GeneraLight wrote:Actually, the Wiis with the best video output started coming out in late 2010, if not earlier. Anything with 40 and above has the better picture quality.
01 - Launch Wii (2006) 6 Layer Board | Bad Picture Quality, Generates A Lot of Heat and Consumes A Lot of Electricity
10 - Early Wii (2007) 6 Layer Board | Bad Picture Quality, Generates A Lot of Heat and Consumes A Lot of Electricity
20 - Mid Wii (2008) 6 Layer Board | Bad Picture Quality, Generates A Lot of Heat and Consumes A Lot of Electricity
30 - Mid Wii (2009) 6 Layer Board | Bad Picture Quality, Generates A Lot of Heat and Consumes A Lot of Electricity
40 - Late Wii (Mid 2010) 4 Layer Board | Good Picture Quality, Generates Little and Consumes Little Electricity
60 - Late Wii (Late 2010) 4 Layer Board | Good Picture Quality, Generates Little Heat and Consumes Little Electricity
K01 - Family Wii (2011) 4 Layer Board | Good Picture Quality, Generates Little Heat and Consumes Little Electricity (NO GAMECUBE SUPPORT)
K02 - Family Wii (2011) 4 Layer Board | Good Picture Quality, Generates Little Heat and Consumes Little Electricity (NO GAMECUBE SUPPORT)
Mini - Wii Mini (2012) Composite Video Only, Can't Be Hacked, No SD Card, Internet, etc. (NO GAMECUBE SUPPORT)/
What is the deciding factor regarding better picture-quality?
Is it just the gpu-die-shrink and/or board-redesign of the 40s and newer, or is depending on the AVE-chip, or both?
After spending a few hours searching for infos and pictures on which AVE-chips are used on which Wii-revisions, the situation looks like this:
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AVE | RVL-CPU- (How many reports)
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BU90 | 01 (9) - 10 (1) - 20 (1)
C8391 | 01 (1) - - 20 (3) - 30 (1) - 40 (4) - 50 (1)
C4991 | - - - - 40 (1) - 50 (1)
BU99 | - - - 30 (1) - 40 (5) - - 60 (2) - K01(5) - K02(5)
If it's just the AVE-chip, and if BU99 is the one to look out for, buying the "best" model is a lottery.
60s are kind of rare, 50s are even rarer and might not even have BU99, and 40s can have three different AVEs.
Getting a "Late 2010" in hope for a 60 isn't reliable either, as e.g. the Red Wiis were released around that time (and in the US) they could be mostly 40s, see the table
here.
Yay.
Raw data:
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RVL AVE Source
01 BU90 Q02
01 BU90 Q02
01 BU90 Q02
01 BU90 Q01
01 BU90 Q01
01 BU90 Q01
01 BU90 Q03
01 BU90 Q08
01 BU90 Q09
01 C8391 Q04
10 BU90 Q01
20 BU90? Q04
20 C8391 Q01
20 C8391 Q01
20 C8391 Q07
30 BU99 Q04
30 C8391 Q02
40 BU99 Q01
40 BU99 Q01
40 BU99 Q01
40 BU99 Q01
40 BU99 Q04
40 C4991 Q01
40 C8391 Q01
40 C8391 Q01
40 C8391 Q01
40 C8391 Q05
50 C4991 Q01
50 C8391 Q06
60 BU99 Q01
60 BU99 Q04
K01 BU99 Q01
K01 BU99 Q01
K01 BU99 Q01
K01 BU99 Q01
K01 BU99 Q04
K02 BU99 Q01
K02 BU99 Q01
K02 BU99 Q01
K02 BU99 Q01
K02 BU99 Q04
Q01 https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=1329929#p1329929
Q02 https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/rgb-on-ntsc-wii.98/#post-411
Q03 https://assemblergames.com/threads/wii-unbrick.51789/#post-750585
Q04 https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/shanks-wii-super-thread.66/
Q05 https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-definitive-wii-trimming-guide.198/
Q06 https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/shanks-wii-super-thread.66/#post-25032
Q07 https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-exhaustive-wii-trimming-and-troubleshooting-faq.2385/#post-30973
Q08 https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Nintendo-Wii-Motherboard-Working-C-RVL-CPU-01-PAL-RVL-001-/254137473174
Q09 https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Motherboard-C-RVL-CPU-01-Nintendo-Wii-RVL-001-FAULTY-NO-DISPLAY/113710141088
Unfortunately the only way to know which AVE is used, is by taking apart the Wii completely.