We already knew that the late iPod touch featured the fastest processing of its siblings ( a 532MHz - clocked CPU vs 412MHz on the original iPhone , the original iPod touch and even the new iPhone 3 G ) . But we were surprised to hear from software developer that the latest iPod touch can render theatrical role example with nearly double the polygons of the original iPhone , a trend that ’s impacting game development now and belike more so moving forward . A ship’s company named Handheld Games Corp developed a tennis game bring up TouchSports Tennis for the iPhone / iPod tactual sensation and it run at whole different resolutions based upon the product :
Where we can easily display two 1500 polygon lawn tennis players with 32 bones each on the iPod touch 2 M and maintain profligate and fluid game play , the original iPod touch just chokes , and in some instance so do the iPhones . To belt along up the touch , we dilute the players to 800 polygons in further away here and now of gameplay , and are now using 1000 polygonal shape models for close ups , bringing the original iPod feeling game play performance level close to that of the iPhone 3G.
According to the ship’s company , the platform fork up power goes in this order ( from best to worst ):
• iPod Touch 2nd Generation • iPhone 3 1000 • iPhone ( original ) • iPod Touch 1st Generation
Since the iPhone 3 gibibyte , first gen iPhone and first gen touch all have the same processor , where is this performance gap coming from ? It ’s tough to know exactly , though there is obviously some hardware distinction between each generation of these ware beyond the CPU . More importantly , whatever the exact ground behind said performance gaps , these finding indicate that Apple is simply not providing a consistent developing program for app . Nintendo and Sony purposefully and vocally confine clock speeds during reiteration of the DS and PSP , guaranteeing a sure quality control and oecumenical experience on the platform . plainly , the iPhone / iPod tinge are not see any such limitations or guidelines . And while it ’s technically good news that the new iPhone is a more brawny gaming machine than the previous iPhone , it ’s an unsettling proposition when you consider that there ’s only one computer storage for the full iPhone / iPod touch program . And if this performance trend proceed , which we expect it will , consumer will either be force to upgrade for an optimal gaming experience or have their smarter , new ironware dumbed down . Honestly , neither scenario sounds all that wonderful at the moment . [ Touch ArcadeviaMacRumors ]
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