3DS vs. Gamecube (SPECS)

Nintendo 3DS
CPU: 266MHz ARM11 X 2
GPU: DMP PICA220 133MHz (MAX 200MHz) - Polygons: generates 15.3 million per second at its native 200MHz
RAM: 64MB of RAM, 4MB of dedicated VRAM,
1.5GB of flash storage.

Gamecube
CPU: 485MHz IBM Gekko PowerPC
GPU: ATI Flipper 162MHz - Polygons: 20 million per second
RAM: 24MB 1T-SRAM, 16MB DRAM

3DS easily wins, Gamecube power would have been enough for me.

But also consider that 3DS's total pixels are 190k+ pixels (800x240), whilst Gamecube was 300k+ pixels (640x480). Less pixels to display, power can go towards other things.

That + small screen = :D

It all comes down to what devs can do with the hardware.

Day of reckoning 2 for the GC 2005.

Smackdown vs raw 2010 Xbox 360.

Did you just google to find the spec of the 3DS?? I didn't know they released it yet.

Did you just google to find the spec of the 3DS?? I didn't know they released it yet.

OmegaAK47

dude 200mhz version was 40mil polygons/s not 15

It all comes down to what devs can do with the hardware.

Day of reckoning 2 for the GC 2005.

Smackdown vs raw 2010 Xbox 360.

mattuk69

GC screen is clearly a bullshot.

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It all comes down to what devs can do with the hardware.

Day of reckoning 2 for the GC 2005.

Smackdown vs raw 2010 Xbox 360.

SaltyMeatballs

GC screen is clearly a bullshot.

hmm u can never get 2 CPUs to work simultaneously at 100% efficiency. there will be SOME performance loss from that.

GPU is ONLY 133Mhz which is pretty slow. & the system could probably do with more RAM.

but then again the 3DS will be cheap and the battery life will probably be quite good.

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[QUOTE="mattuk69"]

It all comes down to what devs can do with the hardware.

Day of reckoning 2 for the GC 2005.

Smackdown vs raw 2010 Xbox 360.

Nintendo_Ownes7

GC screen is clearly a bullshot.

hmm u can never get 2 CPUs to work simultaneously at 100% efficiency. there will be SOME performance loss from that.

GPU is ONLY 133Mhz which is pretty slow. & the system could probably do with more RAM.

but then again the 3DS will be cheap and the battery life will probably be quite good.

CwlHeddwyn

Edit* Also I think they have 2 CPUs because one for the top screen and one for the bottom screen. I think the DS might've had that aswell.

3DS easily wins, Gamecube power would have been enough for me.

But also consider that 3DS's total pixels are 190k+ pixels (800x240), whilst Gamecube was 300k+ pixels (640x480). Less pixels to display, power can go towards other things.

SaltyMeatballs

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3DS easily wins, Gamecube power would have been enough for me.

But also consider that 3DS's total pixels are 190k+ pixels (800x240), whilst Gamecube was 300k+ pixels (640x480). Less pixels to display, power can go towards other things.

amaneuvering

dude 200mhz version was 40mil polygons/s not 15

painguy1

That's just attempting to compare raw power though. Obviously PICA200 is the more advanced graphics core, and fillrate is less important on a handheld given that there's less pixels on the 3DS's top screen than on an SDTV. I do think the 3DS will probably push less polys than the Gamecube but it won't matter at the end of the day, since the games will still look better.

These specs might be realistic but it's still not confirmed wether or not this is true. IGN got their information from an "insider." For all we knew some guy just made up the specs...or IGN made up the "insider."

I want Nintendo to confirm this. These specs would satisfy me if true.

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[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]

GC screen is clearly a bullshot.

SaltyMeatballs

Well, the DS theoretically was more powerful than the N64, and yet it wasn't capable of everything the N64 was.Cherokee_Jack

Hardly. Two CPUs clocked at 67 and 33 Mhz and 4 MB RAM versus a 93 Mhz 64-bit CPU, 62 Mhz GPU and 4 MB RDRAM expendable to 8 MB via the Expansion Pak. DS has a limit of 2048 polys per frame, while N64 could do 100k polys in Fast3D mode and 500 to 600k polys in Turbo3D mode. DS also can't do bilinear texture filtering and environment mapping, but it can do T&L and Cel shading. The DSi was better (133MHz main CPU, 16 MB RAM), but that extra power was never used for better graphics.

edit: anyway, I think 3DS has better shading and normal mapping capabilites than the Cube. It's not a polygon pusher but it has nice effects (even HDR lighting I think).

Newsflash: Just like hardware, software also changes in different ways over the years. Dwell on that for a second. HARDER