[Grumpy Old Fart]

I'm not a techie person so I don't really understand all the jargon regarding the specs. However I came across this article on a Nintendo forum (N-Philes I think) regarding ATI's view on the graphics chip they are producing for the Revolution...

Fresh off our trip to New York City to the Digital Life Press Preview event, we have come back with some important news for Nintendo fans concerning Nintendo's next console currently code-named the Revolution. There has been much speculation about the console's graphics, and how "next-generation" the games will be. Satoru Iwata has promised that the game's will "wow" consumers, but we just don't know how the games are going to look.

Well, at the Digital Life Press Preview event, we spoke with ATI, the developer and producer of the Revolution's graphics chip currently known as the "Hollywood". According to the ATI representative we spoke with, the Hollywood graphics chip is more powerful that the GameCube's graphics chip, but not on par with that of the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. At the time of the event, the ATI representative was not able to elaborate on any specs or any other information on the Revolution. We were only told not to expect the same graphical quality that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 will offer.

Knowing that however we are not sure how much of a differenece there will be between the Revolution, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3's graphics. There has been much speculation as to how the Revolution's graphics will look, and much speculation about that Metroid Prime 3 demo shown at E3 2005, which we can tell you was built on the GameCube hardware, not that of the Revolution. At this time we would speculate that the difference in the graphic power of the Revolution and the Xbox 360 will be comparible to that of the difference between the GameCube and the Xbox. It is also to be noted that pure specs and technical power do not alone make up a console or it's performance.

We could speculate further, but we are just going to have to wait for Nintendo to come out and show us the Revolution, it's graphical power, and what sort of gameplay "revolution" the machine will offer. We have spoken with ATI and brought back what little information is available, and at this point you are just going to have to wait for more information directly from Nintendo.

Regarding cooling, could they use water cooling or would that need more space than a standard fan. Again I'm not a techie person so I'm really just guessing and throwing things in that I've heard.