Nintendo Revolution specs change - but PowerPC and ATI still in

[Guest]

these are still *rumored* specs, not official specs from Nintendo, IBM or
ATI


http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=9485
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"The specifications, which appeared on blog site Nintendo Centrium, suggest
that the system will be powered by two 1.8Ghz IBM PowerPC G5 processors, a
600Mhz graphics chip from ATI and a 7.1 Digital Sound chipset.

The console will apparently sport 128MB of high speed 1T SRAM as main
memory, along with 256MB of slower DRAM, while the graphics chip has 12MB of
on-board high speed RAM. 6GB proprietary DVD-size discs, designed by
Panasonic, would be used for Revolution's games.

The specs differ greatly from a previous "leak" last month, which claimed
that the system would have a dual-core graphics chipset and a total of four
processing cores, using IBM's dual-core technology.

According to Nintendo Centrium, the spec originated from a programmer
currently contracted to work for Nintendo on a DS project. However, it's
impossible to say how close to reality the figures actually are - but with
the high speed GPU and large frame buffer, the system seems oriented towards
high-definition output, which jars somewhat with a statement late last week
from Nintendo of America saying that HD is off the menu for Revolution."

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[Leon Dexter]

these are still *rumored* specs, not official specs from Nintendo, IBM or
ATI


http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=9485
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...............

"The specifications, which appeared on blog site Nintendo Centrium, suggest
that the system will be powered by two 1.8Ghz IBM PowerPC G5 processors, a
600Mhz graphics chip from ATI and a 7.1 Digital Sound chipset.

The console will apparently sport 128MB of high speed 1T SRAM as main
memory, along with 256MB of slower DRAM, while the graphics chip has 12MB of
on-board high speed RAM. 6GB proprietary DVD-size discs, designed by
Panasonic, would be used for Revolution's games.

Doesn't mean much, even if it isn't just speculation (which it probably is).
Those specs are fine, as written, but not very detailed. It looks like
they're going for memory efficiency again, like with Gamecube.