wii u vs ps4 cpu

Xenoblades X will probably max out Wii-U since it looks pretty good and is open world, Zelda is maybe the only other game that could do the same.

There won't be anything that dramatically looks better, or unlocks any "magic" hidden power. These "untapped power" expectations are always comical about any system. Yes, as a hardware generation goes on, developers get more efficient and make smoother/better looking games, but it's not like it's a dramatic shift - it's just subtle improvements with each software iteration. But of course these improvements generally apply to ALL platforms, whether static hardware or not. The problem for Wii-U of course is that there are very few developers actually making games for it - and of course Nintendo knows it's own hardware. Nintendo probably only has a handful of games left in them for Wii-U, besides some of the low budgety stuff. There's Zelda, Starfox, Metroid(hopefully)... probably another 3D Mario (one would hope). The rest of the lineup is not likely to push any new boundaries for the platform as they are likely to see smaller production budgets.

Basically Wii-U owners better be happy with Xenoblade X and possibly Zelda. But even those are sort of last gen looking. Hardly groundbreaking stuff, their aesthetics are more about art-style.

Your right I don't have a 970m laptop.

I have a desktop with 2 full powered 970s that are overclocked to perform like GTX 980s.

My computer is more than 6 times the power of the PS4.

Also I got my 315USD laptop on ebay. It has an i5 3230m and Nvidia 650m that performs like a 660m when it is slightly overclocked.

It easily beats last gen consoles but of course is not as powerful as the PS4.

But since I bought this laptop with a small 14in screen and 1366x768 resolution I can play new games like Alien Isolation, Max Payne 3 or Murdered: Soul Suspect at max settings with no issues. I am even able to play Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes maxed.

I never really planned on gaming with this laptop but it's nice that I can always use it for some light gaming when I am away from my desktop.

The 970m performs a little better than the desktop GTX 680 and a little weaker than the desktop GTX 770.

It's pretty much around 5% between both.

This is the first time I've seen laptop gpus perform so well compared their desktop counterparts.

The GTX 980m performs close to a desktop Titan gpu.

PS4 by a long shot. As the gen goes on and more games that are CPU heavy will expose just how weak it is.

I'm sure there are some days the CPU is so weak it refuses to turn on until it has more rest.

This, when your library includes games like Smash and Zelda, and the competition has QTE games like TLOU and The Order, graphics don't matter too much.

Yet driveclub and the order look as good as anything on PC, certainly not 3 times worse

When did Zelda come out?

Must suck running Assassin's Creed Unity at 15fps while I run it at 60fps with no drops at max settings and twice the resolution.

Also must suck running The Evil Within at 22fps at below 1080p while I run it at 5.6 times the resolution and can still hit 50fps.

Your puny console was outdated before it was even released.

The PS4 CPU is more powerful, easily. The Wii U doesn't use an IBM server CPU. It uses a heavily modified version of the Wii CPU. There were rumors, and an accidental confirmation from IBM about the Wii U using Power7. Espresso, Wii U's CPU, only has superficial similarities to Power7, such as eDRAM. It has three single thread cores clocked at about 1.2Ghz. Overall, it's closer to Broadway.

The PS4 CPU, on the other hand, runs at 1.6Ghz and has eight cores. It has a more modern architecture and is considerably more powerful than Espresso.

I'll reply to this topic by saying although the PS4 has thee most impressive hardware and can pump out amazing visuals, that being said, Nintendo has a flawless reputation for being able to do the most with the least amount of specs, console after console.

Nintendo games have a natural blend of beautiful animated graphics and music that appear to have been united in a birth canal. It's just amazing how there games now matter how easy or difficult they can be to play the scenery and music seamlessly flow and keep your spirits up regardless of the out come of your game progress.

Even if a person is aggravated they always go back to a Nintendo game in a matter of hours, where as being stuck at a boss battle in some 3rd party PS4 or X1 game can make you either smash your controller to the ground, trade the game or just avoid it for weeks on end.

