How powerful is the new N-Gage hardware? Does it use 3D accelerator chips?
N-Gage compatible phones currently have central processors running from 330 to 600 mhz, and some of them also include 3D graphics acceleration chips. Some versions of games will use 3D hardware, but there will be versions for phones without 3D hardware too. It’s worth emphasising that 3D games do not require 3D hardware, the processors in N-Gage-compatible phones are all fast enough to do 3D graphics entirely through software rendering. 3D hardware just makes 3D graphics look nicer. As time goes by, even newer more powerful Nokia smartphones will be added to the platform, and the power of the average N-Gage-compatible device will go up. The new N-Gage platform will probably follow the PC gaming model rather than the console gaming model, with gradual and constant increases in hardware power rather than distinct generations.
