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* The [[CPU]], a MIPS R4300i (the [[Binary Bits and Bytes|64-bit]] version of the R3000 in the [[PlayStation]]) runs at 93.75 MHz and has an internal 64-bit word size, but it also has a 32-bit mode. This was mainly used by the games because A) the bus is only 32 bits, B) the 64-bit mode uses twice as much memory and bandwidth, and C) until high definition graphics, anything more than 32 bits was actually redundant for 3D graphics.<ref>Incidentally, Nintendo 64 games have had ports and remakes on the [[Nintendo DS]] and 3DS, which are both 32-bit, with the latter being much more powerful than the Nintendo 64.</ref> So, in other words, the "64" in the name was mostly for marketing, even if the processor actually was technically capable of running 64-bit code. It is telling that the [[Nintendo GameCube]], [[Wii]], and [[Wii U]] we’re all 32 bit systems, with a 64-bit system only recurring with the [[Nintendo Switch]].
* Besides, like most systems so far, the graphics are mainly handled by the [[GPU]], called the "Reality Co-Processor". It runs at 62.5 MHz.
** It has a [[Vector Unit]] built into, to handle special programming, called "Microcodes".
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* The system can actually push 500,000 polygons in real time, five times what the Playstation and Saturn can do...yet that required a code that was never released before the system was discontinued. Some codes could still push the system up to 180,000 polygons, but only one or two games went that far. Most N64 games just pushed 100,000 polygons or slightly lower.
* In addition to the above effects, the N64 did have probably the best effects of the 5th generation, including real-time lighting in a few games.
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* Aside from the aforementioned memory expansion module, Nintendo and other companies released several other expansion modules that could be plugged straight into the system's controller.
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