Kartikeya-OD
April 16th, 2006, 02:02 AM
I figured I would finally make a NRV thread being E3 is right around the corner (May 9 woot) where most hope to see the NRV in action. Nintendo has been more secertive then ever with the realease of this console and with good reasons. I think Nintendo is taking a step in the right direction by getting out of the horsepower race with videogames. This basically just creates a PC as noted with the original XBOX which I didn't care for. I have a PC and if I want to play games on it I will. The NRV will not have a HD which will keep the price low and the heat lower also. Below is a few speculations as to the NRV which I find interesting.
* Nintendo has hinted that not every major feature of the Revolution, and specifically its controller, has been revealed. According to Nintendo of Europe's Jim Merrick, they "have not shared everything that there is to know about Revolution or its controller."[24]
* An Ars Technica journal entry speculates that the controller may use a combination of IR and ultrasound to function, much like some existing, similar products such as "virtual whiteboards"[25] and Nintendo's investment in Gyration, Inc.[26] may also give a clue as to some of the technology used.
* Ars Technica has also speculated that the Revolution's CPU may be based on that "Xenon" chip in the Xbox 360. Since the "Broadway" chip is being developed by IBM, it is possible that it is simply a low-cost version of the Xenon, using only one or two cores instead of the three in the current Xbox.[27]
* IGN.com claims to have received information from third-party game studios regarding the hardware specifications. Among their claims:
o The Broadway CPU runs at 729MHz according to Nintendo specifications.
o The Hollywood GPU runs at 243 MHz and is actually an integrated "system-on-a-chip" that includes "GPU, DSP, I/O bridge and 3MBs of texture memory."
o The system RAM is divided into 24MB of "main" 1T-SRAM and 64MB of "external" 1T-SRAM; access speed for both banks is the same.
o The console runs on an extension of the Gamecube Gekko CPU and Flipper GPU architectures.[28]
* Nintendo has filed a patent for a method of playing games for older less capable systems on a more capable system.[29] It seems likely that this relates to Nintendo's 'Virtual Console'.
* The Revolution will have connectivity with the Nintendo DS and the next Game Boy system. Nintendo Power magazine has said this is likely in its July 2005 issue. A reported interview with Shigeru Miyamoto seems to confirm this.[30]
* There is speculation over the production name for the console, one of them is the the nintendo GO as seen in japan at nintendo HQ with a 3D D-pad as it's logo representing the 3rd dimenional gaming the console will be capable of.
Link for the above info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Revolution#Rumors_and_speculation)
Whether or not Revolution is, in fact, a vehicle for the new freestyle controller or not, systems specs rarely tell the whole story. We would remind readers that during an era when polygon numbers meant everything, GameCube's polygon peaks were lower than PlayStation 2 and Xbox. However, few would disagree with the assertion that Resident Evil 4 - a title developed from the ground-up for Nintendo's system -- was one of the prettiest games of the generation. (http://revolution.ign.com/articles/699/699118p1.html)
I think much more will be known hopefully at E3. I have big hopes for the NRV and what it could bring with it. Like I said I think Nintendo may be doing a great thing. Time will tell. At the moment this console to me makes the most sense to buy since the p3 has a cell based cpu setup and the 360 is a heat magnet. What do you think?
* Nintendo has hinted that not every major feature of the Revolution, and specifically its controller, has been revealed. According to Nintendo of Europe's Jim Merrick, they "have not shared everything that there is to know about Revolution or its controller."[24]
* An Ars Technica journal entry speculates that the controller may use a combination of IR and ultrasound to function, much like some existing, similar products such as "virtual whiteboards"[25] and Nintendo's investment in Gyration, Inc.[26] may also give a clue as to some of the technology used.
* Ars Technica has also speculated that the Revolution's CPU may be based on that "Xenon" chip in the Xbox 360. Since the "Broadway" chip is being developed by IBM, it is possible that it is simply a low-cost version of the Xenon, using only one or two cores instead of the three in the current Xbox.[27]
* IGN.com claims to have received information from third-party game studios regarding the hardware specifications. Among their claims:
o The Broadway CPU runs at 729MHz according to Nintendo specifications.
o The Hollywood GPU runs at 243 MHz and is actually an integrated "system-on-a-chip" that includes "GPU, DSP, I/O bridge and 3MBs of texture memory."
o The system RAM is divided into 24MB of "main" 1T-SRAM and 64MB of "external" 1T-SRAM; access speed for both banks is the same.
o The console runs on an extension of the Gamecube Gekko CPU and Flipper GPU architectures.[28]
* Nintendo has filed a patent for a method of playing games for older less capable systems on a more capable system.[29] It seems likely that this relates to Nintendo's 'Virtual Console'.
* The Revolution will have connectivity with the Nintendo DS and the next Game Boy system. Nintendo Power magazine has said this is likely in its July 2005 issue. A reported interview with Shigeru Miyamoto seems to confirm this.[30]
* There is speculation over the production name for the console, one of them is the the nintendo GO as seen in japan at nintendo HQ with a 3D D-pad as it's logo representing the 3rd dimenional gaming the console will be capable of.
Link for the above info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Revolution#Rumors_and_speculation)
Whether or not Revolution is, in fact, a vehicle for the new freestyle controller or not, systems specs rarely tell the whole story. We would remind readers that during an era when polygon numbers meant everything, GameCube's polygon peaks were lower than PlayStation 2 and Xbox. However, few would disagree with the assertion that Resident Evil 4 - a title developed from the ground-up for Nintendo's system -- was one of the prettiest games of the generation. (http://revolution.ign.com/articles/699/699118p1.html)
I think much more will be known hopefully at E3. I have big hopes for the NRV and what it could bring with it. Like I said I think Nintendo may be doing a great thing. Time will tell. At the moment this console to me makes the most sense to buy since the p3 has a cell based cpu setup and the 360 is a heat magnet. What do you think?