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What are you thoughts on the Nintendo 3DS?
Poll ended at 20 Jul 2011, 9:25 pm

I can't wait for it to come out!	47%	[ 34 ]
I think it'll be pretty cool.	26%	[ 19 ]
I don't have thoughts on the 3DS.	5%	[ 4 ]
I don't think I'll get it.	18%	[ 13 ]
Nintendo sucks! I'm a totally dedicated ??? fan!	0%	[ 0 ]
What's a 3DS?	4%	[ 3 ]

Total votes : 73

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04 Oct 2010, 1:16 pm

Stonecold wrote:

I'm sure the 3DS will have enough spare processing power to do anti-aliasing even in 3D mode.

That's not really how things work =) Using software tricks to fake anti-aliasing is very CPU intensive, see S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl for a good example.

Stonecold wrote:

I think the only limitation would be, assumming its processing power is around that of the PlayStation 3, the amount of RAM the system has.

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IGN has learned that the Nintendo 3DS will pack not one, but two 266MHz ARM11 CPUs, along with a 133MHz GPU, 4MBs of dedicated VRAM, 64MBs of RAM, and 1.5GBs of flash storage.

While we were unable to determine which variation of the ARM11 processors the 3DS will feature, we now have a better sense of the system's capabilities.

Read more: http://uk.gear.ign.com/articles/112/112 ... z11PnZ4Xdz

PS3 specs:

CPU: 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine with 1 PPE & 7 SPEs

Memory: 256 MB system and 256 MB video

Graphics: 550 MHz NVIDIA/SCEI RSX 'Reality Synthesizer'

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05 Oct 2010, 6:47 pm

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

I think my vote is clear.

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05 Oct 2010, 7:30 pm

Jaejoongfangirl wrote:

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

I think my vote is clear.

What does XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD mean?

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05 Oct 2010, 8:20 pm

Stonecold wrote:

Jaejoongfangirl wrote:

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

I think my vote is clear.

What does XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD mean?

It's nerd-smiley speak for "I'm insanely excited!"

... I think they might be extra Double-chins of Extreme Excitement under the open D mouth. Not sure really - Maybe I'm just button happy. Point is, I'm excited.

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10 Oct 2010, 3:07 pm

SabbraCadabra wrote:

BroncosRtheBest wrote:

But how will the games look without it on?

They'll look two-dimensional?

There's suspicion that disabling the 3D effect might enable anti-aliasing, but there's no evidence yet whether it will happen automatically or if the game will need to be programmed that way.

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For 2D graphics rendering there are two optional addons[4]: image post-processing module PICA-FBM ("Frame Buffer Object") that can be used as anti-aliasing filter with support for some specific 2D functions and vector graphics module PICA-VG ("Vector Graphics") as PICA-FBM extension.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICA200

So basically the graphic card can be made with specific modules able to do anti-aliasing. No need of big processing, the graphic card do all the job.

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10 Oct 2010, 4:51 pm

well just some more info of interest.

http://kotaku.com/5650673/resident-evil ... s/gallery/

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10 Oct 2010, 6:01 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-mlgKi6hWI&feature=related[/youtube]

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10 Oct 2010, 8:23 pm

I'm really excited for it to come out, but not as much as Pokemon Black and White...

However, I probably won't get the 3DS right away though simply because I am happy with my DS lite and I want to wait until the price drops a tad and usually a more enhanced and compact version of the system comes out after a year and a half or so. I will likely not get it right on launch date. However, I am really, really, really excited, especially because of Kid Icarus.

Now if only they can make Star Tropics 3... I have been waiting for that for like, ever...

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11 Oct 2010, 1:48 pm

Tollorin wrote:

So basically the graphic card can be made with specific modules able to do anti-aliasing. No need of big processing, the graphic card do all the job.

Yeah, but that's in 2D mode, like I said...

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13 Oct 2010, 1:24 pm

SabbraCadabra wrote:

Stonecold wrote:

I'm sure the 3DS will have enough spare processing power to do anti-aliasing even in 3D mode.

That's not really how things work =) Using software tricks to fake anti-aliasing is very CPU intensive, see S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl for a good example.

Stonecold wrote:

I think the only limitation would be, assumming its processing power is around that of the PlayStation 3, the amount of RAM the system has.

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PS3 specs:

CPU: 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine with 1 PPE & 7 SPEs

Memory: 256 MB system and 256 MB video

Graphics: 550 MHz NVIDIA/SCEI RSX 'Reality Synthesizer'

Actually, the 3DS's graphics card (PICA200) will actually be clocked at 400 MHz, not 133 MHz.

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13 Oct 2010, 1:28 pm

Tollorin wrote:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-mlgKi6hWI&feature=related[/youtube]

Wow. I'm really looking forward to playing some of those games!

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13 Oct 2010, 2:05 pm

Stonecold wrote:

Actually, the 3DS's graphics card (PICA200) will actually be clocked at 400 MHz, not 133 MHz.

Link?

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13 Oct 2010, 2:56 pm

since no-one has posted it yet, the release price is $300 USD.

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13 Oct 2010, 3:43 pm

SabbraCadabra wrote:

Stonecold wrote:

Actually, the 3DS's graphics card (PICA200) will actually be clocked at 400 MHz, not 133 MHz.

Link?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS

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13 Oct 2010, 3:48 pm

DemonAbyss10 wrote:

since no-one has posted it yet, the release price is $300 USD.

Not to correct you, but the Nintendo 3DS has a release price of $299 USD.

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14 Oct 2010, 1:58 pm

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS

I don't see any information on the 3DS's GPU here.

I checked the 3DS's Wiki page but there's no info on the clock speed there.

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