Enigma Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I´ve been wondering, what kind of bit will Revolution be? I mean we all say next-generation so I was wondering. The NES was 8-bit The SNES was 16-bit & so on. Maybe we don´t go by bit-measures nowadays but I felt like posting this question anyway. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system_error Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 The Gamecube belonged to the 64 bit generation - the Revolution to the 128 bit generation. Technically this is not really correct. The Gamecube CPU Gekko used a PowerPC750CXe which is as far as I know a 32 bit CPU. The Revolution CPU is still unknow but I think if its a IBM CPU it might be based on the PowerPC970MP (or FX) which is a 64 bit CPU. So you can take whatever you want to believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheapshot Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I don't think he means processors. All current generation consoles are said to be 128 bit -- even Dreamcast. To be honest I don't know what the 128 bit actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorrit Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Cheapshot, well, that's what the bit part in his first post is about(I think). NES = 8bit, SNES = 16bit, N64 = 64 bit etc. Since the CPU bit doesn't matter that much speedwise today, people don't care as much. EDIT: Most next-gen consoles will probably be 64 bit, becouse that's what todays highend computers use. Then again, I haven't really checked so I don't know :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system_error Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Actually those are the 64 bit consoles: - Bandai Pippin - Nintendo 64 - Dreamcast - PS2 - XBOX - Gamecube So the Revolution will be 128 - but it doesn't matter this term was used in the beginning but has no real meaning today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I'm quite a techie but I've no idea what all the console bit crap means. It doesn't really seem matter though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheapshot Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Actually those are the 64 bit consoles: - Dreamcast - PS2 - XBOX - Gamecube How come they are widely known and advertised to be 128bit? To make them look faster than the previous generation to casual gamers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Id also like to be enlightened on this, why are this gen consoles called 128 bits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system_error Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Yes because you can't sell the N64 as 64 bit and then make people think another 64 bit console is that much better. So I think it is basicly some marketing strategy but nothing which really matters. Although a 64 bit CPU COULD mean a lot of difference compared to a 32 bit CPU. But maybe I am completly wrong and the bit number describes the fun factor, the colors possible, the number you can have sex before your console crashes, ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheapshot Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 The Nintendo 64 has a 64bit proccesor? That I doubt. I mean 64bit processors for PC's are a pretty recent thing. I'm not sure what the extra bit does but proccesors are a damn lot more expensive when more bit is involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system_error Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 NO hehe - the N64 belongs to the 64 bit generation of console - but the CPU only had 32 bit. 64 bit basicly means more registers, more adressable RAM, ... Basicly 64 bit means you can now have more than 4 GB RAM in your computer (there are software ways for servers which can already go over the limit of 4 GB). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheapshot Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Finally someone explains what the bit stands for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 The difference between 32-bit and 64-bit is overrated really. The way it works is that the CPU keeps track of addresses of the memory. Every single byte in the RAM has an address. If a CPU has 32-bit addresses it can store values from 0 to 4.2 million (2^32) in them, meaning you can have 4.2 million bytes or 4 GB of memory. If the CPU has 64-bits registers it can have 2^64 bytes or 1.6 exabyte RAM. The actual performance gain is pretty slim though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YenRug Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 How nerdy is this shit man. I can't believe you took your time to type that. I found out the hard way, I think you'll find Schpickles is a programmer/developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheapshot Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 I found out the hard way, I think you'll find Schpickles is a programmer/developer. Thanks for the heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faz99 Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 --> Did you know? For some games the N64 used 32bits instead of the full 64bits as it wasn't needed? Thought so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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