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Also who in there right mind wants to play SNES style games from the GBA on there Gamecube as if.
what a boring topic.
> What about a PS1 comparison? I bet that isn't very complex inside (not
> by todays standards). What was the original PS, about 1995? CM2 looks
> good on PS1, and is miles ahead of the new GBA version. I had F1 99 on
> PS1 and Quake2. Nothing on GBA gets close.
I tell you what. Why don't you start comparing Gamecube games to NES games? That makes about as much sense as comparing a GBA to a PlayStation. Everyone else on this forum accepts that a GBA is only as powerful as a SNES (more or less) - why can't you? Have you ever tried to run a Playstation and a TV off two AA batteries?
The GBA doesn't have either the specialised 3D hardware to do Quake, and it doesn't have the brute-force of the 486/Pentium. What it does have is specialist 2D hardware, which makes its 2D games better than any you might see on a 486/low-end Pentium. Which part of this can't you comprehend?
> I tell you what. Why don't you start comparing Gamecube games to NES
> games? That makes about as much sense as comparing a GBA to a
> PlayStation. Everyone else on this forum accepts that a GBA is only as
> powerful as a SNES (more or less) - why can't you? Have you ever tried
> to run a Playstation and a TV off two AA batteries?
The GBA doesn't have either the specialised 3D hardware to do Quake,
> and it doesn't have the brute-force of the 486/Pentium. What it does
> have is specialist 2D hardware, which makes its 2D games better than
> any you might see on a 486/low-end Pentium. Which part of this can't
> you comprehend?
You didn't used to need specialised 3D hardware on the PC-but Quake 1&2 (plus Wolfenstien & DOOM and Marathon for Mac) still looked very good - better than DOOM on the GBA now. Like you hinted about the two AA batteries thing, I don't expect Next Gen PS2/GC from the GBA - it's a portable. But I thought a 32bit portable with the extra 2D hardware would be at least be a match for those old 32bit 486pc's of the early 90's running games of that era such as the original DOOM, and so on. Perhaps even, getting close to a PS1. But GBA does not match this quality-infact it's usually a long way short of it.
> You didn't used to need specialised 3D hardware on the PC-but Quake
> 1&2 (plus Wolfenstien & DOOM and Marathon for Mac) still
> looked very good - better than DOOM on the GBA now. Like you hinted
> about the two AA batteries thing, I don't expect Next Gen PS2/GC from
> the GBA - it's a portable. But I thought a 32bit portable with the
> extra 2D hardware would be at least be a match for those old 32bit
> 486pc's of the early 90's running games of that era such as the
> original DOOM, and so on. Perhaps even, getting close to a PS1. But
> GBA does not match this quality-infact it's usually a long way short
> of it.
It is more than a match for a 486, provided you aren't running grunt applications such as Windows. If you're not happy with the performance of the GBA then by all means don't buy one. I consider it a technical marvel to do all those calculations and get it up and running on screen for negligible battery power. Granted I find them bloody awkward to use, but I've never once thought they weren't powerful enough.
> It is more than a match for a 486, provided you aren't running grunt
> applications such as Windows. If you're not happy with the performance
> of the GBA then by all means don't buy one. I consider it a technical
> marvel to do all those calculations and get it up and running on
> screen for negligible battery power. Granted I find them bloody
> awkward to use, but I've never once thought they weren't powerful
> enough.
If you put a really basic OS on a 486 (rather than Windows), it would be even faster - less performance being wasted on animated hour glasses, and desktop wallpapers, etc. Anyone remember the switch from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 (using a 486)? Precisly, a previously quick pc turned into an animated door stop!
Call in WS and he'll never come back.......
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*pins top score*
now, lets have some milk