Given that it may affect the communication functions, it could be optional to games which won't use any sort of communication activity and hence they could use that extra processing power. This is all romours as of yet so yeah.
Rumor: Nintendo to Unlock More 3DS Power for Developers
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Given that it may affect the communication functions, it could be optional to games which won't use any sort of communication activity and hence they could use that extra processing power. This is all romours as of yet so yeah.
If a core's naturally dedicated to WiFi, I really don't think it's going to be powerful enough to make any sort of difference (especially not if it's just 25% of it).
What if they are two equal cores and so the other core is pretty beefed. Like those rumours say they run at 266mhz each.
But why are you assuming the other core is dedicated solely to WiFi? All hardware estimates say the cores are symmetrical, and the second core is the same as the one that runs the game. In which case, the WiFi only takes up a fraction of its processing cycles.
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the only thing I can justify from this rumour is its a slight tech mistake.
It COULD mean upclocking the GPU not the cpu! this would make a whole lot more sense.
either that, or its all bull.
It COULD mean upclocking the GPU not the cpu! this would make a whole lot more sense.
either that, or its all bull.
Except the GPU wouldn't be used for WiFi, so the info is still mismatched.
That's another thing I forgot to mention that adds to this rumor not sounding right at all.
It's like every aspect of this rumor is different.
Just a thought: Not all games necessarily need/can even use WiFi? Some games are solely single player with possible friend code enabled features (free stuff?). If you don't have any need for that feature at a certain point, disabling excess features to boost performance could be useful on the long run. Not saying this is probable and the absolute fact (ie you aren't wrong), but the possibility is still there.
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Because sometimes improvements don't come until after the release? Has everyone forgotten about how early PS3 games used only a couple SPEs out of the 6 that are now available to developers? There is a bit of complexity that gets added to the system when additional CPUs (even part of one) are thrown into the equation, and without proper testing, it could lead to problems. SM3DL could very well have been part of a test to see how well this set-up would work, and since it seems it does work well, they are now ready to allow others to take advantage of it.
If it didn't work well, but they threw it into the SDK anyways, you think developers would be happy about it?
Missed this post earlier, my bad.
The rumors talk like the second core (or whatever core is used for WiFi) isn't used for games currently.
That's possible, I don't think it's plausible with Nintendo. They don't do this sort of thing last I checked.
I think this is a brilliant idea. As long as the console doesn't get hacked (sue me GBAtemp community), I support this. It talks about less strain on the CPU, does that mean longer battery life when playing some titles?
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and inadvertently lowering battery life, heating the system more (they do get warm after a good session already) and ditching WIFI to use it.
This makes sense only if (*crosses fingers and wishes*) they are about to release a new 3DS version with better battery and heatsink.!
Quite frankly, that makes less sense,since that would screw certain and future owners (at Christmas).
How are you holding/playing your 3ds? I experience no heat up.
Unless you mean your own hands...which isn't the system fault.
At least this rumor sounds possible, even if it is not plausible.
It even says less strain on cpu by the stereoscopic display.
If they have found a way to make put less strain on CPU, it kinda evens it out, although you most likely get a lower battery performance. Anyway we don't know how the second core is set up. Is it solely intended for networking or was it planned in advanced as a backup so developers could use that extra processing, if so it would have been made to be more capable of supporting, processing game data and Wifi communication at the same time.
However 25% is big chunk, If it is a fully fledged core then hopefully WiFi communication should be handled by the second core. It it isn't then I suppose Nintendo wouldn't unlock it as 3DS is meant to be utilising features like streetpass while playing games.
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If it takes away from the wireless abilities, that kinda sucks.
But, what about OoT 3D and SF643D? those disabled the wifi when played, maybe it'll be the same.
But, what about OoT 3D and SF643D? those disabled the wifi when played, maybe it'll be the same.
If this is true then Nintendo is screwed. The 3DS is going to need lots of well done Multiplayer/Online games to survive.
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