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Nah, there was definitely some improvement. You can tell by the graphics in Corruption and many other games. As for the specifics, I have no idea.
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i have one odd example but i haven't confirmed it. i had some weird slowdown on one area in Wind Waker when i played it on Wii but that slowdown never showed up in the GC iirc.
I actually had some very slight slowdown when playing Twilight Princess (GC version) on the Wii that didn't occur on the GC. Very rarely occurred but it is noticeable.
Likely due to whatever mechanic they use to emulate the GC on the Wii.
Wii Specs:
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Processors:
* CPU: PowerPC-based "Broadway" processor, made with a 90 nm SOI CMOS process, reportedly† clocked at 729 MHz[48]
* GPU: ATI "Hollywood" GPU made with a 90 nm CMOS process,[49] reportedly† clocked at 243 MHz[48]
Memory:
* 88 MB main memory (24 MB "internal" 1T-SRAM integrated into graphics package, 64 MB "external" GDDR3 SDRAM)[50]
* 3 MB embedded GPU texture memory and framebuffer.
* CPU: PowerPC-based "Broadway" processor, made with a 90 nm SOI CMOS process, reportedly† clocked at 729 MHz[48]
* GPU: ATI "Hollywood" GPU made with a 90 nm CMOS process,[49] reportedly† clocked at 243 MHz[48]
Memory:
* 88 MB main memory (24 MB "internal" 1T-SRAM integrated into graphics package, 64 MB "external" GDDR3 SDRAM)[50]
* 3 MB embedded GPU texture memory and framebuffer.
GC Specs
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Central processing unit
IBM PowerPC "Gekko" processor
IBM PowerPC "Gekko" processor
486 MHz IBM "Gekko" PowerPC CPU.
* PowerPC 750CXe based core.[11]
* 180 nm IBM copper-wire process. 43 mm² die. 4.9 W dissipation.[11]
* Roughly 50 new vector instructions.[11]
* 32-bit ALU. 64-bit FPU, usable as 2x32-bit SIMD[11]
o 1.9Gflops on fpu (10Gflops means the whole unit in operations such as geometry engine, T&L, TEV and other, this number is not all on the CPU)
* 64-bit enhanced PowerPC 60x front side bus to GPU/chipset. 162 MHz clock. 1.3 GB/s peak bandwidth.[11]
* 64 KiB L1 cache (32 KiB I/32 KiB D). 8-way associative. 256 KiB on-die L2 cache. 2-way associative.[11]
* 1125 DMIPS (dhrystone 2.1)
System memory
43 MiB total non-unified RAM
* 24 MiB MoSys 1T-SRAM (codenamed "Splash") main system RAM. 324 MHz, 64-bit bus. 2.7 GB/s bandwidth.[11]
* 3 MiB embedded 1T-SRAM within "Flipper".[12]
o Split into 1 MiB texture buffer and 2 MiB frame buffer.[12]
o 10.4 GB/s texture bandwidth (peak). 7.6 GB/s framebuffer bandwidth (peak). ~6.2 ns latency.[11]
* 16 MiB DRAM used as buffer for DVD drive and audio. 81 MHz, 8-bit bus. 81 MB/s bandwidth.[11]
Graphics processing unit (GPU) and system chipset
162 MHz "Flipper" LSI. 180 nm NEC eDRAM-compatible process. Co-developed by Nintendo and ArtX.
IBM PowerPC "Gekko" processor
IBM PowerPC "Gekko" processor
486 MHz IBM "Gekko" PowerPC CPU.
* PowerPC 750CXe based core.[11]
* 180 nm IBM copper-wire process. 43 mm² die. 4.9 W dissipation.[11]
* Roughly 50 new vector instructions.[11]
* 32-bit ALU. 64-bit FPU, usable as 2x32-bit SIMD[11]
o 1.9Gflops on fpu (10Gflops means the whole unit in operations such as geometry engine, T&L, TEV and other, this number is not all on the CPU)
* 64-bit enhanced PowerPC 60x front side bus to GPU/chipset. 162 MHz clock. 1.3 GB/s peak bandwidth.[11]
* 64 KiB L1 cache (32 KiB I/32 KiB D). 8-way associative. 256 KiB on-die L2 cache. 2-way associative.[11]
* 1125 DMIPS (dhrystone 2.1)
System memory
43 MiB total non-unified RAM
* 24 MiB MoSys 1T-SRAM (codenamed "Splash") main system RAM. 324 MHz, 64-bit bus. 2.7 GB/s bandwidth.[11]
* 3 MiB embedded 1T-SRAM within "Flipper".[12]
o Split into 1 MiB texture buffer and 2 MiB frame buffer.[12]
o 10.4 GB/s texture bandwidth (peak). 7.6 GB/s framebuffer bandwidth (peak). ~6.2 ns latency.[11]
* 16 MiB DRAM used as buffer for DVD drive and audio. 81 MHz, 8-bit bus. 81 MB/s bandwidth.[11]
Graphics processing unit (GPU) and system chipset
162 MHz "Flipper" LSI. 180 nm NEC eDRAM-compatible process. Co-developed by Nintendo and ArtX.
Wow looking at these specs you could probably build a similar console for less than 50$...