Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by fl0wenol 2234 days ago
The N64 was so close to being even better than it was, but the field was so new.

Any of the following would have helped a lot: * Larger VRAM cache * Dedicated VRAM with DMA moved between it main RAM. * Trade-off bandwidth for latency in RD-RAM configuration * Static work RAM for the main CPU * Splitting off audio duty into a 65c816-like DSP/cache

Hindsight 20/20, etc.