I have question about the Nintendo Wii graphics?

This is a very intresting question. I knew right away that Wii has improved graphics but I did a little research to figure out just how much better and here is what I came up with. Enjoy and I hope this helps.

Nintendo has released few technical details regarding the Wii system, but some key facts have leaked through the press. Though none of these reports has been officially confirmed, they generally point to the console as being an extension or advancement of the Nintendo GameCube architecture. More specifically, the reported analyses state that the Wii is roughly 1.5 to 2 times as powerful as its predecessor.[1][52]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#Technical_specifi...

Nintendo Wii specs....

Processors:

CPU: PowerPC-based "Broadway" processor, made with a 90 nm SOI CMOS process, reportedly† clocked at 729 MHz[53]

GPU: ATI "Hollywood" GPU made with a 90 nm CMOS process,[54] reportedly† clocked at 243 MHz[53]

Memory:

88 MB main memory (24 MB "internal" 1T-SRAM integrated into graphics package, 64 MB "external" GDDR3 SDRAM)[55]

3 MB embedded GPU texture memory and framebuffer.

Storage:

512 MB built-in NAND flash memory

Expanded storage via SD card memory (up to 2 GB)

Nintendo GameCube Memory Card (required for GameCube game saves)

IBM's Wii "Broadway" CPU

ATI's Wii "Hollywood" GPUSlot-loading disc drive compatible with 8 cm Nintendo GameCube Game Disc and 12 cm Wii Optical Disc

Mask ROM by Macronix[58]

Video:

480p (PAL/NTSC), 480i (NTSC) or 576i (PAL/SECAM), standard 4:3 and 16:9 anamorphic widescreen[59]

AV multi-output port for component, composite, S-video,[60] RGB SCART[61] and VGA[62]

Audio:

Main: Stereo – Dolby Pro Logic II-capable[63]

Controller: Built-in speaker

Power consumption:

18 watts when switched on[64]

1.3 watts in standby[64]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#Technical_specifi...

Compared to GameCube......

Graphics processing unit (GPU) and system chipset

162 MHz "Flipper" LSI. 180 nm NEC eDRAM-compatible process. Co-developed by Nintendo and ArtX.

4 pixel pipelines with 1 texture unit each[5]

TEV "Texture EnVironment" engine (similar to Nvidia's GeForce256 "register combiners")

Fixed-function hardware transform and lighting (T&L). 12+ million polygons/s in-game.[6]

648 megapixels/second (162 MHz x 4 pipelines), 648 megatexels/second (648 MP x 1 texture units) (peak)

Peak triangle performance: 20,250,000 32pixel triangles/sec raw and with 1 texture and lit

337,500 triangles a frame at 60fps

675,000 triangles a frame at 30fps

8 texture layers per pass, texture compression, full scene anti-aliasing[7]

Bilinear, trilinear, and anisotropic texture filtering

Multi-texturing, bump mapping, reflection mapping, 24-bit z-buffer

24-bit RGB / 32-bit RGBA color depth.

Hardware limitations sometimes require a 6r+6g+6b+6a mode (18-bit color), resulting in color banding.

640×480 interlaced or progressive scan

Integrated audio processor: Custom 81 MHz Macronix DSP

Instruction Memory: 8 KiB RAM, 8 KiB ROM

Data Memory: 8 KiB RAM, 4 KiB ROM

64 channels 16-bit 48 kHz ADPCM[8]

Dolby Pro Logic II encoded within stereophonic output

Central processing unit

IBM PowerPC "Gekko" processor486 MHz IBM "Gekko" PowerPC CPU.

PowerPC 750CXe based core.[5]

180 nm IBM copper-wire process. 43 mm² die. 4.9 W dissipation.[5]

Roughly 50 new vector instructions.[5]

32-bit ALU. 64-bit FPU, usable as 2x32-bit SIMD[5]

1.9Gflops on fpu (10Gflops means the whole unit in operations such as geometry engine, T&L, TEV and other, this number is not all on the CPU)

64-bit enhanced PowerPC 60x front side bus to GPU/chipset. 162 MHz clock. 1.3 GB/s peak bandwidth.[5]

64 KiB L1 cache (32 KiB I/32 KiB D). 8-way associative. 256 KiB on-die L2 cache. 2-way associative.[5]

1125 DMIPS (dhrystone 2.1)

[edit] System memory

43 MiB total non-unified RAM

24 MiB MoSys 1T-SRAM (codenamed "Splash") main system RAM. 324 MHz, 64-bit bus. 2.7 GB/s bandwidth.[5]

3 MiB embedded 1T-SRAM within "Flipper"[citation needed]

Split into 1 MiB texture buffer and 2 MiB frame buffer.[citation needed]

10.4 GB/s texture bandwidth (peak). 7.6 GB/s framebuffer bandwidth (peak). ~6.2 ns latency.[5]

16 MiB DRAM used as buffer for DVD drive and audio. 81 MHz, 8-bit bus. 81 MB/s bandwidth.[5]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_GameCube#Eas...

