporting composite video, YPBPR component video, S-Video (NTSC consoles only), RGB SCART (PAL consoles only) and D-Terminal (Japan only)
HDMI 1.4 out port supporting stereoscopic 3D images.[56]
Audio
“AV Multi Out” port. Six-channel PCM linear output through HDMI
Prefering they use new AMD APU(accelerated proccessing unit )
Isn t the Xbox 360 based on a TRI core 3.2 ghz procesor?
Yet its still very huge processing power even for 2011 and there is not really a need for more. What is more important is the new grafic chip and as far as I know Nintendos grafic chip is two generations ahead of Xbox 360.
*sigh*… No Its not
Wii U powerpc 32bit system on chip with custom ati/amd gpu based on 4850/90 gpu core
3 or 4 powerpc 486fp type cpus AKA BROADWAY 2′s 5 instructions per clock and 2x power of broadway cpu in weii per clock likely 1.6ghz clock speed 4x core would give around 16 to 20 x the processing power of wii cpu if not more….
additional arm work cpu based on say arm 11 or dual core arm 11
dedicated media sound chip
and a big block of edram around 96MB all system on chip
then a main m,emory say 512mb fast ram and 256mb gddr3 ram
CUSTOM BLURAY DRIVE AND DISC FOR EXTREAM LOADING SPEED
commonsense = NIN-TEN-DO
First of all for wii to finally step it into hd is good enough as its. Because wii is more about the gameplay funnes than GRAPHICSS. Second of all for 1080p gaming you dont need more 2gb ram system ram and 2 gb gpu ram. The proccesor is important but what really matters is the gpu. I had a gaming computer with 4.1gz quad core i7 with 6 gb ram and old ass 8400gs 8 core 512mb ddr2 and i had like 15 fps on 600p gamming upgraded to 2000 core hd 7970 an i had above 30 fps on 2600x1600p gaming like cod and metro 2033.
Point is wii has mario and metroid and zelda xbox has halo which is done so thetes no point any more and ps3 has fun controls while including games like drake AND IT HAS BLU RAY
This is sooo my christmas present to myself for the end of this year!
what if it is 786MB of edram and what they have done is give a huge block of edram a 512 bit bus and a high clock speed it would be like edram and non edram combined and act as fast ram like 1t-sram in wii and gamecube
soc system on chip would be 3/4 powerpc cores a ati gpu a sound chip and some other guff
then say 786MB OF EDRAM VIA A CUSTOM 512BIT BUS and say 120 plus GB of bandwidth and say 256 mb gddr3 over a 128 bit bus acting as secondary ram and say 24/28gb bandwidth
Lol you guys are so funny comparing the 6-7 years old consoles to the 2012 console. I mean that fact alone is obvious that the WiiU is already inferior to both xbox 360 and Ps3… Now that WiiU is more powerful than these 6-7 years old consoles, what happen when Microsoft and Sony release their new console in 2012-2013? WiiU will be down down down.
Smart move for Nintendo for releasing them now so that they can get some money before Sony and Microsoft release their new next generation consoles.
I don’t think the WiiU is inferior to the 360, looking at these specs that would be a long shot. When Microsoft/Sony release their consoles it won’t make the WiiU down down down, simply because to be much better than the WiiU hardware wise the system they would make would cost far too much and Sony especially learned that boasting the strongest hardware with heartstopping prices is not good for sales. And the WiiU being released early isn’t only to make money before Microsoft and Sony, its to get more developer support, Nintendo has never really been known to have great third-party support and with the WiiU being the only console of its generation on the line at the moment, developers will follow the money and develop for the WiiU. Did you notice that Xbox360 games were considerably more supported than PS3 version even after both were on the market for a long time? That was because the 360 being released first made devs have a preference to the console, in any event the PS3 was comparatively “difficult” to make games on when it first came out. I think Nintendo did great with finally making a very strong system and releasing early but I honestly can’t wait to see what Sony and Microsoft do to compete. Peace.
