When you follow these threads, you know what posters to ignore, pay no mind.Where is all of this weaker than the PS3 talk coming from?
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Digital Foundry: Nintendo Switch CPU and GPU clock speeds revealed
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NaDannMaGoGo
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You might deserve to get arrested for using a gif that terrible :/
I wish. I'm hoping for under $250. At that point it's an impulse buy.
Green Yoshi
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At least it's more powerful than the New 3DS. Sigh.
TunaMarshmallow
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My level of care: zero percent.
I'm critical of many things Nintendo does. (Always-online Super Mario Run makes me want to scream.) But I'm just not concerned about power and graphical fidelity in the Switch.
The 3DS continues to be my most-played system. If the Switch is just a new medium-powered handheld that I can also play on my TV, I'm stoked.
I'm critical of many things Nintendo does. (Always-online Super Mario Run makes me want to scream.) But I'm just not concerned about power and graphical fidelity in the Switch.
The 3DS continues to be my most-played system. If the Switch is just a new medium-powered handheld that I can also play on my TV, I'm stoked.
Toadthemushroom
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Funny what perception does. For instance, I wouldn't be surprised if you told me some of the same people believed Vita is as powerful as PS3.
Stairouais
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Like there was ever any doubt. People expecting a PS4 have unrealistic expectations.
That said, we won't get to play DQXI before 2019 so, by that time there might be a new switch.
DragonSworne
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LKD has said this since Eurogamers article went up
Which doesn't make sense if the system features a standard CUDA core count.
Well, from what we saw of Zelda, the system is definitely not as powerful as a Wii U when undocked.
guybrushfreeman
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Because it was true? You're trying to make something out of nothing here. Many people announced the rumour and they reported on that just like every other news outlet did at the time. You're trying to make something out of nothing here. For hardware reports they've been totally rock solid. We've no reason to doubt this latest report
LKD has said this since Eurogamers article went up
Which doesn't make sense if the system features a standard CUDA core count.
The second tweet is pretty much the main takeaway I get from all this and what people should be expecting.
You mean the part where undocked Zelda ran better on Switch than the Wii U footage they showed on TGA?
Better cpu, more ram, more modern gpu/api, fp16
What was the problem? It perfectly summed up my reaction to such remarkably stupid posts.
sir_bumble_bee
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That's it so far? I'd expect a dev to pitch in by now?LKD has said this since Eurogamers article went up
Which doesn't make sense if the system features a standard CUDA core count.
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if it was 249/$. No way in hell it can be 199, it might not be super powerful but pack in a whole lot of features.
And break NDA's?
It's more like the successor to the 3DS successor. Squarely a handheld though, Nintendo's likely been planning their console exit awhile now.
Spec Wise handheld mode is basically a Portable Wii U. It does have a more modern architecture so it will have advantages here and there. Its very much the same way the Wii U while lower flops than PS360 was superior due to the more modern gpu.
How powerful is it? I'm not a PC gamer so I don't know about clock speed and shit. I just skimmed through the first page (which is my b I'll admit) and saw a bunch of disappointment and a dude saying it's considerably weaker than PS3. If that's not the case though then where's it actually sitting?
reelbigtink
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This. If you like Nintendo/Japanese games and this is $250 it's a no-brainer.
guybrushfreeman
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It's still considerably more modern with more RAM and memory bandwidth. It will outperform in those areas easily. So keep that in mind as well when comparing their performace
PdotMichael
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LKD has said this since Eurogamers article went up
Which doesn't make sense if the system features a standard CUDA core count.
Although LKD has a better track record than other twitter and GAF insiders.
Most of the stuff is pretty much just "confirming" the hottest rumour like suddenly everyone were capable of confirming Eurogamer's first and most important leak.
The track record for truely new things is so fucking bad, it's not even funny anymore.
LordOcidax
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Somebody please.... In GFlops numbers
WiiU=?
Switch docked=?
Switch undocked=?
Vita=?
3DS=?
XboxOne=?
WiiU=?
Switch docked=?
Switch undocked=?
Vita=?
3DS=?
XboxOne=?
LordRaptor
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You get that back-of-an-envelope-calculations you only need a machine about half as powerful as a PS4 to run a 1080p PS4 title at 720p right?
Lactose_Intolerant
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It would sell less and cost more to make games for it.
sir_bumble_bee
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lol I was just about to edit my post saying that. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to live with a month of drive-by shit posting for now
Skittzo0413
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What? It was running Zelda at a much smoother framerate than the Wii U was, even undocked.
Prithee Be Careful
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LKD has said this since Eurogamers article went up
Which doesn't make sense if the system features a standard CUDA core count.
AKA nothing's really changed from previous news and people once again don't know how to read specs.
Fourth Storm
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Maybe Nintendo are using 28nm rather than the Shield TV's 20nm. Who the hell knows?
the outlets I was speaking of (emily rogers and eurogamer specifically) have a solid track record, they're clearly more reputable than random reddit or 4chan poster
and like I said even if the game never comes to fruition things change and what we can glean from the rumors is that at one point Mother 3 coming out was a thing. hell, it's even foreshadowed in the Nintendo Digital Event from E3 a while back.
'Post-Truth' GAF in full force.
LordOfChaos
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176
350ish
150
56.2 @400Mhz
0.6 (New 3DS ups this to 4.8 GFLOPS)
1300
And almost none are directly comparable for different architectures, but they speak to rough ballparks.
Switch's Maxwell 2 at 150 for example is more powerful than the AMD 4000 series at 176Gflops in the Wii U.
By "modern console" does she mean like 2010 modern?
Exterminieren
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There's barely room for two competitors in that space any more, never mind a third.
PdotMichael
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Yes, we call still people insiders although they fucked up at that free form display controller thingy.
This will never happen though, even if the final Switch is half as powerful as it currently is. People should stop with that. As soon as the Switch was announced to be UE4 compatible, the deal was closed.
jabberwocker
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It looks powerful enough to run Nintendo games.... what's the problem?
Were people thinking it was going to be a cross platform powerhouse? With nintendo devoting all it resources to one platform it's not like the third parties would have a chance anyhow.
Were people thinking it was going to be a cross platform powerhouse? With nintendo devoting all it resources to one platform it's not like the third parties would have a chance anyhow.
you mean when it's running the Wii U port at a steadier framerate?
That should be correct
Schnozberry
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Skittzo0413
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The article says the difference is a 2.5x increase in clock speed, to allow for 1080p rendering when docked.
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