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I actually thought that it would be technically better than the PS2, boy was I wrong!!!
Hands up how many Nintendo fans tried to s**g off the PS2 for only having 4Mb of embedded VRAM for the Graphics synthesiser chip. Come on now don't be shy, oh well all of you may be interested enough to here that in an official interview on Gamespot ATI's VP of engineering announced that the Gamecube only has 3Mb of embedded VRAM, and it is no where near as fast as the PS2's DRDRAM, which runs at 800mghz and allows a much higher bandwidth in and out of the chip!!
Shame on you all, now apologize to Bonus, then go read the full interview at the address below!!
http://www.gamespot.co.uk /stories/news/ 0,2160,2088313,00.html
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Hands up how many Nintendo fans tried to s**g off the PS2 for only having 4Mb of embedded VRAM for the Graphics synthesiser chip. Come on now don't be shy, oh well all of you may be interested enough to here that in an official interview on Gamespot ATI's VP of engineering announced that the Gamecube only has 3Mb of embedded VRAM, and it is no where near as fast as the PS2's DRDRAM, which runs at 800mghz and allows a much higher bandwidth in and out of the chip!!
Shame on you all, now apologize to Bonus, then go read the full interview at the address below!!
http://www.gamespot.co.uk /stories/news/ 0,2160,2088313,00.html
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LOL! Nice one Bonus.
*Ant begins to laugh heartily*
*Ant begins to laugh heartily*
Although... you do seem to be missing out the fact that the graphics hardware itself is actually superior...
With a lot of effects being handled by dedicated hardware components... lacking on the PS2?
:)
With a lot of effects being handled by dedicated hardware components... lacking on the PS2?
:)
Most of the all-time classic games like Space Invaders, Tetris, et. al., didn't use ANY VRAM, so why take issue with a shortfall of 1Mb of the stuff?
To summarise:
Bonus wrote:
..to point out to all those Ninty fans who s**gged the PS2 for it's lack of VRAM that they were wrong!!
Sniper replied:
We didn't s**g anything off!
Which is true, Sniper most likely didn't say anything about the PS2's VRAM. Or anything else, either. Others did though. I remember readin it.
If only we had a search function for these forums..
*Cough*
Bonus wrote:
..to point out to all those Ninty fans who s**gged the PS2 for it's lack of VRAM that they were wrong!!
Sniper replied:
We didn't s**g anything off!
Which is true, Sniper most likely didn't say anything about the PS2's VRAM. Or anything else, either. Others did though. I remember readin it.
If only we had a search function for these forums..
*Cough*
What?
Bonus.
Who are you replying to Snipey?
'cause if it's me I think you've made a mistake! Ha!
'cause if it's me I think you've made a mistake! Ha!
We didn't s**g anything off!
Who cares about V-ram?
It may improve the quality of the game etc... But i'd be happy with a good, playable game that also looks nice. Exactly what the GC may be able to provide.
Done and dusted.
It may improve the quality of the game etc... But i'd be happy with a good, playable game that also looks nice. Exactly what the GC may be able to provide.
Done and dusted.
Meka, you are a more sensible man than many, a true testiment to the quality of the notables!!
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