Hardware 3DS less powerful than iPhone

[Gullwing]

i would like to see the iphone do 3d without glasses...

Well, here you go xD: http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09....due.this.fall/

Anyways, I still will eat the 3DS when it comes out ! I have been waiting for something like that forever

. Even though gaming currently isn't one of my top priority things.

Ummmm... Yes... But it still needs a special screen... Find me an iphone that you can play glasses free stereoscopic 3d without an add on and I will smash my tv screen

 

[Midna]

You're comparing GPUs by clock speed?

Why not? It has about as much relevance to how more powerful the iPhone is than the 3DS as comparing their RAM or screen resolution.

A BIG BIG misconception that people these days still does.

Clock speed does NOT reflect total performance, whether this is GPU, CPU, or RAM. What truly reflects performance are architectures, instruction set, latency, memory cache and much more. Clock speed ONLY reflects performance when you are comparing something from the SAME family.

Example - An Intel Core 2 CPU rated at 2.4 GHz outperforms an Intel Pentium 4 rated at 3.06 GHz because Core 2 has dual core, higher L2 cache, and more.

Also, iPhone uses higher rated hardware because it runs both OS and background processes. 3DS is solely a device design for gaming. 3DS does not need such high class hardware.

QFT. Thank you for saying this so that i didn't have to.

 

[dsfanatic5]

I'm currently playing Kirby's Epic Yarn for Wii, and I've put aside Halo Reach and other more tech-heavy games in the meantime. As with all Nintendo systems, the games speak for themselves. It's easy for me to overlook pure hardware specs, when it comes down to pure fun.

The iPhone may have more power, but without a contract it's about $300 to $400, and simulated buttons via touch screen just doesn't lend itself to gaming. If the 3DS had a contract, we might only be paying $50 to $100 for the unit, with a monthly cost of $80 to $100. If you own an iPhone with full service for a year, you've bought yourself a new PC.

If anyone is going to base their purchase decision on hardware specs, and not the great games, then I'd imagine they're not much of a gamer to begin with. Or maybe their OCD revolving around numbers is all they need to sleep well at night.

 

[nutella]

A BIG BIG misconception that people these days still does.

Clock speed does NOT reflect total performance, whether this is GPU, CPU, or RAM. What truly reflects performance are architectures, instruction set, latency, memory cache and much more. Clock speed ONLY reflects performance when you are comparing something from the SAME family.

Example - An Intel Core 2 CPU rated at 2.4 GHz outperforms an Intel Pentium 4 rated at 3.06 GHz because Core 2 has dual core, higher L2 cache, and more.

Also, iPhone uses higher rated hardware because it runs both OS and background processes. 3DS is solely a device design for gaming. 3DS does not need such high class hardware.

Very, VERY true. Although, the 3DS is going to run background processes this time around. But for the most part, yes.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Unless...

1.the technology exists where actual tactile feedback is presented to the user in the form of raised bumps on the screen in the shape of buttons

2. there is a 3D screen without the need of glasses

3. and at the same time having your fingers plonked on the screen at all times won't mess with the 3D effect

There is none, and will ever be a need for comparison. doing so is like comparing apples to an orange smoothie.

 

[Deleted-188346]

i would like to see the iphone do 3d without glasses...

Well, here you go xD: http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09....due.this.fall/

Anyways, I still will eat the 3DS when it comes out ! I have been waiting for something like that forever

. Even though gaming currently isn't one of my top priority things.

Of course this will sell fantastically, given that it disables the touch screen, and requires a 2nd screen overlay. It just seems like a poor mans 3DS.
The iPhone sucks balls in terms of gaming capabilities.

 

[Veho]

Of course this will sell fantastically, given that it disables the touch screen, and requires a 2nd screen overlay.

QUOTEThe 3DeeSlide is a clip on lenticular lens attachment, which works in portrait and landscape modes and also supports touch-through.

Meaning, no, it doesn't disable the touch screen. It's just a specialized screen protector.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Of course this will sell fantastically, given that it disables the touch screen, and requires a 2nd screen overlay.

QUOTEThe 3DeeSlide is a clip on lenticular lens attachment, which works in portrait and landscape modes and also supports touch-through.

Meaning, no, it doesn't disable the touch screen. It's just a specialized screen protector.

Still doesn't make up for the fact that your fat fingers are going to disrupt the 3D effect.

 

[lostdwarf]

i would like you to name 10 iphone games that look as good or even close as good as metal gear 3d and res evil 3d.

Me and a few of my friends have iphones, they are great phones but no games look awesome. In fact only the basic looking games are fun like angry birds. iphone is crap for games, the motion control works well but no buttons and bland graphics make this a good phone, not any good for REAL games.

The 3DS will be.

 

[Veho]

Still doesn't make up for the fact that your fat fingers are going to disrupt the 3D effect.

