"Ninty headlining with new GBA, DS online" (@ E³)

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as for the GBA getting a clock speed increase i don't think that will happen. even if nintendo purchased arm7's in bulk that were capable at running at a faster speed to get a bulk discount, i'm pretty sure they would clock them at stock gba speeds. the last thing nintendo needs right now is to devide it's GBA user base any more than they already have with the DS.

As I said the clock boost is only for multimedia ie decoding MPEG at 30fps. At 16MHz, the ARM7 is not capable of decoding video at 30fps. The clock boost can be programmable and not locked at 33MHz no different from the 33MHz ARM7 in DS.

This new GBA SP will serve the same purpose as the PSTwo ie increase sales.

 

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see colon, please fix the link so it doesn't stretch the forum window. thanks.

i appologize to all of the non-opera users out there.

I really wish nintendo had stuck with the original GBA design. That was so much easier on the hands.

this is one of the reasons i bought a DS at launch. it's got that GBA classic shape, but it has the advantages of the sp (clamshell to protect the screens, built in light, rechargable).

As I said the clock boost is only for multimedia ie decoding MPEG at 30fps. At 16MHz, the ARM7 is not capable of decoding video at 30fps. The clock boost can be programmable and not locked at 33MHz no different from the 33MHz ARM7 in DS.

i don't see why they would do this. unless they integrate the play-yan into the new design (and i don't think they will) the installed base of play-yan owners, assuming they release it outside of JPN, will be miniscule compared to the installed base of the GBA.

i would rather see them integrate the e-reader into the GBA than the play-yan, personaly. i think watching video on a handheld is pointless in the long run. i've own several PDA's, an n-gage, and the psp, and as much as i wanted video to be an "everyday" feature, the novelty wears off rather quickly. the e-reader was great because nes games only cost $5. most of them have been re-released at $20 in the nes classics series.