stuwii Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 co:wtf: uld nintendo increase its graphically capability in an sd card, like the n64 did with the expansion pack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 They can't. Expansions don't work. No port on the Wii has the tiniest fraction of bandwidth that such a GPU requires. You can't do a poll on this, because it's not a question of opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blender Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 yes, we should put a cell processor on an sd card. That would definately work! :bouncy: LOL :bouncy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 hahaha, haha, ha, h. Graphics addons on an SD card? hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blender Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Historically, xpansions never work. Look at all the crap sega produced for the mega drive and the N64 one never caught on neither. Best bet is for a new console. Dont think the wii will have a long life 4-5 years. SO will get a HD fangled console later. The gamecube had proper expansion ports as nintendo planned future addons from the starts. eg. gameboy player, broadband ... and even origianlly wiimotes were planned for the gamecube but when M$ takes over nintendo, i expect the wii to plug into the x360 for mutual benefits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Now I've seen everything. Only on the Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellyn Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 co:wtf: uld nintendo increase its graphically capability in an sd card, like the n64 did with the expansion pack? lolz :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.dakota Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Wii is HD!!!! Nintendo slaps a GPU on an SD card, paint it green, add a solar panel in the process... hey, presto - HD Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Maximum they could do, if the SD slot has enough bandwidth to make it feasible... is something among the lines of what Windows Vista did with ReadyBoost: The ReadyBoost feature is only found in Windows Vista and allows you to use a USB key as virtual memory in order to enhance performance. Basically Windows ReadyBoost can improve small random I/O for people who lack the expansion slots, money, and or technical expertise to add additional RAM. Since many computers around the world have less than 512MB of memory this might be a cheap and easy upgrade for those looking to boost system performance.Source: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/455/1/ That said it won't happen, unless this feature becomes common in linux distros and is implemented in Wii Linux. Wii doesn't need a new graphics card though, what some developers need is to learn how to use this one, it's not as underpowered as most people seem to think, I'm satisfied with the horsepower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motion Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Ok we have a new winner of funniest topic on n-europe! Graphics enhancement on SD cards??? LMAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 A bit harsh response from our members isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 A bit harsh response from our members isn't it? Aye, just a little bit harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.dakota Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 That said it won't happen, unless this feature becomes common in linux distros and is implemented in Wii Linux. Wii has Linux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple_NdiB Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Everyone seems to be looking at this thread at the moment, so could I divert your attentions to my thread in tech talk, where I request answers to questions concerning wireless routers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Wii has Linux? Wii apparently runs on a heavily modified form of Linux. It technically could be used to gain a similar effect as the expansion pak (i.e. more memory) for the N64, depends on the speed of the card reader (from loading a load of pictures, it seems very fast) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blender Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Maximum they could do, if the SD slot has enough bandwidth to make it feasible... is something among the lines of what Windows Vista did with ReadyBoost: Source: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/455/1/ That said it won't happen, unless this feature becomes common in linux distros and is implemented in Wii Linux. Wii doesn't need a new graphics card though, what some developers need is to learn how to use this one, it's not as underpowered as most people seem to think, I'm satisfied with the horsepower. Thats just another form of Virtual memory. Computers already use your hard disc for the same thing. It would not have the performance to make any difference to games but might cut loading time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Wii has Linux?I was reffering to a Wii linux distro, just like there is a GC Linux distro; but some believe Wii is unix based, that is certainly possible... but even if it is... I just don't see Nintendo implementing that feature.Thats just another form of Virtual memory. Computers already use your hard disc for the same thing. It would not have the performance to make any difference to games but might cut loading time.Yes it's a virtual memory extension mode, but still... it's the only thing feasible to do with a SD drive when it comes to performance enhancements, and a USB 2.0 hard drive would be so much better at that. (still hoping Nintendo eventually releases a slick one). there's people forcing ReadyBoost in a lot of devices, even Hard drives: -> http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=268461 It would be interesting to be able to use a HD in games, but Wii doesn't have many limitations when it comes to loading times; so a HD is more interesting to store data, updates and files, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGS Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I still reckon they'll release a big update to the Wii in a couple of years. Like a Wii 2.0 with better graphics and other things. But every game that is released from then must have a downscale option so it can still be used on the old wii. Kinda like how PC games have about a million different graphics settings to support various systems. Except the only setting on the Wii would be wii original or wii 2.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpinesN Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 The wii is NOT linux based. If it were nintendo would be legally bound to release the source code to the operating system and simply invite piracy onto the wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrocasilva Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 The wii is NOT linux based. If it were nintendo would be legally bound to release the source code to the operating system and simply invite piracy onto the wii.Linux is very unlikely since it's open source, a type of unix... might be, like openbsd. The advantages would be easy porting of software and features, but not having to give the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 You aren't really considering the possibility of a console that only uses fast memory, to be able to use SD cards as RAM. Are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konfucius Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I voted yes just because if I strongly believed in it, it might become true. I'm actually under the impression that the Wii loads faster from a disk than an SD card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariosmentor Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I voted yes because I like to dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpinesN Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Linux is very unlikely since it's open source, a type of unix... might be, like openbsd. The advantages would be easy porting of software and features, but not having to give the source. Perhaps. However it's a moot point unless we get source code out of it. Nintendo would have the source regardless of the OS on the wii so we will only be seeing features they show us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedfreak Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Wow, this is like...Youtube video comment stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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