That can be worked around by using the ingenious method of not having 3D effects in the areas where the fingers are supposed to go (the bottom corners of the screen). Assuming we're talking about games. But we're not. The question was whether the iPhone could "do" 3D without glasses, and the answer is yes, yes it can.

But even that is going off topic. Look at the title: "3DS less powerful than iPhone". In terms of raw processing power, and even graphics, it probably is. Everything else, the buttons, the 3D and the games are just going off topic and people should really stop bringing them up.

This thing is more powerful than the 3DS:

It can't run a single game.


This whole thread is completely pointless.

 

[PolloDiablo]

the APOLLO 11 was more powerful than a FERRARI
but you are supposed to use spaceships to go to space... not to drive in the streets
the same way you are supposed to use videogame consoles to play games... not phones

come on! the iphone doesn’t have buttons! How do you play a game with that thing???
Is really stupid to comparing it with the 3DS

 

[Ikki]

Besides the obvious, there's the price factor


COME ON

 

[Nepeta]

Besides the obvious, there's the price factor


COME ON

LMFAO agreed

 

[nando]

Besides the obvious, there's the price factor


COME ON

and i guess the less obvious price factor?

 

[Deleted-188346]

Of course this will sell fantastically, given that it disables the touch screen, and requires a 2nd screen overlay.

QUOTEThe 3DeeSlide is a clip on lenticular lens attachment, which works in portrait and landscape modes and also supports touch-through.

Meaning, no, it doesn't disable the touch screen. It's just a specialized screen protector.

Oh well, it might as well disable the touch screen, because as another user said, greasy dirty fingers will kill the effect.
Also, I highly doubt that a crummy clip-on screen can even be compared to a dedicated machine that has a built-in 3D effect.
And, as a 3D gaming machine, the iPhone doesn't even have legs.

 

[Midna]

Shaddap, will ya all? The iPhone is obviously more powerful than the 3DS. The device its self is mere months old, so the tech hasn't aged at all.

As a smartphone, it needs to reserve most of it's resources for doing what it was meant for. Being a phone. So even though the iPhone has better tech, the games don't have access to it all. regardless of the actual chips in the thing, we all know what iPhone games look like. The iPhone cannot pull off anything better than the 3DS can, graphics wise. You compared the iPhone version of Street Fighter IV to the in-development screenshots of SSIV 3DS?

That, and all it has for controls are a capacitive touch screen and an accelerometer. That's okay for a few things, but not for real gaming. Not by a long shot.

And as for iPhone technically being able to pull off 3D with a clip on screen adapter, tell me how many apps use it, and how much of a must buy any of them are. Hardware doesn't mean shit. All that matters is what's done with it.

 

[CarbonX13]

Well that's not very polite. I usually refer to Canada as Kanadastan or Kanuckistan as well. You silly patriotic Americans. Or Amerikhastanees.

And let alone the rest of my posts, how was that pointless? I wasn't aware of any gaming pricing difference between us and the fellows to the south. CarbonX13 implied a pricing difference. It's true our dollar is worth 1.4 cents more than yours right now. No need for the trolling.

I don't know where you are in Canada, but over in Vancouver I bought my Wii for $279 opposed to the $249 down in the states. A few months ago, going into the local Future Shop to buy a game, many games that are $59.99 in the States are actually $69.99 up here (and the select few Activision titles priced at $69.99 were a whopping $79.99). A few days ago, games were about $5 more than their American counterparts ($49.99 becomes $54.99 in Canada). That's what it's like in Vancouver at least, I can't really say for all of Canada, but I'm pretty sure it'll be along the same line.

 

[Midna]

I don't know what to make of the Wii thing, because the Wii has been several different prices over time, but in all my time of Wii game buying, I have never seen a single title priced a cent more than $69.99. And that was a huge title right at launch.

But still, you might be right. And I live in Vancouver.

 

[MADKATZ99]

i don't expect it to be more powerful than an iphone. iphones are cutting edge techonology, after a few months it's already outdated and they release a new one every year.

Cutting edge? Yeah, alrighty then. Meanwhile, I'll be playing my games that I can play with buttons and 3D.

You and the other bloke that quoted me left out the other half of my post where I said 3DS will obviously be a far superior gaming device.

Apart from games, everything else the 3DS will do (web browsing, taking photo's, etc) the iPhone 4 will do better. But that's okay because that's not the reason we're buying it, we buy it to play good games. If you're buying an iPhone just to play good games you're silly. Just like if you buy a 3DS to take photo's and browse the internet you're silly. I still don't know why people are comparing them. It amazes me how someone can so easily put down such an amazing piece of technology. I wonder if they'd feel the same way about if the iPhone was a nintendo product?

Personally, I'd rather have both.

Fun fact, they both have the same screen size!

 

[Midna]

That.

Though I haven't been putting the iPhone down. It's a really great phone. I was putting it down as a gaming device.