Wii U specs leaked

Wii U Daily and Destructoid are reporting that a Japanese developer who is porting a game from the PS3 to the Wii U has given them information on the Wii U's hardware specs

They are as follows

-Quad Core CPU @ 3Ghz

-Two separate dev kits with 768MB RAM and one with 1GB RAM, split between the CPU and GPU

I'm trying to post the link, but GS won't let me

Go to wiiudaily dot com and it will be on the front page, as well as on Destructoid too

Thoughts?

My take. This is the only place you're going to get next gen Nintendo IPs, and it is nonetheless a huge step up from the Wii. It would peg it at roughly 50% more powerful than current consoles if this ends up being true. I'm happy with that, and I know a lot of people won't be. However, there is always the chance that MS and Sony don't exactly blow the lid off their next gen consoles either.

I'd be satisfied if this is true, especially coz it leans itself towards a $299 price point.

So its as powerful as my PC 7 years ago

nice

the 299 price tag you speak of is just for the controller

The thing that annoys me is....
WHY DO THEY KEEP PUTTING AS LESS RAM AS POSSIBLE....
It's not like it uber expensive these days.
I was expecting 2Gb at least.

Look at what happens to games like Crysis. It's a stupid preventable hardware limitation.
And here we go with devs cutting corners in the next few years again!!!!

I'm going to wait til closer to launch before I believe the specs. Nintendo will never announce them

Hmmm...dissapointed with the amount of ram but those specs do go along with the 50 percent more powerful than the PS3 statement made earlier in the year. Sheep should be happy though.

That nextbox rumor with the hexacore and 2 gigs of ram crush this.

That's... pathetic actually. Memory is F'ing cheap now and 768 MB/1 GB?! WTF. Vita nearly has that much memory for pity sakes.DerekLoffin

So its as powerful as my PC 7 years ago

nice

HaloinventedFPS

That's disappointing yet expected.

It's sad that you have to hope Sony and Microsoft put out gimp consoles.

I'm okay with it, as long as the price is fair.lbjkurono23

[QUOTE="DerekLoffin"]That's... pathetic actually. Memory is F'ing cheap now and 768 MB/1 GB?! WTF. Vita nearly has that much memory for pity sakes.lbjkurono23

[QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]

So its as powerful as my PC 7 years ago

nice

bobbetybob

more cores mean nothing and i doubt its anywhere near i5/i7 level

the 299 price tag you speak of is just for the controller

chikenfriedrice

Why would plastic buttons and a small 854x480 screen cost that much?

You're aware there are portable DVD players sold at massive profits for $50 everyday with a DVD drive and nearly the same resolution screens right?

The controller will be $60 and no more. This is Nintendo.

It's supposed to be powerPC architecture on the CPU.

I'm thinking that the early guesses were right. This is equivalent to a quad core of 3 CPu generations ago, and a very low end GPU.

Still much more powerful than the Wii, a bit more powerful than the current consoles.

So its as powerful as my PC 7 years ago

nice

HaloinventedFPS

That article is fake as a 3 dollar bill.

Here it is btw

"Quad Core CPU @ 3Ghz"

Useful! So it's somewhere between a 360 with an extra core and an i5-2x00; no performance gap there.

[QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]

So its as powerful as my PC 7 years ago

nice

jeffwulf

loadsamoney

[QUOTE="lbjkurono23"][QUOTE="DerekLoffin"]That's... pathetic actually. Memory is F'ing cheap now and 768 MB/1 GB?! WTF. Vita nearly has that much memory for pity sakes.DerekLoffin

Its a closed console platform. Smaller amounts of RAM would perform well I would think, better than you may think. Also, you've got to consider they are buying in bulk, they likely need each part to cost less than $5. I mean, they will be potentially buying 50 million RAM chips over the course of the console's life.

You do realise that is $750 million over 50 million units manufactured right? For that $15 RAM chip. I'm not saying I don't want 2GB ram either, but there is much more than goes into this.

[QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]

So its as powerful as my PC 7 years ago

nice

bobbetybob

That article is fake as a 3 dollar bill.

Here it is btw

theuncharted34

Uh, what? The article you say is fake is the source of the article you're linking to,........

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

the 299 price tag you speak of is just for the controller

bonesawisready5

Why would plastic buttons and a small 854x480 screen cost that much?

You're aware there are portable DVD players sold at massive profits for $50 everyday with a DVD drive and nearly the same resolution screens right?

The controller will be $60 and no more. This is Nintendo.

[QUOTE="DerekLoffin"][QUOTE="lbjkurono23"] The specs could(most likely) change. How much ram do you think the wiiu should have?bonesawisready5

Its a closed console platform. Smaller amounts of RAM would perform well I would think, better than you may think. Also, you've got to consider they are buying in bulk, they likely need each part to cost less than $5. I mean, they will be potentially buying 50 million RAM chips over the course of the console's life.

You do realise that is $750 million over 50 million units manufactured right? For that $15 RAM chip. I'm not saying I don't want 2GB ram either, but there is much more than goes into this.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

the 299 price tag you speak of is just for the controller

bonesawisready5

Why would plastic buttons and a small 854x480 screen cost that much?

You're aware there are portable DVD players sold at massive profits for $50 everyday with a DVD drive and nearly the same resolution screens right?

The controller will be $60 and no more. This is Nintendo.

[QUOTE="lbjkurono23"][QUOTE="DerekLoffin"]That's... pathetic actually. Memory is F'ing cheap now and 768 MB/1 GB?! WTF. Vita nearly has that much memory for pity sakes.DerekLoffin

In 2005, most new PCs were getting 1Gb of ram and gaming cards had 256mb(like a 7800gt), so 1,25total,

with the High-End going for 2gb of system ram and GPUs started to have 512Mb(like some 7800GTX, if I remember correctly), so 2,5Gb total.

