Anonymous devs reveal more details about Wii U tech specs

More details about what exactly is inside Nintendo's shiny new console.

There has been a nonstop debate as to exactly how powerful the Wii U is, and while we have some rough ideas of how strong it is, the picture has become somewhat clearer, thanks to some anonymous sources who have spoken with Eurogamer. See what they revealed after the break.




Tech Specs:

-The CPU is made up of 3 IBM PowerPC cores. The clock speed is lower than that of the Xbox 360 and PS3.

-The Wii U has 1GB of RAM, roughly twice as much as the Xbox 360.

-The Graphics processing unit is a custom made AMD 7 series GPU. It supports Direct X10 and shader type 4 features.

-The GPU has 32MB of eDRAM. For comparison, the Xbox 360's Xenos GPU has 10 MB of eDRAM.

-The GPU's eDRAM is embedded in a similar fashion to that of the Wii's.

In addition to the preceding information, there were a few comments made by these anonymous sources that are worth noting. In regards to the GPU:

"Wii U has a powerful GPU with more oomph than the rivals - and is more modern in architecture and shader support, which may come in handy later on."

We already knew the GPU is pretty powerful, but there have been questions raised about the CPU, with Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada saying the clock speed is "kinda low." It appears he is not the only one who feels this way.

"The CPU on the other hand is a different question. We are not limited by it but some other games might suffer from it. Still, because of the GPU, I expect most multi-platform games to look the best on Wii U, even if the difference might not be huge sometimes."

Another anonymous developer gave quite a statement about the amount of RAM the new console has.

"For E3, we simply dumped the whole game into memory and never once used the disc after the content was loaded from it."

Still, this new information is hardly a revelation. The exact specifications are sketched out in relatively vague terms, and many in the industry, including John Nash of Blitz Game Studios, are questioning the importance of tech specs in this age. The article is very lengthy and I have provided the most interesting pieces, but I suggest you read it for yourself via the link below. For those of you who are worried about the Wii U's ability to compete with Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles, you'll definitely want to check it out to see what Mr. Nash and the other industry insiders have to say.

Source: Eurogamer