Think you can use a USB adaptor for SD cards.
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Rumor: Wii U final specs
- Thread starter EatChildren
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Think you can use a USB adaptor for SD cards.
Yeah you probably can but allowing for SD cards to be used directly is still a plus.
shinra-bansho
Member
When are we expecting tear-down analyses - how soon after past console launches has information been forthcoming?
JordanN
Banned
3DS got x-rayed one day after release and the full tear down came a day later (North America).
Vita got a tear down weeks after it released in Japan.
lostinblue
Banned
3DS XL took a while though 
KojiKnight
Member
Just don't expect too much from a day 1 tear down beyond what we already know... We don't normally go into a new Nintendo console knowing how much ram, or already having seen the main board and the CPU (as we saw in Iwata Asks).
About the only thing we'll get from the tear down for sure is the type of ram and memory bus.
Yep, and even then it's all but guaranteed that it's DDR3 on a 128-bit bus. Hopefully there'll be some kind of surprise on there once someone gets around to cataloging individual components, though.
Apophis2036
Banned
Imagine the 1GB of Ram for games was DDR5...
Believe haha.
Believe haha
.Imagine the 1GB of Ram for games was DDR5...
Believe haha
What if it was XDR? :O
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
396.8bit?
Screw that, its made on carbon nano technology (tine times faster then anything we have today) xD
What if they used Boron tempered artificial diamonds instead of silicon!
JoshuaJSlone
Member
On the one hand, they didn't in six years with Wii. On the other, they've now set precedent for having SKUs with different storage capacities.Silas Lang said:
Imagine the 1GB of Ram for games was DDR5...
Believe haha
Both GDDR5 (there is no DDR5) and XDR have pretty high latency, which goes against what we've heard from devs about low-latency RAM. The most likely surprise might be some novel kind of flash memory (there were rumors of the OS having its own 512MB of flash memory distinct from the 8GB/32GB, which could be something interesting like PCM).
If it were, there would be no eDRAM. And the eDRAM should be way faster and lower latency than any off-chip RAM imaginable. The only problem is that the two pool design means more work for developers, as they need to think about where to store what and plan and code accordingly. It's possible that some of the issues we're seeing with first generation ports have to do with the unique memory layout.Imagine the 1GB of Ram for games was DDR5...
Believe haha
Smurfman256
Member
Ummm...Didn't the Xbox 360 have a two-pool memory setup (512MB Unified RAM and 10MB eDRAM)?
The combination of the larger size (meaning it can hold more than just the framebuffer), alongside the increased bandwidth/decreased latency that comes with being on-die, and high-bandwidth, low-latency access for the CPU, makes it much more versatile than the XBox360's eDRAM.
Smurfman256
Member
So, now it's out. Who's ready to tear theirs appart and send it to a hospital to get it X-rayed?
CaptNfantasy
Banned
OK everyone. Ive watched you throw fits for months now arguing over this topic. Now its time to find out whats inside, just to realize that it never mattered at all. Those of you who were wrong, will be forgiven and you will still go around acting like you "know things". Those of you who were right will not be given any actual credit, and the people who insulted you over your reasoning will not learn to stfu until they have something worth saying. Time for this waste of time and life to end. Im ready.
You lack processing power...
just kiddingWhat are they judging it by? NSMBU? They don't know anymore than the rest of us.
Smurfman256
Member
And they would know this how?
They also said the Wii U is "big and clunky"
Did they do a teardown?
Not to mention "cheap build quality"
Ummm.....sure. In there defense though, they were confused on how to use the gamepad, so maybe they aren't the brightest crayons in the box.
j/k
If only had the CPU power of an iPad Mini...
360 eDRAM isn't "real" RAM. It's just a framebuffer. Gamecube had this as well.
Smurfman256
Member
Nope. They are just basing it off of what they have seen for launch games.
Nah they are basing it off current load times which aren't the best. Considering the importance Iwata stressed on load times in a recent Iwata asks you can bet that's being fixed.
YuriLowell
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The verge and polygon are a joke.
scytheavatar
Member
You lack processing power...
What are they judging it by? NSMBU? They don't know anymore than the rest of us.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/18/3658130/nintendo-wii-u-review
According to them:
That's what I figured but thought that there might be some super secret article available that I don't have privy to...
lwilliams3
Member
Is Wii a bit different in regards to using its eDRAM?
Yeah.. as others has stated, load times for a new OS is not the best way to reach a conclusion about a system's power.
DonMigs85
Member
No, Wii has the same 3MB embedded 1T-SRAM as the GCN.
ShadowFox08
Member
So.. When are we gonna get the specs for the system, since its officially out now? Who's gonna gut the system? Any possible ETA?
soulassssns
Banned
Who is doing the the tear down video? What site does those?
Will likely come soon as in a day or two but its not something an average joe at home can do.
Ahh OK. So in other words they are clueless.
Thunder Monkey
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Wrong about the issues themselves?
Not really from what I've seen. Completely wrong about the cause and fix though.
phosphor112
Banned
I bitched about the 360's lack of storage day 1. The damn Xbox original had more storage space than Arcade edition.
Yeah I meant the cause. As in, it's slow in loading due to an underpowered machine. Most likely it's the flash.
Anyway, 10-15 seconds to boot to the main menu is fucking pathetic.
Bending_Unit_22
Member
To the former, yes. To the latter, no.
Apophis2036
Banned
Ideaman, wherefore art thou ?.
Someone hit the Ideasign !.
So the console is out, the games your sources have been making are released, care to spill some more 'beans' ?.
Someone hit the Ideasign !.
So the console is out, the games your sources have been making are released, care to spill some more 'beans' ?
.Ideaman, wherefore art thou ?.
Someone hit the Ideasign !.
So the console is out, the games your sources have been making are released, care to spill some more 'beans' ?
Well, for all the DDR3 drama, i can say that i've never heard once complains from my sources about it.
On the rest, don't know a lot about the GPU. For the CPU, i'll reveal a little golden nugget in a few days/weeks when the mood will calm down a bit, nothing major though (like the frequency).
Apophis2036
Banned
Where did you read that ?.
Apophis2036
Banned
Cheers !, any idea if the UI can be made faster with updates ?. Not a major concern as i will be in game mostly but would be nice for 360 UI level speeds at least.
Yeah undoubtedly they will improve that to reach a satisfactory level. See their web-browser, it was ready in time and praised for its quickness. Basically, i think it was either you got the features in this update available day 1 but not totally optimized yet, either you would have waited longer for it but with a faster use.
SquiddyCracker
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So the teardowns have already started it seems, how long until we know (roughly) what the rest of the system is capable of?
It really depends on when something finally leaks. Unlike marked RAM chips, you can't just look at a CPU die and say "ah, this has 3 X cores running at Y GHz".