Nintendo GameCube technical specifications

Nintendo originally offered a digital video output on early GameCube models. However, it was determined that less than one percent of users utilized the feature. The company eventually removed the option from consoles manufactured after May 2004 (model number "DOL-101" and later). Technical specifications

IBM PowerPC "Gekko" processor

Nintendo GameCube optical storage disc

	Details	Source
CPU	485 MHz IBM "Gekko" PowerPC CPU based on 750CXe and 750FX 0.18 microns Copper Wire Technology 180 nm manufacturing process with 4.9-watt dissipation 162 MHz FSB (1.3 GB/s) CPU Capacity: 1125 Dmips (Dhrystone 2.1) External Bus Bandwidth: 1.3 GB/second peak bandwidth (32-bit address, 64-bit data bus at 162 MHz) 64 KB L1 cache 256 KB L2 cache 32-bit ALU 64-bit FPU (1.9 GFLOPS)
GPU	162 MHz ATI "Flipper" GPU (8.6 GFLOPS) 3 MB of on-chip 1T-SRAM (2 MB Z-buffer + 1 MB texture cache) 51 million transistors (approximately half dedicated to 1T-SRAM) 180 nm manufacturing process 4 pixel pipelines with 1 texture unit each 24-bit Z-Buffer 24-bit RGB/32-bit RGBA color depth System Floating-point Arithmetic Capability: 10.5 GFLOPS (Peak) (MPU, Geometry Engine, Hardware Lighting Total) Estimated raw display capability: 32 million polygons/second (Peak) (no texture, gouraud shading) Actual Display Capability: 6 to 12 million polygons/second (Assuming actual game conditions with complex models, fully *textured, fully lit, etc.) Image Processing Functions: Fog, Subpixel Anti-aliasing, 8 Hardware Lights, Alpha Blending, Virtual Texture Design, Multi-texturing, Dot3 Bump Mapping, Environment Mapping, Mipmapping, Perspective-Correct Texture Mapping, Bilinear Filtering, Trilinear Filtering, Anisotropic Filtering, and Real-time Hardware Texture Decompression (S3TC)(6:1 ratio), 8 simultaneous texture layers, 256 levels of transparency, hidden surface removal, Zfreeze, Zcomploc/Early-Z Reject, Bounding Box, Destination Alpha Test. Other: Real-time Decompression of Display List, Hardware Motion Compensation Capability, and HW 3-line Deflickering filter.
System Memory	43 MB total non-unified RAM 24 MB MoSys 1T-SRAM (codenamed "Splash") as main system RAM 3 MB embedded 1T-SRAM within "Flipper" 16 MB DRAM used as I/O buffer for audio and DVD drive
Audio	Output: Stereo (may contain 5.1-channel surround via Dolby Pro Logic II) Integrated audio processor: Custom 81 MHz Macronix 16-bit DSP Instruction memory: 8 KB RAM, 8 KB ROM Data memory: 8 KB RAM, 4 KB ROM Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz 64 simultaneous channels, ADPCM encoding
Video Modes	640×480 interlaced (480i) @ 60 Hz 640×480 progressive scan (480p) @ 60 Hz (NTSC versions only) 768×576 interlaced (576i) @ 50 Hz (PAL versions only)
Connectivity	4 controller ports, 2 memory card slots 2 high-speed serial ports Serial Port 1 is reserved for a broadband adapter or modem adapter Serial Port 2 is unused (DOL-001 and DOL-101 models only) 1 high-speed parallel port up to 81 MB/s (reserved for the Game Boy Player) Analog AV Out Interlaced video composite video NTSC models: S-Video PAL models: RGB, S-Video, or composite SCART Stereophonic analog audio output Digital AV Out (DOL-001 model only) Interlaced or progressive scan YCBCR synthesized to YPBPR using in-cable DAC RCA connector D-Terminal Stereophonic I²S digital audio (not used by any cable)
Storage	8 cm miniDVD optical disc 1.5 GB capacity 16 Mbit/s–25 Mbit/s transfer rate operating in CAV mode 128 ms average access time Memory card Capacities starting at 512 KB (59 save blocks) 8 KB sectors
Other	Power supply DC 12 volts 3.25 A Dimensions: 4.3 in (110 mm) (H) × 5.9 in (150 mm) (W) × 6.3 in (160 mm) (D)