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An expos of gamesite IGN Reveals to own say the specifications of the Nintendo Revolution. And thing is at the same time clear: the consolebouwer meant it really then he told that the emphases by this next-generation console wanted not to lie on grensverleggende hardware. The alleged specifications are scarcely impressive to name. Nintendo holds then also fully that it the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 will not compete with with power, but source with gameplay.

IGN bases its predictions on information of game makers that already ontwikkelkits of Nintendo received. The journalists neusden also in documentation that the consolebouwer at programmers distributed.

The surfaced information has especially relation on the processor and the graphic card of the Revolution, and is - as it knocks - sore surprised. As will the on an IBM PowerPC-chip based processor turn at 729 MHz. Compared with modern pc's and the advanced designs of the Xbox 360 and PS3 is that very thin. As IGN observes, comes the Revolution with that as for bell speed just on the level of the first, meanwhile antiquated Xbox. Already that must be put into perspective because of differences in the chip architecture.

Under the hood, 24 MB memory would stick - a fraction of the 512 MB that the Xbox 360 have and the PlayStation 3 on board (will). Otherwise the Revolution-memory will completed become with 64 MB 'externally' memory, good for a total of 88 MB.

Also the graphic card of the Revolution do not appears spectacularly. With a bell speed of 243 MHz and 3 MB memory, the specifications of these 'Hollywood-card' of ATI appear only quite thin. One may self however not blind spikes on the quantity graphic memory, for by a console is that generally less than by a pc. As the Xbox 360 only 10 MB has dedicated memory, against 256 or 512 MB by high-end graphic cards for the pc.

If the predictions of IGN knock, is Nintendo indeed for a whole other approach gone then its competitors. There its certain advantages at the records specifications, as a softer expense plate. The Japanese consolebouwer will its game machine because of this without loss can sellperhaps at a price that considerable layer lies then the PS3 or Xbox 360. Currently at that last a price ticket of 399 Euros (extensive version) dangles. It is no secret that Microsoft at that price point per console nicely what loss makes; the business hopes the pit that because of this arises to fill with the profit from the sale of games. A strategy that also Sony - only perhaps Nintendo - do not follow want.