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Rumour: Switch Pro GPU to be based on Volta ( but no 4K support) similar performance - wccftech
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A base PS4 is just under 2 teraflops while the current Switch is around 1. I'm interested to see if it's possible to essentially double performance without affecting battery life...
I kinda expect DLSS to be a selling point for Switch 2. It'd be pretty huge if done well, I mean look at Wolfenstein Young Blood's implementation, it can make a 1080p resolution look fairly comparable to 4K.
I just don't see it for a Switch Pro.
Can someone PM a mod and tell them to blacklist WCCFtech? They're widely known to be the opposite of a reliable source.
You know Nintendo is going to turn that stuff off to save money.
This is probably it; Nintendo loves to better battery life in its revisions. Experience/Performance parity within the same generation seems to one of their policies, as well.
"Turning it off" isn't something that would save money, to save money they've have to not include tesor cores, which is super possible. Does anybody know what kind of power draw the tensor cores have?
- Better battery performance.
- Lower production cost.
- Smaller form factor.
These are the things that matter to Nintendo.
They basically have all these boxes checked though with the Mariko + Lite Switch models.
They could use Thunderbolt 3 with a USB-C connector like the MacBooks. If that's too expensive for Nintendo maybe they can wait for USB 4.0 that should be as fast as Thunderbolt 3 and could release in 2021.
I don't expect Nintendo to change the current version of the Switch.
None of those would make it a Pro revision, more of a Lite. I question why they would even spend the money on a custom chip for those reasons when they just launched a revision with better battery life that likely costs less to make. With the Switch successor coming just a few years after this revision I don't think it would even be worth the R&D costs unless it actually added something.
Not that I trust this rumour, but... Why Volta though? If they wanted 12nm then surely Turing would be a more logical choice?
Edit: OK, so if it's a semi-custom chip based on Tegra Xavier, it would make sense. Seeing that is Volta arch.
Edit: OK, so if it's a semi-custom chip based on Tegra Xavier, it would make sense. Seeing that is Volta arch.
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Yeah, I could be happy just with some AA and texture filtering in BOTW2. Please NIntendo!
This give me native resolution on all the games (and possibly all 60fps) and ill be happy.
Nintendo's consoles have always sold worse than its handheld counterparts I don't see Nintendo changing its hybrid design going forward. Hell maybe they do a handheld and console but keeping the games the same with the console versions having increased visuals.fps. ect.
Zero chance they are abandoning the current format, I play my Switch 95% docked and would love this but no way it is happening...
I'm here for better battery life and lower power draw. Bonus if it has something like a Chromecast receiver (like a Wii U in reverse) where I can stream back to the TV without docking.
How has the title not been fixed yet?
They aren't the original source of this rumor though.
True haha but I'm on my phone and it's easier to type "that poster" than your name.
They aren't the original source of this rumor though.
True haha but I'm on my phone and it's easier to type "that poster" than your name.
Native 4K is impossibile on the Switch, since Nintendo targets 60 fps very often in their first party titles. They should include an upscaled 4K output tho, which is a big lack of Switch.
Nintendo handhelds sell better than consoles and the Switch Lite hasn't even done amazing numbers in comparison to the regular Switch, there probably isn't much point to a console only Switch.
How would that be abandoning the current format? The Switch Lite wasn't them abandoning switching.
Isn't USB C too slow for 4K?
If there isn't much improvement then I don't see the point. Would rather they just wait to release the Switch's successor whenever that is.
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