Will Wii feature more powerful hardware than GameCube?
Fact: Yes, according to Nintendo it is two to three times more powerful. However, again the company adds that in addition to increased graphical eye candy, there must and will be more. Nintendo has stated that graphics are merely the admission for entrance into the next-generation. Wii Processor 729 MHz IBM Broadway Graphics Card 243 MHz ATI Hollywood RAM 88 MB Launch Date November 2006 Price Under $250 Xbox 360 Processor 3.2 GHz IBM Xenon Graphics Card 500-MHz ATI Xenos RAM 512 MB Launch Date November 22, 2005 Price $299 basic/$399 premium PlayStation 3 Processor 3.2 GHz Cell processor Graphics Card 550-MHz Nvidia RSX RAM 512 MB Launch Date November 17, 2006 Price $499 basic/$599 premium After observing screenshots of Wii titles, its been concluded that Wii is slightly more technically advanced than the Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube.