Revolution 2.5 times more powerful than GameCube: developers
Nintendo’s upcoming Revolution console will be approximately 2.5 times more powerful than its current generation GameCube, according to third party developers with access to Nintendo’s Revolution hardware documentation.
Developers in the know about the Revolution’s specs have revealed details regarding the next-generation console’s estimated power.
The Revolution will be powered by an IBM chip codenamed “Broadway”, and an ATI graphics chip codenamed “Hollywood”. According to developers, the Broadway CPU is similar in design to the GameCube’s Gekko CPU, but runs at roughly double the clock speed and is tipped to provide two to three times the Gekko’s power.
Less is known about the console’s Hollywood graphics chip, with one senior developer commenting to GamesIndustry.biz,
“We have theoretical throughput figures and stats from Nintendo, but nobody’s seen the hardware yet - we’re just treating it like it’s a faster version of the GameCube GPU, at the moment.”
With one developer likening the Revolution to “a souped-up Xbox”, it appears that Nintendo is aiming to capture an entirely different sector of the next-gen gaming market than rivals Sony and Microsoft.
Nintendo’s recent refusal to release official hardware specifications for the console may also suggest that the company is looking to attract consumers based on innovation rather than simply raw power.
Developers have also commented that development times for Revolution games will likely be quite short, with one developer stating that,
“You can basically treat it like a current generation machine. The time it’ll take to ramp up to developing on this is basically nil - we can just work on a PC or maybe an Xbox, and then improve the quality of our assets when we move to the Revolution. Or even work on a Cube, in fact. The libraries are very similar.”
The Revolution’s modest hardware specifications have prompted speculation that the console could have a price tag of US $149 or less.
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
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December 30, 2005 @ 1:33 am
jonny Said,
the revos graphics are sead to better than the 360s. the rumer is that nintendo are using something called displacement mapping to render the visuals. […] more
December 30, 2005 @ 6:35 am
Enrique Said,
the graphics only look good on an LCD screen, and it won’t be hi definition, but no one cares about tha graphics or anything lyk that, its tha games t […] more
December 30, 2005 @ 11:11 am
Jed Merrill Said,
It won’t be built around HD like the 360, but it still will run very well on HD or even on projection systems. With displacement mapping, it could ev […] more
December 31, 2005 @ 3:09 am
david the gr8 Said,
i agre with boath of these statmeants that the graphics are not that importaint but it would be nice to see the revo with some lovley graphics dont […] more
December 31, 2005 @ 11:06 am
Gamer Said,
These specs are based on outdated developer kits that did not include Broadway or Hollywood. The real Rev is more in line with the 360.
December 31, 2005 @ 12:23 pm
dave Said,
i think the ps3 boy took that 2 far…..VEVA LA REVOLUTION
January 6, 2006 @ 1:32 pm
nintendo hater Said,
HA! you say that the revolution will play better than the xbox 360 or ps3 WRONG! AND WRONG! because the xbox 360 specs are almost 8x better than the […] more
January 24, 2006 @ 9:40 am
g@mer Said,
I seriously think Nintendo needs to tweak the graphics engine before launch( come-on its the f@$#ing future). Nintendo does make the best games though […] more
February 5, 2006 @ 5:32 pm
Turndawg Said,
Sorry, guys, but that whole thing about graphics being 2.5 times better than GCN has already been proven false by Nintendo themselves. The informatio […] more
February 19, 2006 @ 7:37 pm
spiderfan82 Said,
i have all nintendo and playstaion systems and handhelds i will by both if the ps3 is less than the 360. but the revolution look to me to be the best […] more
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hehe think the “wii” will b great im gonna know how to play it as soon as i touch those sweet nunchuck shaped padles, mmmm i love the smell of new gam […] more
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I’m a lover of nintendo. I have all sistems and I love all games of Zelda specialy ‘’Ocarina of time'’. The others can develop other games but the […] more
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