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HolyPaladin
12-31-2006, 06:28 AM
Someone on the GameFAQs board posted a thread about the Wii supposedly being able to produce graphics that are almost on par with the 360 and referenced an article on a site by the name of How Stuff Works.

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/nintendo-revolution1.htm

I don't know how old the article is, as I couldn't find a post date on it anywhere. I thought it must have been pretty old since the document is named "nintendo-revolution.htm" but in the article itself it refers to the system as the Wii.

Anyway, it references the old IGN article (http://wii.ign.com/articles/699/699118p1.html) about the Wii specs, but then goes on to say "It might also have 32 shader pipelines -- 16 fewer than the Xbox 360. However, the Nintendo GPU is rumored to run at 500 million triangles per second (100 million sustained) -- roughly equivalent to the Xbox 360. It will also be able to handle 50 billion shader operations per second, which is about the same as the 360 as well." None of the quoted text was suggested on IGN's article that they sited as their source for the specs. In fact, the IGN article says much the opposite, saying "Sources we spoke with suggest that it is unlikely the GPU will feature any added shaders, as has been speculated."

Further on down it compares the Wii's specs to the GameCube's and doesn't even get the well-known GameCube specs right. It says that "The GameCube has 24 MB of RAM. The Wii will have 88 MB of RAM." We all know that the GameCube actually had 43 MB of total RAM (including the 3MB on-board the GPU), not 24 MB.

This crap is coming from a website by the name of How Stuff Works? Shouldn't they at least try to understand how stuff works before trying to explain it to the rest of us?

Bowser
12-31-2006, 07:08 AM
All this shows is that when it comes to the Wii, neither IGN nor these guys know what they are talking about.

Zeep
12-31-2006, 07:25 AM
The real question is, does anybody care what How Stuff Works says about videogames?

HolyPaladin
12-31-2006, 07:36 AM
The real question is, does anybody care what How Stuff Works says about videogames?

Not really. It was just bugging me.

Bowser
12-31-2006, 08:23 AM
The only thing that is important to me is whether or not they like the Wii. They obviously do. Beyond that, I don't care. :luigi:

Generosity of God
12-31-2006, 01:32 PM
i'd be extremely surprised if Wii could pump out 360 level graphics.

on the other hand i'd be extremely happy if developers were able to utilise the power if true.

but i'm still having more fun with the good gameplay than i would with good graphics.

HolyPaladin
12-31-2006, 07:40 PM
but i'm still having more fun with the good gameplay than i would with good graphics.

Exactly. I've stated shortly after the Wii launched that I had more fun in the first hour playing Wii Sports than I had in a year with my 360. Not that I didn't enjoy my 360, especially Oblivion, but playing the Wii was just more fun.

Lots of folks out there are arguing that graphics do matter, and it's true that they do to an extent, but just not as much as a lot of them are suggesting.