Nintendo games will always have that certain charm that keeps people coming back over your generic Call of Duty and Halo or Resident Evil type games.

It must suck playing either of those games at all

Lol must suck having to lie to yourself because your weak console can't handle them well.

Well you can wait another 5-6 years until new consoles arrive and you will have something powerful enough to run them.....oh wait there won't be any backwards compatibility to play them like PC....unless they resell them to you as hd remasters for bloated prices.

It's a given that Zelda will come out, so that's why I said it.

Well lots of games will come out for the others systems, I would stop short of bragging about games that don't exist yet

Who said I don't have a PC, just stating facts..."3 times the power" doesn't mean you are getting 3 times better graphics. Properly optimized exclusive PS4 games look as good as anything on PC right now.

The PS4 has a more powerful cpu.. Which isn't saying much when there are processors like the i5 2500k that was released in the beginning of 2011 are still more powerful....

This is a load of shit.. More than ever.. Not only are pc's able to play at higher resolutions than the PS4 can manage, but it can do it at 60fps and beyond.. This is completely ignoring the numerous affects and AA that the pc uses over the PS4's.. The PS4 looks good, but don't even kid your self on that.. Especially when the majority of the games are capped 30fps, which is ridiculous..

@speak_low said:

I'll try to explain the difference. Be prepared, though. I'm going to get very technical:

PS4:

Wii U:

lmao bredda, wii u looks even worse than da playstation second edition. what up with dat?

Read http://www.littletinyfrogs.com/article/460524/DirectX_11_vs_DirectX_12_oversimplified

Pay very very close attention to GDC this year. Even if you’re an OpenGL fan. NVidia, AMD, Microsoft, Intel and Sony have a unified goal. Something is about to happen. Something wonderful.

Like DirectX 12 and GLnext, Sony has a surprise for this year's 2015 GDC.

GPGPU development will make any differences in per core CPU performance a moot point. Not to mention the PS4's GPU absolutely demolishes the Wii U's GPU.

@emgesp:

Both Radeon HD R7-260 at 853 Mhz (~XBO) and Radeon HD R7-265(~PS4) GPUs demolishes Radeon HD 45x0/46x0 class GPU (~Wii U).

Is it still fair to say that the Wii U's GPU can produce only around 300-400 Gflops? The total console only consumes about 30-35 watts, so the GPU alone can't be consuming more than 20 watts.

I'm also wondering when developers will start taking advantage of the PS4's GPGPU features. Uncharted 4 perhaps? I think I read Mark Cerny stating not until the 2nd or 3rd generation of PS4 games.

I can play at twice the resolution and still get 3x better frame rates.

Some games I can play at almost 8 times the resolution and still pull twice the frame rate.

For example I can run Thief at higher settings than the PS4 along with 1440p resolution and 4xSSAA which quadruples the resolution of 1440p and I still get around 80fps average while the PS4 runs the game at 1080p with 30fps and drops to the low 20s while having lower settings than PC max.

Same goes for many other games.

The Evil Within runs at 50fps at 4k resolution which is 5.6times that of the PS4 resolution while the PS4 struggles to maintain 30fps and drops to the low 20s.

Maybe you missed the part when I said properly optimized EXCLUSIVE PS4 games look as good as anything on the PC right

You guys keep bringing up 3rd party ports and terrible ones at that. Thief in 4k is still Thief

Wii U's CPU destroys PC's CPU.

The PS4 is 9-10 times more powerful than the PS3 but games don't look 9-10 times better.

Also you are using exclusive as a cop out so direct comparisons cannot be made.

Face it, the PS4 is very weak and outdated.

The PS4's cpu doesn't even beat the I5 2500k, a chip that was released in early 2011..

A well overclocked Intel quad core CPU from 2006 can perform better than the PS4's CPU.

@mahly

Nice necro bump and delete lol... 8 months haha...

My watch has a better cpu than the WiiU

Dafuq is this nonsense