X360/PS3 went for 512Mb total and right now, it's a limitation for certain games. It's should have been probably 1Gb.


Right now, Average PCs have 4Gb ram, and 1Gb Vram, for a total of 5Gb

High-End usually go for 8Gb ram and 2 Gb Vram, for a total of 10Gb

If we compare 2005 to now, and if the memory increase keeps going the same way it did for the past 6 years

I say all next-gen consoles should have 4-6Gb of ram to not suck in a few years.

[QUOTE="DerekLoffin"][QUOTE="lbjkurono23"] The specs could(most likely) change. How much ram do you think the wiiu should have?Idontremember

In 2005, most new PCs were getting 1Gb of ram and gaming cards had 256mb(like a 7800gt), so 1,25total,

with the High-End going for 2gb of system ram and GPUs started to have 512Mb(like some 7800GTX, if I remember correctly), so 2,5Gb total.

X360/PS3 went for 512Mb total and right now, it's a limitation for certain games. It's should have been probably 1Gb.


Right now, Average PCs have 4Gb ram, and 1Gb Vram, for a total of 5Gb

High-End usually go for 8Gb ram and 2 Gb Vram, for a total of 10Gb

If we compare 2005 to now, and if the memory increase keeps going the same way it did for the past 6 years

I say all next-gen consoles should have 4-6Gb of ram to not suck in a few years.

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

That article is fake as a 3 dollar bill.

Here it is btw

bonesawisready5

Uh, what? The article you say is fake is the source of the article you're linking to,........

768MB RAM embedded in the CPU pretty much flags it as fake. Not to mention the CPU is already faked, as it's Power 7 architecture, not PowerPC.

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

the 299 price tag you speak of is just for the controller

TheEroica

Why would plastic buttons and a small 854x480 screen cost that much?

You're aware there are portable DVD players sold at massive profits for $50 everyday with a DVD drive and nearly the same resolution screens right?

The controller will be $60 and no more. This is Nintendo.

I agree. There is no way that Wii pad thing is going to cost the a couple dollars more than the Wiimote/Nunchuck combo. It's going to be expensive and we already got a sign of that at E3.

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

That article is fake as a 3 dollar bill.

Here it is btw

ChubbyGuy40

Uh, what? The article you say is fake is the source of the article you're linking to,........

768MB RAM embedded in the CPU pretty much flags it as fake. Not to mention the CPU is already faked, as it's Power 7 architecture, not PowerPC.

I don't give a *bleep* if it could potentially perform well, we already know that developers are struggling with 512, and they just add that measly amount?! That's garbage to add that little. And yeah, it might cost them some money, SPEND THE F'ING MONEY. Memory is one of the cheapest components of the system, and spending that little on it is pathetic. DerekLoffin

It's just a insignificant rumour like a dozen or more so i've read a couple of months ago, probably fake aswell, i doubt they'll put less than 2 gigs of memory, and my assumption is just as good as this rumour anyway..

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

That article is fake as a 3 dollar bill.

Here it is btw

ChubbyGuy40

Uh, what? The article you say is fake is the source of the article you're linking to,........

768MB RAM embedded in the CPU pretty much flags it as fake. Not to mention the CPU is already faked, as it's Power 7 architecture, not PowerPC.

I don't know much about Destructoid, but it sounds like this article belongs at IGN :P

So it's got about 2 gigs of total RAM? Sounds fine to me. Together with the modified R700 that should be enough for Crysis on very high settings. They have to keep the pricepoint low though.

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

768MB RAM embedded in the CPU pretty much flags it as fake. Not to mention the CPU is already faked, as it's Power 7 architecture, not PowerPC.

theuncharted34

I don't know much about Destructoid, but it sounds like this article belongs at IGN :P

Well both placces do indeed lack knowledge, but it's a "Wii-U Daily" article actually.

So it's got about 2 gigs of total RAM? Sounds fine to me. Together with the modified R700 that should be enough for Crysis on very high settings. They have to keep the pricepoint low though.

nameless12345

No the rumor is that they are testing two dev kits. One with 768 MB of ram and the other one has 1 gig. They are not combined.

link?

1gb of embedded RAM? lol this is fake.

Don't care about the specs or the graphics, I know I'm buying this sucker day one.

IT'S TERRIBLE!

PS4 AND XBOX 720 are going to be BETTER! It'll have like 2 GB of Ram! and will have Better Graphics that would DESTROY WiiU's Last Gen Technology! Oh man The PS4 and the Xbox 720 are going to be SO AMAZING that it will FORCE Nintendo to go BANKRUPT and then they'll HAVE TO put their Games on the SUPERIOR SYSTEMS and then I can FINALLY play a REAL MARIO on a REAL SYSTEM and NOT KIDDIE GARBAGE!

[/sarcasm]

for real though, that sounds pretty good, I just want to know when the system will be out or if the Controller is actually going to work.

So its as powerful as my PC 7 years ago

nice

HaloinventedFPS

Console specs dont equate verbatum to PC specs...>.>

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

the 299 price tag you speak of is just for the controller

bonesawisready5

Why would plastic buttons and a small 854x480 screen cost that much?

You're aware there are portable DVD players sold at massive profits for $50 everyday with a DVD drive and nearly the same resolution screens right?

The controller will be $60 and no more. This is Nintendo.

I think it isn't reliable, I swear I read somewhere that the actual specs will be revealed in the Next E3 until then they're still working on the Wii-U