The best comparison as far as graphics wise that I could find was that Wii is closer to the orginal X-Box.

According to a FIFA producer, the Nintendo Wii matches up to the original Xbox as far as power goes. Of course the Wii is an easy system to develop code for, but matching up to the power of a last generation system isn’t exactly a big deal in my opinion. People need to keep in mind that the Wii is great simply because it is original. That originality could wear off one day, but certainly doesn’t look like it’s slowing down any time soon. I honestly wish people would stop comparing the Wii’s actual system details to Sony and Microsoft’ systems. Honestly, the Wii cannot compete on a hardware level and Nintendo knows it.   The point of the article is that the Wii is pretty much what the original Xbox was. Is that really the point we need to care about? Probably not.

Source:

http://news.filefront.com/nintendo-wii-matches-the...

My personal opinion is that

Wii has pretty good graphics but the reason people like Wii isn't for its graphics. It is for the

unique gameplay. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy Super Mario Galaxy. I personally think the graphics on that game are beautiful, they are supposed to have more of a cartoony feel than realistic on most Wii and Nintendo games anyway. That has always been more of Nintedo's style compared to Sony and X-Box. Also, I'm not 100% sure, but I do not think you can upgrade the Wii graphics.

Here is an intresting article that compares other features of Wii and GameCube in their first year besides graphics.

You can see for yourself at these websites that show comparisons between the Wii and GameCube.

Gamecube vs Wii Screen Shots

http://kotaku.com/gaming/wii/wii-vs-gamecube-scree...

Gamecube vs. Wii

http://www.mywii.com.au/Photo.aspx?id=272953

I hope this helps!

I loved my Wii. Traded it today for a new laptop but ONLY because I never touch it anymore since I got my PS3. So true though. People put down the graphics, not realizing how much more fun the games really are due to the motion control and point and click abilities. The Wii ROCKS at first person shooters. Far better than ANY other console. Resident Evil 4 (in my opinion) is the best game ever made on ANY system. You put that same gameplay on a PS3 or 360, and you couldnt survive the first area. Sometimes being able to point at the screen severely outweighs the lack of graphics. oh and FYI, Nintendo has stated that the technology in the controllers are so advanced that with the right software, they could theoretically be used as digital cameras, although they have yet to figure out the software.

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I have question about the Nintendo Wii graphics?

Is this the same graphics card in Game Cube that inside the Nintendo Wii system or a higher graphics card. I was playing Mario Galaxy at Best Buys. The graphics suck really bad the game control was excellent. I was really disappointed. Also is there a possible way to upgrade the graphics card...

Wii Graphics Card

The Nintendo Wii has the lowest graphic picture at 480p.

The wii is technically superior to the GC in terms of specs, just check wikipedia to compare, also Mario Galaxies graphics seemed absolutely fine to me so I don't understand how you can say the graphics suck, the levels are pretty small early on but get more impressive as you progress, and no consoles don't have upgrade-able graphic cards like PC's.

No, it is not the same at all, contrary to rumors it is a significant improvement over the GCN, though not nearly as much as the PS3 or 360.

I can’t believe you are complaining about the graphics in Galaxy, everyone I know says it’s beautiful, and so does pretty much every reviewer online.

Still, it is one of the greatest games ever made gameplay-wise. Even if it looked as blocky and awful as Mario 64 does now, I would still love it.

You can’t upgrade it, I’m pretty sure all the hardware architecture is customized, and even if you could do it physically, games would still be programmed for the original GPU and would not take advantage of better hardware.

i agree, that the wii graphics suck. But they make up for being fun with all the movements and everything. I dont think we can upgrade the graphics or everybody would have, right?

what the **** are you talking about. super mario galaxy have really great graphic. wii have a higher graphic card than gamecube. i don't why people said wii graphic suck. i think it's okay. it better than gamecube and ps2 graphic and is just about the same graphic as the first xbox. a few wii game have bad graphic. i think if you get a hd tv the wii graphic is better i don't know. i think you're a graphic whore who said wii game with good graphic have bad graphic.

The Gamecube has 280pixels while the Wii has 480pixels

Is you buy the special component cables and an HD tv, it'll run at 480i