Comments on: Nintendo Wii: "underpowered"?

By: Wii Softmodding

Wii Softmodding — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:19:03 +0000

informative post. I hope you continue writing such good stuff

By: arthritisgamer

arthritisgamer — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:00:29 +0000

i love playing all day on my new Nintendo Wii. this game machine adds new level on gaming interactivity.

By: bodydetox

bodydetox — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:03:23 +0000

i enjoy playing on the Nintendo Wii. it is very responsive and it has more features than some other game consoles.

By: Pilotgeek

Pilotgeek — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:29:14 +0000

Face it, the Wii IS underpowered. That DOESN’T mean it’s crap, only that we won’t see as many games ported over to it. Of course you can get great graphics with the Wii if you try, but the development costs will be higher in order to take advantage of optimizing the hardware. Also, yes it is a souped-up Gamecube. It has better graphics hardware, but the processor is almost identical to the gamecube:

-”Broadway, the Wii’s CPU, is a derivative of the PowerPC 750 CL clocked at 729Mhz,” and that the “Hollywood” GPU has “no notable increases in programmability” over the Gamecube’s “Flipper” GPU. The end result? “The Wii has the processing power of one-and-a-half GameCubes with no noteworthy increases in functionality.”- **

** http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2007/09/gamecube-1-5-the-numbers-behind-the-wiis-technology.ars