What was more powerful Saturn or ps1?

The Saturn's VDP1 sprite framebuffer and VDP2 parallax scrolling backgrounds made it both more powerful and straightforward to program 2D graphics, compared to the PS1 which draws all 2D graphics to a single framebuffer.
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Was the N64 more powerful than the PS1?

1 Overall Power - N64

Again, the N64 wins here. The Ps1's running power paled in comparison to the N64–at least on paper. The Ps1 ran at 33.8Mhz MIPS R3000a CPU, while the N64 ran at NEC VR4300 CPU (MIPS R4300i based) and clocked in at 93.75Mhz. The N64 was three times as fast as the Ps1.
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Which is more powerful PSP or PS1?

The PSP is defeintely more powerful than the PS1, but not the PS2. in addition, Is PSP more powerful than DS? While the Nintendo DS has a very capable 3D chip, able to render the likes of Super Mario 64, it's no contest that the PSP has more raw power than the DS.
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What were the limitations of the PS1?

  • 1024×512 framebuffer, 8×8 and 16×16 sprite sizes, bitmap objects.
  • Up to 4,000 sprites on screen (at 8×8 sprite size), scaling and rotation.
  • 256×256 maximum sprite size.
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Why did the Sega Saturn fail?

No Sonic, no deal

As pointed out by Cnet's Don Reisenger, Sega had actually done too good of a job covering up the Saturn's true release date. Third party developers had no clue that the system was coming out much earlier than anticipated, so the system was severely lacking in diverse titles at launch.
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22 Times The Saturn Beat The PlayStation



What was Sega's best console?

Every SEGA Console Ranked Worst to Best
  1. 1 Genesis/Mega Drive. Launched as the Genesis in North America and the Mega Drive everywhere else, this 16-bit console was the biggest win in SEGA's history.
  2. 2 Dreamcast. ...
  3. 3 Master System. ...
  4. 4 Saturn. ...
  5. 5 SEGA CD. ...
  6. 6 Game Gear. ...
  7. 7 Pico. ...
  8. 8 32X. ...
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What killed Sega?

Unfortunately, the arrival of the Playstation 2, and Microsoft's Xbox shortly after, meant the end for the Dreamcast, and the end of Sega as a console manufacturer – in 2001 the company became a games developer for other platforms, including their former rivals, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
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How much power did the PS1 have?

PlayStation 1: 3 Watts. PlayStation 2: 46 Watts. PlayStation 3: 120 Watts.
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How much RAM did the PS1 have?

It features 2 MB of main RAM, with an additional 1 MB being allocated to video memory.
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What FPS did the PS1 run at?

2 are the top contenders on the PlayStation and it is up for debate which one actually pushed the PlayStation hardware most. Both games run 60 fps at 480i – the best frame rate and video output you can get on the PlayStation.
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Was the PSP as powerful than PS2?

The PSP has more power in almost every area than the PS2, the only thing that the PS2 has over the PSP is speed of memory. Because of that The Ps2 can puch slightly higher poly's but in all with the extra ram it would be really tough to call the PSP anything less than a portable PS2.
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How powerful is the PS2?

The PS2 GPU ran at a measly 6.2 gigaflops. For perspective, 1,000 gigaflops equals one teraflop. Crunching the numbers, we discovered that a staggering 1,658.06 PS2s equaled the power of one PS5 since 10.28 teraflops is 10,280 gigaflops.
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How powerful was the PSP compared to the PS2?

The PSP CPU has a variable clock speed from 1 to 333MHz. It runs at the lower speeds when possible to save power. PS2 CPU runs at 300MHz all the time.
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Was GameCube more powerful than PS2?

It would have no excuse to have poorer-looking graphics." The GameCube's graphics processor is 162 MHz compared with PS2's 147 MHz. While acknowledging that the GameCube is more powerful than the PS2, Matthew said he still prefers the PlayStation because of its games.
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Why did the ps1 do so well?

The PlayStation's ability to play audio CD's was a forerunner to the notion of a home media console. Today, consoles are expected to perform more tasks than simply play games. The PlayStation was the first console to embrace this idea and its CD player was a major selling point.
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Did ps1 outsell N64?

Maybe because it has better multiplayer games? Wikipedia says the N64 sold 32.93 million units worldwide with 20.63 million of them sold in America. It also says the PS1 sold 102.49 million units but doesn't specify the breakdown.
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How many polygons can the PS1 push?

The PS1 has a polygon processing capacity of 360,000 polygons per second. That means 12,000 polygons per frame in a 30FPS game. Since there is a lot of other things processing, the total number of polygons in one screen has to be 10,000 polygons.
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Did the PS1 have a GPU?

The Playstation GPU 600nm was a performance-segment gaming console graphics solution by Sony, launched on December 3rd, 1994. Built on the 600 nm process, and based on the GTE graphics processor, in its CXD8514Q variant, the device does not support DirectX.
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What is PlayStation's number?

Support. Tel.: 1-800-345-7669.
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How much RAM does a PS5 have?

The PS5 has two pools of RAM: a main pool of 16 GB GDDR6 SDRAM and a secondary pool of 512 MB DDR4 SDRAM Memory. The main pool is used at high bandwidth rates for high-performance gaming.
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How much does a PS1 cost in 2020?

A used PS1 is worth between $36.00 – $720.00 depending on condition and if the console ships as part of a bundle. The mighty PS1 remains one of the biggest behemoths of the gaming world.
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Did Wii fail?

More than 100 million Wii units were sold during its lifetime, penetrating a previously untapped market of casual mainstream gamers. Yet despite the Wii's success, it was only a temporary shot in the arm for Nintendo, and sales of the Wii peaked by 2008.
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What killed Dreamcast?

After a change in leadership, Sega discontinued the Dreamcast on March 31, 2001, withdrawing from the console business and restructuring itself as a third-party publisher. In total, 9.13 million Dreamcast units were sold worldwide.
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Is Sega owned by Nintendo?

Although Sega is not owned by Nintendo, they do have the rights to many of the Sega games. This is why there are some Sega games on the Nintendo Switch as well as other Nintendo devices. Sega and Nintendo have a great relationship, but Nintendo does not own Sega.
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