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2gb RAM doesnt sound that impressive. I think they will have more.

I would love 1080p and 60fps standard for every game.

coltsfan4ever

what kind of power do you think the next gen consoles will have? I am guesing an 6-8 core ibm power pc cpu 2 gbs of main memory and 1 gb video memory. i think sony will push 3d pretty hard.

I have no clue what nintendo plans.

I hope most games will be in 1080p. 720p really does not look that great.

dontshackzmii

CPU - Minimum 6 cores AMD

GPU - Minimum comparable to Radeon 5850 or GeForce GTX 460

RAM - 4 - 6 GBs

Hard Drive - 1 TB for Elite

Disk Drive - Blu-ray

this sounds like a gigantic "ha ha! i know more about this than you dooo"

but i'll play. I've built my own pc, but only have a fairly basic understanding of hardware.

but really, it doesn't matter. hardware knowledge doesn't affect gamers at all, except for those who build PCs

Sword-Demon

Looks at profile..Member since 2010..lol ok..and I dont believe you made a new name..Jamani

One of your poll responses contains a censor-bypassed word ("s-word"). Remove it as it is against the rules here.thom_maytees

Sometimes it shocks me how little so many of you hardcore gamers know about actual hardware. This is pretty shocking to me because you guys know a great deal about games but for some reason, a vast majority of you guys don't seem to have the vaguest clue when it comes to hardware.

I remember having long winded arguments with some people here back in 2005 about really silly things. Some were actually arguing that some PS3 games would run at 120 fps and at 1080p.

I tried to explain to them that even PS2 can run games at 120 fps but it would drastically limit the graphics complexity PLUS no TV out there can even take advantage of the framerate so it would be idiotic for any developer to do this.

The smart thing is to lock it at 60 which is where 99.9% of TVs max refresh at. But then it also makes sense for them to develop some games at 30 fps in order to INCREASE GAME GRAPHICAL DETAIL. But no, they were arguing like mad, even calling me names because they said this was the next gen and every game would be at least 60 fps and some 120 fps. Oh yes, also ALL GAMES would run at 1080p.

I explained to them that the 1080p again didn't make sense because you were sacrificing detail in order to achieve something that is just PR bs. A game running at 720p would look MUCH BETTER than the same game with crippled detail at 1080p.

The point is so many here knew nothing about hardware then and the same is true today. That's why for years here some of you argued that the PS3's disk drive helps it have great graphics, LMAO! The disk drive? LOL!

I've come to the conclusion that it's an age thing. I'm guessing there are a lot of posters here that are under 15 and as a result, they have no clue about graphics.

If you're that young, you don't remember back in 96 when a company by the name of 3dfx released a PCI 3D card that would help PCs have great graphics. Up until then all PCs had only a 2D card and all of the graphics were run on the CPU.

You guys never saw the difference between Quake and Glide Quake. You don't know the rich history of graphics development so you think it's just something magical that happens in the consoles to make the graphics output.

This is why it makes sense to you guys that game consoles can have hidden power. It makes sense to you that PS3 games can look better than current PC games.

You guys have no clue as to how far ahead PCs currently are over consoles. This is why hermits get so angry, because it's a FACT PC games are much better looking. No one allows opinions such as a Wii game has better graphics than a PS3 game yet it's ok for many fanboys to proclaim PS3 games as the graphics king.

Anyway, I would like to know how many here will confess to not know anything about hardware. I want to see where the majority lies. Do more people in this forum know a lot about hardware or are most people ignorant on hardware? Let's find out.

Please vote and don't forget to be honest!

Get the new 360 slim. If you're not going to be donwloading many movies and tv shows then get the 4GB version for $199 and buy a 16 GB flash drive when you need more space.

Do this and never look back.

it would be pretty pointless for them to release a WiiHD to compete against the 360/PS3 when a year or 2 later they'll release the PS4/720 and they'll be in the same situation as far as multiplats go. Silenthps

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[QUOTE="Sword-Demon"]

wii HD meaning an upgraded model? or as in their next gen system? i really hate when people make up names like wii HD or xbox 720.

I highly doubt they will release an upgraded model, and i'm betting their next gen system will come out late 2012

JStroud88

I don't like Sony at all, I have a Wii and a 360 and I can safely say "you're dreaming" if you think it is even conceivable for a "Wii HD" to be more powerful than the Playstation 3 without upgrading to Cell/Blu-Ray, they would have to change everything about the Wii to even compete and that would cost more than $300. They'd bleed money.

wii HD meaning an upgraded model? or as in their next gen system? i really hate when people make up names like wii HD or xbox 720.

I highly doubt they will release an upgraded model, and i'm betting their next gen system will come out late 2012

Sword-Demon