‘Wii U’ Graphics Chip Is Last-Gen Radeon, Stronger Than PS3 and Xbox 360.

I don’t know much about graphics cards. Even with that, I’m always interested in HOW POWAH-FUL a new console is going to be. So when details regarding the ‘Wii U’ graphics chip comes out, I nod my head and pretend to understand whatever the fuck it means.

Nod! Smile! Repeat!

Joystiq:

Nintendo’s Wii U console will come packing a custom Radeon GPU with a chip similar to the R770, and that the chip is competitively stronger than the GPUs of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, we believe them.

Additionally, the chip is said to run DirectX 10, and is capable of handling four SD video streams — presumably only one of those streams will be necessary, however, given Shigeru Miyamoto’s statements about the WiiPad. As GAME Watch points out, the Xbox 360 was limited to a variation of DirectX 9, while the PS3 employs OpenGL APIs. But now we’ve gone right off the deep end — what we’re trying to say is this: the Wii U has a pretty decent graphical processor. Or, more simply, Wii U games will look good, and likely even better than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games. There, that wasn’t so bad!

Cool! Though frankly, what gamer ever looks to Nintendo for graphical prowess or cutting edge audio and visuals anymore? A fool! That’s who! A fool!