99% OF ALL PEOPLES TALK ABOUT OF CPUS RAM VIDEOCARDS, AND MOST OF THEM ARE OBIOUSLY SO NERVOUS ABOUT SPECS. TRIYING TO JUSTIFY WHY PS3 IS BETTER OR NOT THAN WII U. ALL HAS A MASTER DEGREE OF SPECS AND CABLES CONECTIVITY AND DATA TRANSFERS ETC. THE FACT IS THAT NOT ALL GAMES USES A FULL 1080P BECAUSE ITS DONT NEED IT. DEPEND OF THE SIZE OF YOUR SCREEN AND HOW FAR AR YOU BEHIND THE TV. BUT YOU ARE TELL ME THAT A CONSOLE WITH A CPU WITH 128 CORES AT 300 THZ ( TERRAHERTS) AND 1 BILLION TERRABYTES PER 1 M/S AND A VIDEO CARD WITH 50 C0RES AND 9,000 TRILLION POLIGONS PER 1 M/S AND EVERY POLIGON WITH A FULL SET OF CINEMATOGRAFICS EFECTS AND REAL LIFE TEXTURES WITH A TRILION OF DIFERENT LIFHT SOURCES AND TRANSPARENCIES ALL POLIGONS CAN EASILLY BE DEFORMING AND MORPHING 300TB OF MEMORY SHARED WITH CPU AND GPU ALL IN A SINGLE SILICON PIECE AT .5 NANOMETERS ARE BEST AND MORE FUN TO PLAY THAN MY OLD MS. PAC MAN? I PLAY MS PACMAN SINCE 1984 AND PROBABLY I PLAY IT MORE THAN 5,000 TIMES AND THIS IS TOTALLY TRUE! BUT TODAY GAMES I PAY FOR ANY CONSOLE PSP, 360, PS3,…I PLAY IT ONLY ONCE OR NO MORE THAN 3 TO 4 TIMES AND I LOOSE THE INTEREST FOR IT. THE SECOND GAME THAT I PLAY MORE THAN 2000 TIMES ARE SUPER MARIO BROS FROM THE ORIGINAL NES. AND PLAY IT AGAIN AGAIN AND AGAIN. AND IN ALL MY LIVES I PLAY MORE THAN 2000 GAMES FOR ALL CONSOLES AND I SEE THAT NO MATHER THE SPECS THE MACHINE HAS IS NOT IMORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SOFTWARE , THA GAME! THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT .
Oh my god my eyes. I think I just went temporarily blind.
No one is going to read this if you type in all caps you fucking moron.
Too little ram, for a next gen console, and considering that the system will be rendering graphics for a tablet controller. I was expecting 2gb. Tough, i know this is just rumor. But the wii u needs to be on par with the next gen, not on par with this one, if nintendo wants their console to be relevant for gamers a couple years later from launch. I am not saying that it needs to be most powerfull, that is unecessary, but needs to be close enough, not like the wii.
Actually, that is eDRAM and before IBM found out to out eDRAM on a single chip, that much eDRAM would require a console the size of a TV. Secondly, what would 2gb of RAM be used for? The OS probably uses 10mb RAM and the games will probably require at maximum 500mb of RAM for a graphically intense game. Remember, the 360 only has 10mb of eDRAM that means if the rumor is true, the Wii U is 76.8x more powerful in terms of eDRAM. What else could you want? 4,000,000x more?
At this point that 700mb-1gb might just be bridge memory. Dont forget Cpu’s and Gpu’s still need thier dedicated memory which might be 28mb L3 cache for Cpu and up to 4 GB dedicated nemory for Gpu. Nintendo shuld have talked to intel about the new xenon quin core processor. As for the gpu ATI is the way to go according to the rumors i’m hearing about the other consoles. Dont worry im sure one or two of the console manufacturers might have nvidia in thier pocket. Lets wait and see…
@GunninGamer141 There was no need to make miltiplatform games look better on ps3 because by the year 2008 the ps3 gpu technology was already antiquated Nvidia had finally moved on to unified shader architecture with the relase of the 8800 Gpu. The only good thing about the ps3 is the 60 frames per second processing capability the cbbe has, as for it crunching graphics data that was a lie cause it only has 512 kb L2 cache, the cpu on the xbox 360 has a 1mb L2 cache. It was not because the xbox 360 came out first,ist because it has more advanced hardware than the ps3. Also the spe’s cannot process data without the data being first processes by the ppe this is known as a two pass processing system as for the xbox360 the cpu carries out a 1 pass independent processing system each core is free to process data found in th 1mb L2 cache…
People please remember that the Wii U is the first native HD graphics game console. Hope they install a Display port not hdmi. The SWSFIRM is out…
I WILL PAY ANYTHING FOR THIS WIIU AND OR KILL FOR IT
I love how people say “Oh, 768 MB of RAM” (that’s right, there’s no lowercase letters or an ‘e’ in front) “is puny.”
Are you people fucking retarded? This is a CONSOLE, not a PC. It’s running a minimalistic OS over a video game. That being said, I don’t think the Power7 being used is that far fetched. I mean, yeah, it’s amazingly powerful, but that’s mostly due to the architecture being so efficient. Think of the i7 versus the Power7 as being a single-road highway system versus one with branching roads, overpasses, etc. As for the GPU, I can’t really say much, but the fact that Crytek is looking at it has me psyched. I’m also happy that this console will output 1080p AT THE SOFTWARE LEVEL, not the hardware upscaling used by the PS3/360. My only concern will be that Nintendo will fail to realize that patching a game can be done via download, and not just by revising code back at the devs’ lab and releasing the game again. They think updating the game will give certain players an “unfair advantage”; that’s why the annoying MK7 Maka Wuhu glitch still hasn’t been fixed.
