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Can the Switch run RE4 at 60fps?
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It's a bit of a mixed bag actually. RE6 is a good port, but RE5 drops a lot of frames -which is a bit curious since RE6 runs at solid 60fps- while RE4 introduced some weird aim issues that afaik were never patched and is completely devoid of any form of anti-aliasing.
They are far from being trainwrecks of course, but it's not unwarranted to question Capcom's commitment on these ports. I honestly expect an eventual RE4 port on Switch to run at 30fps, but we will see.
Your title in the OP is "Can Switch run RE4 at 60 fps" which clearly implies you are unsure whether the Switch itself run run the game at 60 fps. Contrary to what you are claiming.
If you had asked, "Would a Capcom port RE4 on Switch to run at 60 fps" this clever little gag on your part might have be taken a little more seriously, and been a little less clickbaity.
Also you didn't make it clear in the contents of your OP either
Literally not one single mention of whether or not Capcom would do it. Just if Switch could handle it.
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I'm getting less input latency then playing some games at 30 fps, if you really want to put it in perspective.
Yeah, this is what I was going to say too before seeing your post. If I remember correctly, the Steam version of RE4 launched much later than the 360/PS3 ports and was the first version to feature a 60fps mode, which got improved over a couple of patches until it later appeared in the PS4/XONE ports of RE4.
Of course the Switch would struggle with it due to its hardware being comparable to home consoles like the Atari 2600, but technically if it had specs like a Tegra X1 and uh, 4GB of RAM it could most likely run it at 1080p/60fps.
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Yeah me neither lol, such is why I made the thread. It was meant to be a kind of fun hypothetical thread, but instead folks did what they do and they just didn't read OP or take all factors into account, (like how we're not discussing a Gamecube game here, as the Gamecube game never ran at 60; we're specifically discussing a PC game here, and how viable porting said X-86 focused code to Nvidia's Tegra hardware would be) and they all just rushed to shitpost or toss out sarcastic gifs in an effort to show how intelligent they are.
No we read clickbait title of the thread which implied the exact opposite of what you are claiming to save your skin now.
It's unlikely that Capcom would prioritize 60fps based on the ports they put on other consoles.
You're thinking of emulation (like X1 does with 360 games), as opposed to a proper port. Proper ports, done by a good dev, will always work better on newer hardware.
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Clever little gag? What in the fuck are you talking about? Stop insinuating that I'm trying to troll all of Era man, Jesus. Have you lost this much faith in humanity, that someone can't just post a thread with the goal of discussion and conversation rather than trying to "pull one on ya"? Good lord man, try out some positive vibes every once in a while. And you still didn't explain you personally insulted me. Admittedly I should have probably said RE4HD to refer to the Steam port which was used as the base for the PS4 and X1 ports, but the damage is done, and the miscommunication has already taken place; no big deal. Still doesn't give you a right to insult me though, or keep insinuating that I'm trying to dupe everyone; you're kind of acting like a jerk man.
I don't think the OP was trolling at all. A thread is more than the title. The actual post makes it seem like how would they handle it.
It's not an irrational concept. Bayonetta went from 720p/60fps on 360 to... The same on Switch. And that's a Nintendo published title. They're far more likely to care about quality versus Capcom.
Just because it's more powerful, doesn't mean you can expect publishers to deliver significantly more.
It really depends on how the engine was programmed. Modern consoles might be able to power their way through any inefficiencies, with the Switch? Maybe not. Maybe the code is really super definitely not made to work on multiple cores or something.
It's Capcom so obviously not, it would be 720-1080/30.
Anyway i don't think they'll ever port it unfortunately: Mikami was the one that pushed RE to Nintendo consoles.
Anyway i don't think they'll ever port it unfortunately: Mikami was the one that pushed RE to Nintendo consoles.
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Save my skin? Forums are serious business! Dude, I mean this with love, you need to chill my man. Not everyone's out to lie to you or get your goat, but you are really getting pretty up in arms over a simple error here. I've owned the RE4 PC port since its release, and this is the basis for modern ports, so I'm trying to figure out if the Switch would run this version at 60 fps....why would I lie about that? Good lord you're hostile bro.
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Indeed it would. I could play RE4 while I wait for my daughter at Girl Scout meetings! Lol, that's kind of the promised land.
How many cores does the Switch's Tegra core have? Is it 8 like the PS4 and X1? Wouldn't most of the work making the code work with multiple threads already be done then? I don't know, mind you, just wondering. Thanks for the response.
Don't sweat it man.
He's either incredibly optimistic or incredibly vindictive, depending on the company we're dealing with.
Resident Evil Revelations runs at 1080p 60FPS on Switch so I'd be shocked if RE4 couldn't.
RE:R 2 is 1080p 30FPS on Switch in case you're wondering BTW.
RE:R 2 is 1080p 30FPS on Switch in case you're wondering BTW.
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I'm thinking it's the latter, but hey what can you do? Some people just always assume that everyone's out to lie about something or pull a prank. I really didn't think that such an innocent question would invite such hostility, but here we go :(. It's crazy how hostile people can be when we're discussing a hobby that's completely based around having fun, ya know?
Thank you, this is why I posted the thread. It's a fun question to entertain.
Thanks man :). Didn't know I'd be sparking a fire under a hornet's nest with this question haha.
It's really really hard to say without seeing the code itself, that was just an example. In this case you'd assume it's the drawing time and order that *might* be the problem. The Switch has, I think, three usable cores, whereas you get six and halfish on the PS4 and XB1. But the premise here is that they didn't do any work changing the logical flow of the code when porting it to newer consoles (ie it's all still single threaded): they just chew through it all on a *single* core because they're that fast.
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