18th February 2006, 11:31 AM
480 Mbit/s (57 MiB/s). That's the speed of USB2.
Wikipedia has a great page on the Revolution as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_revolution
But I cant find RAM speeds anywhere! The type of RAM I assume would be Video RAM or SRAM, but Wiki doesn't mention its speeds. 57 MB a second should be fast enough, no? Considering that that would basically add a quarter more RAM than the Rev currently has that can be accessed for every frame of info. If Nintendo poped on a 57 MB RAM Pack that connected via USB2 it looks like it would be a great way to store the extra lines of resolution.
This is the type of RAM being used in the Revolution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1T-SRAM
Now on that page you see "Speed, 800 MHz", but what does that mean?
It looks more and more like Nintendo could (big if here) release a adapter that allows for 720 to 1080 upconverted resolutions. Hell, the system could be capable of it right now based on what wikipedia says about Revolution. But it's very important to stress that upconverted while beautiful, will not look like native HD graphics. In other words, a 720 texture displayed at 720p looks fantastic, a 480 texture diaplayed at 720p will look like an enhanced 480 texture, being sharper and clearer. The same can be said with connections to your TV (standard or HD), your DVD player will look better when you connect proscan cables and look worse when connected by RCA, it's that same 'retention of signal' that i'm talking about.
Wikipedia has a great page on the Revolution as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_revolution
But I cant find RAM speeds anywhere! The type of RAM I assume would be Video RAM or SRAM, but Wiki doesn't mention its speeds. 57 MB a second should be fast enough, no? Considering that that would basically add a quarter more RAM than the Rev currently has that can be accessed for every frame of info. If Nintendo poped on a 57 MB RAM Pack that connected via USB2 it looks like it would be a great way to store the extra lines of resolution.
This is the type of RAM being used in the Revolution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1T-SRAM
Now on that page you see "Speed, 800 MHz", but what does that mean?
It looks more and more like Nintendo could (big if here) release a adapter that allows for 720 to 1080 upconverted resolutions. Hell, the system could be capable of it right now based on what wikipedia says about Revolution. But it's very important to stress that upconverted while beautiful, will not look like native HD graphics. In other words, a 720 texture displayed at 720p looks fantastic, a 480 texture diaplayed at 720p will look like an enhanced 480 texture, being sharper and clearer. The same can be said with connections to your TV (standard or HD), your DVD player will look better when you connect proscan cables and look worse when connected by RCA, it's that same 'retention of signal' that i'm talking about.