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Digital Foundry - Skyrim on Switch Hands-on Look
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FreedomFighter
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Wow, they were very impressed with the Switch code. That's very reassuring. Game looks to run very smoothly.
Can't wait for the full analysis.
Can't wait for the full analysis.
I don't even need new DOOM, I would kill for a DOOM 1 & 2 collection though.
New DOOM would also be very nice some stuff would obviously have to be scaled down
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
cool if you're still in skyrim and want the portability.
if i ever get a switch i'll probably replay skyrim on it.
if i ever get a switch i'll probably replay skyrim on it.
I still remember a thread worried about it when it was shown during the November switch trailer. That it was just a mistske etc. Glorious thread
mavericktopgun
Member
So this has 720p30 in portable mode and maybe 1080p30 in docked mode. And that with better graphics and performance than the X360/PS3 Version. And still people think the Switch is weaker than these two lol.
Day 1 for me. Doom and Fallout New Vegas would be nice too.
Day 1 for me. Doom and Fallout New Vegas would be nice too.
Probably 900p when docked.
Maintenance
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Robin64
Member
Yeah, I'm gonna bet on this, just to keep that consistent 30fps. I reckon 1080p would hit 30fps too, but not the majority of the time.
Orniletter
Banned
Native 720p in handheld mode meanssounds like it's somewhere between 900p and 1080p in docked mode.
Neat, never played Skyrim before.
Neat, never played Skyrim before.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Try it out first. Elder Scrolls Games are terrible. They look like an ocean, but has the depth of a kiddy pool. The combat is terrible and mindless. It feels like your character is waving a stick mindlessly. The games are filled with game breaking glitches. Usually fans have to make patches to fix some of the shit. The art is beyond ugly. You'll be wandering aimlessly trying to find something interesting to do. People recommend mods, but that hilarious when you think about it. The core game isn't good enough, so rely on fans to mod the game to hell and back for something playable. Usually these games perform like ass, though this doesn't seem to be the case here, so yay.
no, the fan is in the tablet. When plugged into the dock, it runs a higher clock simply from the power not coming from the battery. It is technically possible for Nintendo to push a software update to run the docked clocks when portable, though the current docked mode, will auto change the display to the HDMI port on the dock, and the screen will go blank.
I would doubt that it is running at the docked clocks, simply because the screen would currently turn off and would need a special firmware.
The assumption is that they are devkits and aren't hold to those limitations. IDK why would Bethesda do this, though.
And 30 fps locked is really good...well if you like this type of game,you should enjoy it...just remember its not just about the combat
I believe they've already pushed an update like this that allows it to run at slightly higher clocks when undocked, although not many games utilize it. I remember reading about it a while back.
It has 8 times as much ram as last gen consoles, a better CPU that is quad core and about twice the GPU performance of a 360 in portable mode. I don't see why anyone would think that Skyrim wouldn't run 720p 30fps locked on the Switch. It's even using Nvidia hardware which Skyrim favors.
I think people just really don't understand how powerful the Switch is, they tend to treat it like it is a handheld version of last gen consoles, but when you actually look at the numbers in context of the hardware, it's a clear step above last generation, even as a portable, so I doubt there is foul play going on in this demonstration.
Dwight Schrute
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Yes
Jaded Alyx
Member
Xenoblade 2?
Do we know how big it is compared to the first game ?
Mbolibombo
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Jaded Alyx
Member
I was about to say no, but actually I think we may have heard about that already? I can't remember.
Mithos
Member
Indeed they did.
Undocked
CPU: 1020MHz
GPU: 307.2MHz / 384MHz (boost mode)
MEM: 1331.2MHz
Docked
CPU: 1020MHz
GPU: 307.2MHz / 384MHz / 768MHz
MEM: 1331.2MHz / 1600MHz
Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...-boosts-handheld-switch-clocks-by-25-per-cent
So far officially they just said that there will be more richness in the variety of landscapes compared to X
Probably each area will be very big but smaller than X continents but there will be more Titans to explore
Nothing has been said about a comparison with the Wii one
Yes. There is a lot of fun to be had with it.
Still I believe that many devs still do not take advantage of extra power, but they just make the resolution go to 900 or 1080p but making use of the same clock speed (that's why we see slow downs on docked and not on undocked on many games).
I'd say they need time to learn how to make use of that extra juice and make it work seamlessly.
That was before launch and is available to every retail unit, it's not a temporary boost mode though, it's a standard clock speed for all developers to use. The clock increase was from 307mhz to 384mhz for a gflops increase of 157gflops to 196gflops. Docked the Switch has 393gflops.
It's important to note that Switch is using a Maxwell+ GPU that is basically the precursor to Pascal and older consoles like the 360 use GPUs based on 2005 hardware, so it's 240gflops is extremely limited, and was actually only able to hit 217gflops, to make matters worse, the gpu efficiency is ~66% so that 217gflops performs around 143gflops on average, and the GPU is DX9 with some extended DX10 features, so it works harder to achieve the same effects as later hardware. This is why the 176gflops Wii U GPU was superior to the 360's 217gflops gpu, and why the Switch in portable mode is about twice as fast as the 360 gpu.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Delivered? The games are not even out yet. Lets wait with the verdict until we can actually play them. Lots of times i have heard good news pre releases and then ending up waiting for several patches before the game is in a good state.
It's good pre release news though...
AcademicSaucer
Member
If the ad for this game doesn't involve some dude playing Skyrim in an actual mountain I don't know what Bethesda's marketing team is doing
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
I somehow have never played this but i will pick it to because every other (overwhelming majority) 3rd party are fraidy cats.
Clarkus Darkus
Member
VR all the way, You will be inside Skyrim looking at that delightful Ebony sword up close rather than staring at it on a screen.
Kind of disappointed they didn't go into any graphical settings. I figure they're saving that for the launch analysis where they can have proper time with the game.
No one in their right mind thinks the Switch is weaker than the PS360.
No one in their right mind thinks the Switch is weaker than the PS360.
sixteen-bit
Member
put the actor in a link tunic as well
JimmyF
Member
No it's....open titan.
Going to be blunt - initial impressions don't mean anything for this game. Initial impressions from Skyrim on the PS3 / 360 said the PS3 version was better. It was only after 10+ hours did the game breaking bugs and poor memory management issues come to light that basically made the game unplayable.
Robin64
Member
Haha yes. It's things like this that are making me look forward to winter.
Holy Hyperbole, Batman. LOL.
NV is on a less advanced version of the same engine Skyrim used and on the exact same version Fallout 3 used. Not developed by the same people (Obsidian as opposed to Bethesda in-house) but it's Bethesda's game and they'd definitely be able to re-release it if they wanted. Doubt they will, though.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Funny that they went looking for Xbox One X covergae and ended up focusing on Skyrim haha. It looks like a great port and I hope I'll properly enjoy Skyrim now it's on a portable.
Absolutely this 1000x. Nvidia hardware is grossly beyond AMD. AMD's Vega needs 2 8pin connectors? AMD needed 14nm to match Nvidia's 28nm Maxwell architecture in performance per watt?
It's going to be very interesting to see the next version of the Switch hardware, and where they go, I mean if they use 7nm hardware, it is going to be much closer to the next AMD consoles than people expect.
VectorVictor
Member
Damn...if we could get a Fallout 3/New Vegas collection on the Switch with the ability to add mods...I'd take that over a Doom port in a heartbeat (though a Doom port would be nice).