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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Rumored Nrev specs

« on: May 27, 2005, 03:59:40 PM »

okay then.

so i think that maybe Aries should gain some credibility back, because like i said, this was posted a freaking month ago.
so what if he was wrong about the predictions?  those don't concern me anymore.  what concerns me is how freaking
similar Aries' specs are compared to Han_Solo.

if this turns out to be true, he'll be the one laughing at us.

dammit, i don't know what to believe anymore!  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Rumored Nrev specs

« on: May 27, 2005, 03:49:33 PM »

i dunno if it's been pointed out yet, but these are EXACTLY the same specs the infamous Aries had said a month ago.

now this raises two questions: is Aries and Han_Solo the same person?  or are these specs actually accurate?  so far 3 separate 'sources' have 'confirmed' these specs: Han_solo, Aries, and Techtree.

edit: here's the Aries transcript from Brokensaints:

"Aries Says:
"April 28th, 2005 at 1:13 pm

"Well, it seems most people here do not believe me anymore. But as I stated before, I will be proven true come E3. I know that this is a bold statement, but one I can make since I’m absolutely convinced of the info I provided. I noticed someone asking for a description of the NOA building? Well, I could go even further and give you a description of the HQ of Nintendo of Japan which I visited a couple of times while I was still working for NOA. But would that make you feel better? Not actually knowing yourself what the building looks like? For all you know, I could simply make something up just to give you the false impression that I am 100% plausible. I really don’t see any worth in such a description to be honest.

"Anyway, to clear some other things up: the final design for the Revolution hasn’t been decided upon yet. At least, not as far as we know over here. So this could mean that they’ll actually show some prototype of the final design at E3, just like they did with the DS last year. Of course we have an SDK, but that machine probably wont look like the final design either. Just like with the current SDK’s for the Xbox 360.

"As for specs, since you seem to be really privy on them, the Revolution will indeed support both 720p as well as 1080i. The GPU of the console packs quite a punch. It’s actually two cores linked together with ATi’s alternative on nVidia’s SLI. Though no releasedate has probably been determined yet by Nintendo (current releasedate looks to be around March next year in Japan), this could mean that Revolution will be the first device to support this ATi technology. Even before they introduce it to the PC market.

"Now the cores themselves are completely custom-made by a different team than the core for the Xbox 360. It’s known as the RN520, where the N actually stands for Nintendo. One core in itself, isn’t as fast as the R500-ish core of the Xbox 360, but together they are quite a bit more powerful. The CPU consists of four cores each running at 2,5 GHz and is based on the G5 architecture. Each core has it’s own 128KB L1 cachememory, and they all share a L2 cache of 512KB. Next to this, the CPU and GPU share 512MB of memory, just like the Xbox 360 does. Also, the GPU has it’s own on-die memory for quick tasks which amounts to 16MB of eDRAM.

"There’s also a seperate processor for sound, which is quite advanced and takes a lot of workload off the CPU. Last but not least, the Revolution features a PPU for complex physics, which utilizes it’s own 32MB of memory. So all in all, it’s quite the complex machine with many different processors. Still, it’s rather easy to develop for because of the excellent development tools which Nintendo delivered. These are all GameCube based with a lot of completely new features built-in."

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Nintendo Gaming / Revolution to support HVD (Holographic Versatile Discs)?

« on: May 17, 2005, 10:41:55 PM »

Well well well, after trolling around all the possible blogs, imageboards, and forums out there, i've decided to participate in this Revolution fiasco.

My primary source of rumours and theories come from here:
http://www.brokensaints.com/blog/?p=48

It's a blog of Revolution discussions mostly centred on the enigmatic "Aries".  He claims to know the low-downs of the Rev and drops hints on what's  to come.

First, the most interesting, and most POSSIBLE hypothesis worth mentioning is the new Rev's storage medium.  Remember how Nintendo's comments were recalled about being able to play "DVDs" and switched to "12 cm discs"?  Interestingly enough, here's a link to a successor to HD-DVD AND BluRay media: http://informationweek.storagepipeline.com/trends/trends_archive/60403851

It is called the "Holographic Verstile Disc" capable of storing a ridiculous amount of data (up to 1 Terrabyte or more.)  It makes BluRay medium look like old technology.  Makes you wonder why they changed the phrasing of their comments, eh?

Current disc readers have motors that spin the disc at high speeds and lenses that read them.  HVD, on the other hand, uses the opposite and makes the the lens rotate around the disc for optimum read time.

Now think abou the console's name, "Revolution."  This has a few meanings, but here are the key ones: 1)  A sudden or momentous change in a situation (a la French Revolution); 2) A turning or rotational motion about an axis.  Everyone is expecting the former, but how about the latter?  Does it sound like something i just mentioned above?

From the blog above, posters hypothesized that this coincides with Nintendo's recent patents of "Holographic".  Of course when you think holographic, you think of a 3d projection and not any way shape or form, a 2-dimensional disc.

Nevertheless, this hypothesis has the greatest chance of holding true because of the patent, the recalled statement of "DVDs"  AND the name of the console, "Revolution."

Any thoughts, comments, or hypotheses are welcome.