ATI Card For Nintendo Revolution
January 13, 2006 by Ingrid Diaz
Filed under Gaming
Even though the Nintendo Revolution is likely not to be named Mr. Graphics Pwnz0r 2006, ATI’s Public Relations Manager for Consumer Products, John Swinimer, says it’s not going to be a heap of junk either. Well, he didn’t say that in so many words, but that’s the sentiment I got.
Swinimer says the new ATI card for the Nintendo Revolution will be a console specific model and not a card based off of any of their PC models or their Flipper chipset.
“It’s not, for example, like we took a PC design and said ‘oh, you know what? If we tweak this and test this, it will work in a console.’ [That's] not the case,” Swinimer said.
On the topic of issues with the Revolution’s size and the possiblity of heat problems, Swiminer said that this has been taken into consideration.
“The form factor design of even some of the newer consumer electronics devices are getting smaller and smaller, and we are taking that into great consideration, all across the board. I don’t know if you are aware
of this, but ATI has graphics chips in Motorola RAZRs. ATI has graphics chips inside many consumer electronic designs and heat is definitely a consideration, so we definitely take that into consideration when we are designing new chips.”The lingering question on Nintendo’s statement on graphics still hangs in the air, however. Is this an indication that ATI’s chipset will be relativly less powerful than other next-gen consoles? “What I can say is that ATI is focused, as is Nintendo, in making [Revolution] a great, gaming entertainment platform. I know that a lot of journalists are very focused on specs. It’s the big thing; as a geek, I look for that too. The key thing to keep in mind is that Nintendo, with ATI’s help, is trying to create a game console where you don’t have to look at [specs],” said Swinimer.
What, no specs? Bu- buh – but don’t they ever think of the nerds? THE NERDS WANT SPECS.
Whoops. There I go, typing aloud again.
Move right along. Nothing to see here …
[via GameShout]
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