DragonSworne
Banned
Expect $350 and 3 hours of battery life. Battery life is going to be dependent on the size of the battery first and foremost. Bigger battery means more money.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Digital Foundry: Nintendo Switch CPU and GPU clock speeds revealed
- Thread starter Vashetti
- Start date
- Status
Expect $350 and 3 hours of battery life. Battery life is going to be dependent on the size of the battery first and foremost. Bigger battery means more money.
It's not.
CPU clocks must remain the same for compatibility's sake.
The GPU is already 2.5X more powerful when docked. Just how much more do you want the gulf in power to be between the two power states of the Switch?
It's bigger than going from a regular PS4 to a PS4 Pro, isn't it? I also imagine, even when docked, and with the alleged extra fan power, it still has to maintain a certain thermal target.And in the end, there's no point in making the docked Switch THAT much more powerful since the same games have to run on both modes as-is.
A true successor of the WiiU lol
I just don't know anymore. I'd like to be optimistic here but, well...you know. :-/
Father_Brain
Banned
No matter how many times you tell them, people still refuse to accept that lack of AAA suppprt has more to do with audience demographics than hardware performance or installed base. Oh well.
If the rumour is true, the chips are old AND running in lower speed I guess are cheaper to manufacture/bought from Nintendo.
This is the MAXIMUM to expect from Switch when DOCKED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O68aWmnCpIM
If Zelda and Mario run perfectly smooth (hopefully) will your hype be alive again?
jabberwocker
Banned
It runs at 720 p in portable mode. Why is everyone flipping out? 720p is 50% less pixels than 1080p.... which means that it can run to target consistently at 40% usage. Isn't that pretty realistic with what we know about the X1 already? This isn't the disaster people are thinking it is unless you had crazy expectations.
Lol
I hope the normal to premium bump is 32GB to 64GB at least...Fully expecting 16GB to 32GB though.
By now it should be crystal clear.
Jesus... I plan to play this on handheld mode because it will my traveling device, looks like no RdR 2 or next GTA for it +/
GhostTrick
Banned
Vita is a 222mhz GPU... so 28Gflops.
GPU difference in term of flops is 5.5 times when undocked. That is without accouting the fact that Maxwell architecture shits all over Vita's 2008 Power VR GPU architecture.
Vita CPU is 333mhz. Not only Switch's CPU's clockspeed is 3 times higher but it's architecture is twice faster.
YuriLowell
Member
While this is lower than what I previously thought. I never buy Nintendo consoles for their graphical prowess.
It's not.
CPU clocks must remain the same for compatibility's sake.
The GPU is already 2.5X more powerful when docked. Just how much more do you want the gulf in power to be between the two power states of the Switch?
And in the end, there's no point in making the docked Switch THAT much more powerful since the same games have to run on both modes as-is.
But it's being downclocked from the original Tegra, which already ran really cool. What's there, seemingly, is poor design.
maquiladora
Member
oh my god
Kissenkopf
Banned
"There is no reasom why they needed"...okay, stop right there. The problem is simple: you dont know anything about the process of the development of the Switch. Me neither but one thing is sure, the people who work on it tried their best to archive the best of two worlds. A good home console and a good handheld.
People like you sound always as they think everybody at Nintendo is an absolut idiot anf not capable of doing anything right. I guess that is what bothers me the most.
Always expecting things but no real answer how that could be possible be done. Of course could have Nintendo builf the best handheld ever...but you need to pay for that.
People expectet a portable PS4 for 99 Dollars because that is so easy to make.
Aren't those leaked specs worst than a 920M?
If I'm not mistaken, PS4 is 1.84 Tflops.
This rumor says Switch is 0.2-0.4 Tflops.
So it's 1/9th to 1/5th of PS4 ? Correct me if I'm wrong though.
Damn I remember when a fully clocked unmodified X1 was the worst case scenario...
And to people that say Nintendo doesn't need good hardware, just good games, just look at Breath of the Wild... That's a game that's truly technically ambitious and the hardware struggles to keep up with. You can't praise a game like that and then say Nintendo doesn't need good specs. Games like Breath of the Wild desperately need a good console to run on, otherwise I'll be left wondering what a game as ambitious would look like on a PC...
This is really disappointing. Can we even expect the PS4 version of DQXI now?
And to people that say Nintendo doesn't need good hardware, just good games, just look at Breath of the Wild... That's a game that's truly technically ambitious and the hardware struggles to keep up with. You can't praise a game like that and then say Nintendo doesn't need good specs. Games like Breath of the Wild desperately need a good console to run on, otherwise I'll be left wondering what a game as ambitious would look like on a PC...
This is really disappointing. Can we even expect the PS4 version of DQXI now?
The bulk of wii-u games were 720p.
Not happening. The chip won't be any cheaper than the X1 just by lowering clock speeds drastically. It's $250-350.
Skittzo0413
Member
This rumor says nothing about the process node of the chips, and chips on a 16nm process are actually likely a good amount cheaper than a 20nm process. The speed itself has nothing to do with the price of the chips. It's more indicative of the price/size of the battery.
Well sure, but this makes life more difficult for developers. Of course, it should be a lot easier to work with than Wii U.
DragonSworne
Banned
Well, game wise all we got are a bunch of ports so not much to talk about yet on that front.
lensoftruth
Member
Price.
Gotdatmoney
Member
I kept my expectations more in line vs the WiiU but man. This is worse than I imagined hahha. This is barely a console. A full powered TX1 docked woulda been fine but this is crazy bad.
Orakio Rob
Member
Please Nintendo, just show me the next Xenoblade and I'll forget about all of this.
This is a huge generational jump from the 3DS!
outunderthestars
Banned
As so eone with a shield TV, I can tell you that it gets pretty darn warm when playing games....
GhostTrick
Banned
It is as a home console. I called it, they fucked up the minute they called it a home console. If it was a clear handheld that can connect to your TV, it would be seen as a powerful handheld.
The Dear Leader
Banned
That's disappointing.
Screamapillar
Member
Probably on scaled-down specs? You'd be amazed what a machine can run at 720p vs 1080p.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
If anyone is surprised, that's on them
DragonSworne
Banned
Yes, but this is a console.
I never expected it to be Xbox One level..Even when docked, the entire console fits inside the tablet so that was never happening.
But I did expect it to be atleast half of Xbox One when docked and then perhaps half of that while portable. Right now this isn't even 1/3 of Xbox One when docked.
Still it's better than Wii U when docked and I guess that's what it's all about. This can never be a primary console of anyone who is even remotely serious about gaming.
But I did expect it to be atleast half of Xbox One when docked and then perhaps half of that while portable. Right now this isn't even 1/3 of Xbox One when docked.
Still it's better than Wii U when docked and I guess that's what it's all about. This can never be a primary console of anyone who is even remotely serious about gaming.
Interfectum
Member
There are literally more people saying "lol people expected PS4 graphics" than actual posters who expected PS4 graphics.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I don't see much of a problem.
It seems low, but we were expecting sub-Xbone power anyway, right?
By now people will buy the console based on its concept alone anyway.
It seems low, but we were expecting sub-Xbone power anyway, right?
By now people will buy the console based on its concept alone anyway.
Joke fails since it's not from different time periods. Don't under deliver like potentially (still want to know sm count) Nintendo
- Status