People need to shutup, IBM POWER 7, is the best second generation chip, strong and fast, is more than enouph to play even top of the line type pc games. The graphics card just needs to be enouph to support the game. (Usualy using a 1g card more than enouph.) They cant lose, its better than intel and amd cause its fast and strong. I like it, just hope box more than one color to chose from, and maybe the pad thing an add on.
Wait. I just realized something; isn’t 1T-SRAM an “embedded RAM”?
…….Oh God!
I’ve always had a soft spot for Nintendo, can’t wait.
I’ve always thought the Wii sucked but. Nobody really can deny that Nintendo’s last three system (DS/DSI – 3DS – Wii) are incredibly underpowered vs. contemporary hardware of the time. Wii is not much more than a overclocked GC with a new controller and some extra ram. (GC was pretty cool though)
The CPU, if it turns out to be a POWER7 sounds quite promising.
If the GPU turns out to be a ATI r770 (ATI HD 48**) or similar, that is quite disappointing in my opinion, and at least with my pc hardware experience, I get a much better gaming experience for money spent with a weaker CPU – stronger GPU than a stronger GPU – weaker CPU. I believe a stronger emphasis on GPU vs CPU performance will be even more important if/when new consoles get GPGPU capable graphics chips.
A couple people have mentioned that the Xbox 360 uses an Intel Celeron, maybe your confusing the original XBOX which uses a custom Pentium 3. The 360 uses an IBM POWER based tri core chip “Xenos” which as far as i’m aware is quite similar to the PPU in the PS3 Cell.
I can’t understand how people think 768 MB RAM is enough (if it is DRAM eDRAM, 1-TSRAM or whatever), PC Vid cards currently can have up to at least 3 gig and thats not the System Memory that Windows fills with it’s load of crap. Granted those sorts of amounts are generally to facilitate multi monitor setups, Wii U basically is multimonitor with its admitadly lo-res tablet controller in my opinion.
Not saying it needs 3 gig+ of VRAM but i think at least 1.5 gig shared/overall should be at least a minimum.
Not sure if it’s changed but last I heard they will only support one tablet controller per system, which really limits some of the cooler local multiplayer possibilities.
Correction – 360 CPU = Xenon not Xenos
The Wii U will be the best console ever made. PS4
The Wii U will be the best console ever made. Forget the PS4 and Xbox 720, Sony failed with the PS3 and made losses and microsoft failed with the xbox 360 because it couldn’t compete graphically with PC’s. Then Sony and Microsoft copied nintendo with motion sensing and family games. Follow the leader: nintendo. Even a blind person without specs can see that nintendo are great. Who cares about specs?
(0_o)? ……ummmmm….. simple solution here to all the dog fighting…. you dont like crap-tendo, don’t play it, tard-box 360 bothers you, don’t bother with it, sony-sh*t-station isn’t good enough, don’t buy it…. last time i checked there was no consoles hunting or haunting my life if they produce more stuff if your concerned about them wasting time or money, dont worry little pups, its not your wallet.
i dont quite understand all the competition or hostility upothe subject….. there are bigger things to worry about.
ps: i’ve been a nintendo fan since i was 7 yrs old, owned a 360 for a few years, and sony has some of my favorite games ever. play it for the enjoyment of it, i stoped bickering about systems and specs since i was 17, i’d rather play whatever the hell i enjoy. lol.
You guys are fuck tards. This is obviously gonna be just like the last console generation. First, the wii comes out. It will have a resolution that will soon be below standard. Cough 480p Cough. Then new consoles will come out which by the way the PS3 does have 1080p, who cares? Fucking tv is upscaled a lot of times so shut up. Then people will laugh at the stupid wii fucks that say they’re console is better. Yeah, it sold more, who cares. It’s hardware is inferior. So next generation consoles will follow in these steps. Guess who has a new tv to update to? Dumb bitches even the Nintendo website says it will only support 1080p which will keep the price down. Fuck tards ever hear of updating? Next REAL consoles are 4k while the wii u will have already available REALLY outdated tech. Haha, end of story whith the gay console war.
Your a dunb ass have u seen the specs for the wii u there going to have the most up-to-date tech with main is 2x more powerful then the ps3 and Xbox 360 and besides new consoles will not have that much better graphics, there not the tech for that. there a reason the wii sold more the other consoles its fucking better, the games are the best and so the majority of the world thinks the same . ohh the ps3 can NOT support 1800p i checked so shout your face