https://wiki.wii-linux.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Hardware%2FGX 2026-04-22T16:12:30Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.3 https://wiki.wii-linux.org/index.php?title=Hardware/GX&diff=223&oldid=prev 2025-09-12T16:00:09Z

<p>Expand GX page</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:00, 12 September 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Wii]] and [[GameCube]]'s GPU is known as the GX.  <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On </del>the GameCube, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it is also known as the "Flipper"</del>.  <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On the Wii, it is sometimes (miscorrectly) called </del>the [[Hollywood]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which is </del>actually <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the name of the chipset on the Wii</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which contains </del>the GX GPU.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Wii]] and [[GameCube]]'s GPU is known as the GX.  <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It was created by ArtX (who was acquired by ATI prior to </ins>the GameCube<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s release).  It was not created by ATI</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and bears 0 resemblence to any ATI Radeon GPU</ins>.  <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It's often thought that </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Flipper]] or </ins>[[Hollywood]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chips are the GPU</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but </ins>actually, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">they are chipsets that contain </ins>the GX GPU.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The GX of the Wii is clocked higher than that of the GameCube, with nearly no other changes.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The GX of the Wii is clocked higher <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(243MHz) </ins>than that of the GameCube <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(162MGz)</ins>, with nearly no other changes.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Wii-Linux]] sadly does not have any drivers to interface with the GX GPU on either the GameCube or the Wii.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Wii-Linux]] sadly does not have any drivers to interface with the GX GPU on either the GameCube or the Wii.</div></td></tr> </table>

Techflash https://wiki.wii-linux.org/index.php?title=Hardware/GX&diff=38&oldid=prev 2024-11-07T04:26:57Z

<p>Migrate the &quot;Flipper&quot; page here, and have a shared page between GCN and Wii.</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:26, 7 November 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Wii]]'s GPU, known as the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">GX</del>, is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">not significantly different from </del>the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Flipper</del>]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">simply being a </del>higher <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">clocked version </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> You may refer </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </del>page <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for more information</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Wii<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] and [[GameCube</ins>]]'s GPU <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is known as the GX.  On the GameCube</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it is also </ins>known as the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Flipper".  On the Wii</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sometimes (miscorrectly) called </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Hollywood</ins>]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which is actually the name of the chipset on the Wii, which contains the GX GPU.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The GX of the Wii is clocked </ins>higher <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than that </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the GameCube, with nearly no other changes.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Wii-Linux]] sadly does not have any drivers to interface with the GX GPU on either the GameCube or the Wii</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A bit of information as </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">how this GPU works is available on [https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/GX it's WiiBrew </ins>page<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">], as well as in [https://www.gc-forever.com/yagcd/ YAGCD], specifically sections [https://www.gc-forever.com/yagcd/chap5.html#sec5.11 5.11] and [https://www.gc-forever.com/yagcd/chap8.html#sec8 8]</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:GameCube Hardware]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Wii Hardware]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Shared Hardware]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Techflash https://wiki.wii-linux.org/index.php?title=Hardware/GX&diff=37&oldid=prev 2024-11-07T04:23:39Z

<p>Techflash moved page <a href="/index.php?title=Wii_Hardware/GX&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wii Hardware/GX (page does not exist)">Wii Hardware/GX</a> to <a href="/wiki/Hardware/GX" title="Hardware/GX">Hardware/GX</a> without leaving a redirect: GX is not specific to the Wii</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="1" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:23, 7 November 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-notice" lang="en"><div class="mw-diff-empty">(No difference)</div> </td></tr></table>

Techflash https://wiki.wii-linux.org/index.php?title=Hardware/GX&diff=24&oldid=prev 2024-11-06T22:35:09Z

<p>Add GX page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The [[Wii]]&#039;s GPU, known as the GX, is not significantly different from the [[Flipper]], simply being a higher clocked version of it. You may refer to that page for more information.</div>

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