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"Revolution specs..?"

You've more then likly sread this somewhere already but...


Two 1.8ghz G5 based cpus
600mhz ATI gpu with 12mb onboard
128mb 1tsram
256mb dram

These specs came from What I hear are good sources, that where on the nail with 360 /PS3 info. If they are near the truth then it doesent sound that bad really (for the guts of it anyway). But one thing, if ATI have made that graphics part for consoles why isnt the 360 using it?

Hedfix wrote:
> I laughed exactly 0 times.

Oh wait I forgot to add that instead of RAM it'll be using Virtual RAM from the HardDrive! What a good idea! Huh, Hedfix?

gerrid wrote:
> Hey guys I got these Revolution specs from a guy at Chomsky games!
> Check it out he says it's from the Rev Dev Kits Kev:
>
> 2x AMD NFX59 4800MHz modified 256bit CPU centred on a board with 4x
> surrounding slave PPUs at 2700MHz each
> 1x ATI Crossfire 9200 GPU core clocked at 1200MHz with 48 pixel
> pipelines and 20 vertex pipelines and 15 unified pipes, directly
> linked to the CPU array by a 40GB/sec pipe
> 40GB multi-purpose 1T SRAM arranged in a circle around the processor
> ICEQ liquid gas cooling systems
> 33 flashing LEDs
> 1" LCD screen readout with core temperature and load level
>
> It will come in at under £200



COOL!.....Does it come in blue?

I laughed exactly 0 times.

Hey guys I got these Revolution specs from a guy at Chomsky games! Check it out he says it's from the Rev Dev Kits Kev:

2x AMD NFX59 4800MHz modified 256bit CPU centred on a board with 4x surrounding slave PPUs at 2700MHz each
1x ATI Crossfire 9200 GPU core clocked at 1200MHz with 48 pixel pipelines and 20 vertex pipelines and 15 unified pipes, directly linked to the CPU array by a 40GB/sec pipe
40GB multi-purpose 1T SRAM arranged in a circle around the processor
ICEQ liquid gas cooling systems
33 flashing LEDs
1" LCD screen readout with core temperature and load level

It will come in at under £200

Gwizz wrote:
> I would love ninty to make a console like that, with all that new
> tech in there like the PPU

hilariously expensive

> and duel GPU

heavily CPU limited. There's no benefit unless the output is in a ridiculous resolution, and it'll be displayed on a TV....

I know what I ment by that post, it just didnt come out right. I dont think I can explain.

Gwizz wrote:
> Whats happend with the cube reminds me a little of what happened with
> sega and there consoles.
>
>
> ?

Except Nintendo's software sells more on their system and Nintendo have money...

and make a profit.

Actually it is nothing like what happened with SEGA and their consoles.

No way. Nintendo aren't stupid like Sega. The DS is such a huge hit, and the Gamecube isn't exactly a failure. Just not very popular over here. Think of the Xbox over in Japan? No one buys it. So people might say the same thing about the Xbox over there. Plus, there's Pokemon, Mario, Zelda, blah blah blah.

Whats happend with the cube reminds me a little of what happened with sega and there consoles.


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Gwizz wrote:
> Good point. Whats the point of all this power if its not used right?
> The GC is a powerful little system but apart from ninty who else
> pushes the cube?
>
> Lets hope that the next generation brings a more level playing field
> with games using the power of the systems, rather then just being
> thrown together and kicked out the door.

You're right, hardly any developers push the Cube - Capcom and Sega have both committed themselves to the console, and have pushed the hardware one way or another, but third party support is lacking heavily with the Cube.

I made a huge post on this on the previous page, it's all about advertising, accessibility and appeal to make a console sell (ha, a bit of alliteration for you ;p), and Ninty seem to fail quite badly in terms of making their console a worldwide smash hit.

And in a way, specs are a little bit important(I don't want to go buying a console that plays and looks like the GC), but innovation and quality games are the things I look for.