New Nintendo DS soon to have HD graphics?

Darkchao45 · **New Nintendo DS soon to have HD graphics? -** 10-17-2009, 05:57 PM

"According to Bright Side of News' secret sauces sources, Nvidia is in talks with Nintendo about the hardware for the successor to the Nintendo DS. Nintendo is reportedly interested in Nvidia's Tegra line of chips for mobile devices, like the one in the Zune HD. Considering that the Zune HD can do things like play HD video, it sounds like a power boost over the existing DS hardware. The lower-end Tegra APX has a clock speed of 600 MHz, compared to the current DS cores, which run at 67MHz and 33MHz.

However, BSN believes that the potential timing of the announcement (late next year) suggests that Nintendo could use the next generation of Tegra chips, which, the site says, use "GeForce 9 based hardware." And if they're cheap enough, Nintendo might consider it! The only question (well, the only other question, besides "is any of this true") is whether the capability to play ported console games is really a good thing for the DS."

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/page/7/
Source: http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...ered-by-Nvidia

cotsiost · 10-17-2009, 06:53 PM

i will really be looking forward to this

Volture · 10-17-2009, 07:03 PM

Lol, so this hardware chip will run faster than the PSP's? xD

korvmannen · 10-17-2009, 08:16 PM

The PSP will also get an upgrade.
I don't think nintendo will use "HD" graphics for the DS, we all know which group the ds is aimed at, why would they waste resources on things "kids" won't even notice.

The rumoured PSP 2 will get a quad core GPU which will be as powerful as the Xbox

MJM128 · 10-17-2009, 09:09 PM

HD graphics? Get real this is nintendo we're talking about. Their home system doesn't even have HD graphic capabilities.

Pozputty · 10-17-2009, 10:34 PM

that sounds interesting, but isnt this gonna just murder battery consumption? 2 screens running HD picture sounds extremely taxxing. but it would certainly make the DS a damn awesome system.

although i tend to agree that it probably wouldnt happen because of the target audience, style of the games (a lot of them are very simple with fun touch screen capabilities) and the fact that they didnt even bother much in that department for the Wii

Itsygo · 10-17-2009, 11:40 PM

whats the use having hd quality with the small ds-monitors? kinda doesnt make much sense for me

razgriz_07 · 10-18-2009, 12:43 AM

wtf?!a ds with HD?

ish311 · 10-18-2009, 02:04 AM

hd screens wouldn't kill the battery the proccessing to run the screens at a decent fps would kill the battery.

course you think it will have 2 screens nintendo only draw right now is uniqe design.

MJM128 · 10-18-2009, 02:16 AM

This thread demonstrates exactly how rumours are started. =.=

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cotsiost Giga Drill Breaker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cyprus	10-17-2009, 06:53 PM i will really be looking forward to this Anime-Planet.com - [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] \| [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] \| [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] ( Click to show/hide ) ( Click to show/hide )

Volture Narutard Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Netherlands	10-17-2009, 07:03 PM Lol, so this hardware chip will run faster than the PSP's? xD [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

korvmannen Lurker Join Date: Apr 2009	10-17-2009, 08:16 PM The PSP will also get an upgrade. I don't think nintendo will use "HD" graphics for the DS, we all know which group the ds is aimed at, why would they waste resources on things "kids" won't even notice. The rumoured PSP 2 will get a quad core GPU which will be as powerful as the Xbox

MJM128 Otaku Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: La Mirada	10-17-2009, 09:09 PM HD graphics? Get real this is nintendo we're talking about. Their home system doesn't even have HD graphic capabilities.

Itsygo lurklurklurk Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: germany, next to a real beer	10-17-2009, 11:40 PM whats the use having hd quality with the small ds-monitors? kinda doesnt make much sense for me [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

razgriz_07 Dragon Slayer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Outer Helghan	10-18-2009, 12:43 AM wtf?!a ds with HD? ( Click to show/hide ) [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

ish311 lurklurklurk Join Date: Aug 2009	10-18-2009, 02:04 AM hd screens wouldn't kill the battery the proccessing to run the screens at a decent fps would kill the battery. course you think it will have 2 screens nintendo only draw right now is uniqe design.

MJM128 Otaku Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: La Mirada	10-18-2009, 02:16 AM This thread demonstrates exactly how rumours are started. =.=