Astral Dog
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I think its beyond Wii U as a handheld too,but obviously the same resolutionNot to crap on this speculation, because I think it's interesting and worthwhile trying to figure out which leakers are most reliable for future leaks, but personally I kind of don't care anymore.
We know what Switch games look like now. We know in handheld mode that it is at least as powerful as a Wii U (Breath of the Wild in 720p with fewer framedrops than seen at E3, which could be down to being a newer build, but could not be) and that when it's docked it's about twice as powerful.
Whatever process it uses, whatever SOC from Nvidia it's using... we know what it can do now. We know it's battery life.
We've seen what Steep looks like on it (no last gen versions, doesn't appear to have had its gameplay compromised in the port). What Skyrim looks like (not based on the last gen versions).
So yeah, I don't care what the chip actually is. We've got a good idea of where the systems capabilities sit. It's out in a month and a half, we aren't going to see huge improvements in the launch titles between now and then. Whether they're getting this level of improvement over the Wii U with direct to metal access to a less powerful chipset, or with the horsepower of a more powerful chipset, the Switch seems at worst like a 2x improvement over the Wii U as a dedicated console (based on Zelda and Mario Kart), and about Wii U equivalent as a handheld.
At some point, maybe we'll be lucky again and someone will do full xrays of the chips so we can get more idea of what's going on inside them, and we can finally know if this leaker was right or not.
But yeah, personally I'm done guessing how powerful the system is, now that I know what the games look like.
Games will lóok better than BoTW some day. And SMO is a big jump from 3DW! Check the launch trailer for both