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scottie on 08 August 2008

I'm going to do a bit of a comparison between the Wii and the last gen consoles, just to clear up a few issues.

 

CPU clock speed

Xbox 733 Mhz

GC   485 Mhz

PS2  299 Mhz

Wii   729 Mhz

And while I don't have any stats to back me up here, it seems that the Wii's more modern powerPC processor is more powerful than the xbox's, which is a downgraded pentium III

 

Ram

Xbox   64 mb at 200Mhz

GC      43 mb at 324Mhz

PS2    32 mb not sure about the clock speed

Wii     88 mb not sure about clock speed

 

Can we all agree, the Wii is much more powerful than the xbox?



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darklich13 on 08 August 2008

Last Generation Graphics, Next Generation Control.



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exidious on 08 August 2008

The Chronicles Of Riddick look's much better than any wii game.



steven787 on 08 August 2008

The Wii is missing some key components that the Xbox had.

Doesn't effect the game play one bit.



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KZ2 on 08 August 2008

Wii is marginally graphically better than the original XBox. There is not much difference between the High End console of last generation XBox's tech specs in comparison to the Low End console of the current generation Wii's tech specs. I assume your data is correct.



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disolitude on 08 August 2008

I think they are about equal in visual processing (xbox and wii) with the slight edge to the wii. This is a pure gaming educated guess...I spent many hours playing many games on both.

However considering that only nintendo is pushing the visuals on the wii, most games don't look as impressive as the cream of the crop on the xbox.

Ninja gaiden black, chronicles of riddick, doom 3, Halo 2...all great looking. Far Cry on xbox looks much better than far cry on Wii too.



Oyvoyvoyv on 08 August 2008

It uses half the electricity of the GC.

Reality is, the GC is 2 Wiis duct taped together.



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akuma587 on 08 August 2008

This stuff doesn't always translate cleanly to more power, but the Wii and the original Xbox are definitely comparable in power.



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colonelstubbs on 08 August 2008

I swear somebody told me the Gamecube was more powerful than the xbox....obviously they were incorrect



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StarcraftManiac on 08 August 2008

That 729Mhz you name right there is an assumption made by some people based on various things. Nintendo has never stated anything about the real specs of the Wii... I guess we all know that the Wii isn't a powerhouse, but there simply isn't data to prove that it is somewhat around 700Mhz. Also; 'power' as in the way you post it in your thread-title cannot only be lead back to the CPU or the GPU. It is a combination of those previously named pieces of hardware in combination with the RAM the BUS, the pipelines through which the dataflow goes and a variety of other things. For example; the Gamecube had a cheaper tech in it then the PS2... Yet The Gamecube was more 'efficient' in the use of the power in it's tech-components and the way these components were adjusted to eachother, so Gamecube could benefit more from it's available power then the PS2... Which is noticeable in several games (like Resident evil 4 or Tales of Symphonia and various multiplatformtitles like Splinter Cell).



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