The Vita was a market failure. Of course the TV version wasn't going to sell. The Switch is a market success. It's a similar product, but the context is way different.
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Details about "New" Switch revision via OS datamine (LPDDR4x RAM, modest GPU performance boost, no "Pro" model in sight)
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It isn't Switch Pro. While it has improvements, this unit will sit on shelves and a consumer wouldn't be able to know if it was the new or old version of the Switch.
How it should be.
I mean it's "pro" model in the sense that it's an improvement over the OG one, however this is a really modest improvement.
Xenoblade 2 doesn't have problems because of the switch !
It has been developped by a much smaller team and external help. Monolith talked about it. There's a reason why it got so many updates.
For BotW I'd say the Wii U had an effect but that's speculation.
Because the reporting is sound and we have multile sources confirming an enhanced Switch exist.
The issue seems to be people taking Bowser's denial at face value and twisting the hacker's tweet into meaning it doesn't exist.
For the record, Digital Foundy already covered most of what was in the tweet, care of Era's own Thraktor two weeks ago.
Stuff we already know about Mariko includes 1) it's an X1 revision not X2 2) higher clocks support by up to 37% 3) 8 GB ram supported vs. 6GB in current Switch dev kits
With the Switch Mini, we now know it's roughly 50% more efficient assuming its running at the same clocks , it's possible even the Lite is running faster. It uses a battery with 20% less capacity but achives 20-30% more battery life. So an enhanced Switch with a larger or the same battery pushing for OG's handheld battery life could get up to 50% more performance, possibly more docked
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Nah it will clearly be a new SKU since it's apparently coming in at least two colors. Beyond that this will have either substantially improved battery life or better performance, that's not something they will keep hidden from consumers.
The whole blacklisting of so many games was one sure thing Sony did let happen to be absolutely, 100% sure that the product bombs even more than the OG console.
I will be perfectly happy with this if this gives me a slight boost in performance and battery life with games.
I think TX2 is completely off the cards, mainly because of the Denver cores is my guess. This also imo means that the 128 bus bandwidth RAM could be off the table too and we would stick to 64.
Realistically we are likely getting a die shrunk of TX1 at 16/12nm. It's all but confirmed Switch lite is already using this.
I don't think the 4GB/8GB means anything concrete. Who knows how old it is and it could have been used for debugging. But maybe we don't need 8GB anyway. 6GB DDR4x could be enough,. DDR4X can attain slightly higher bandwidth speeds at the same voltage usage as ddr4, and that can be used for docked mode. Meanwhile we could use less of the bandwidth speeds in handheld to help with voltage usage.. maybe even disable a 2GB ram in handheld mode. We should get 40GB/s for sure with 6GB. Not sure if we can reach 50 though.
Realistically we are likely getting a die shrunk of TX1 at 16/12nm. It's all but confirmed Switch lite is already using this.
I don't think the 4GB/8GB means anything concrete. Who knows how old it is and it could have been used for debugging. But maybe we don't need 8GB anyway. 6GB DDR4x could be enough,. DDR4X can attain slightly higher bandwidth speeds at the same voltage usage as ddr4, and that can be used for docked mode. Meanwhile we could use less of the bandwidth speeds in handheld to help with voltage usage.. maybe even disable a 2GB ram in handheld mode. We should get 40GB/s for sure with 6GB. Not sure if we can reach 50 though.
Honestly it's sounding more like a GC to Wii upgrade which was like 1.5x more power all around. Xbone s upgrade's mild 7% GPU boost was for hdr or whatever.
I don't get it.
Is this something Nintendo would communicate to consumers?
Is the New version already out in the market?
Is this something Nintendo would communicate to consumers?
Is the New version already out in the market?
Even if that amount of RAM were to show up in the consumer version, increasing the amount of RAM alone would have zero benefit. Devs still have to work with 4gbs in mind, and the GPU upgrade isn't enough to boost resolution to a point where more RAM would be beneficial.
To me this sounds like "Nobody was talking about a duck, just something that walked like a duck and quacked like a duck."
As a Switch enthusiast, this would be enough for me to upgrade, especially considering how many games are already programmed to scale dynamically. If we're looking at results similar to a homebrewed overclocked Switch, selling my launch model toward paying for this would be worth it, considering how much I use the thing.
The 8GB is almost definitely for the devkit, considering it's replacing the 6GB profile of the original which was only in devkits.
This will be announced. It may not be called a new name though, but it's supposedly launching in multiple different colors so it will have to be differentiated somehow.
With that said, if there are some optimisations, its likely to improve minimum framerate and resolution scaling.
It will be interesting to see how it performs compared to Switch OG in HH mode, particularly XC2.
What are the clock speeds of overclocked switches? This might even be a little faster than overclocked ones
Might be impossible to resist a Link's Awakening Switch. ;_;
So what should we expect from the modest boost in gpu? 10%-15% Improvement?
So what should we expect from the modest boost in gpu? 10%-15% Improvement?
That's exactly how Nintendo will announce it imo. New color models with more internal storage. Any kind of spec talk regarding them are likely not going to be discussed in their announcement, especially if it's so modest. That stuff will be put on their website to show comparisons between models.
It can have both. Noticably better battery playing OG handheld speeds, and hopefully the ability to play OG docked speeds in handheld on this "Pro" version with the same battery life or slightly worse than OG Handheld clock speeds.. and then of course a docked mode with boosted clock speeds that scales to 1.5-2x or w/e.
Realistically, if it's a 12nm node, I DO think we maybe could get 750 to sub 800 GFLOPs in the best case scenario for docked. That's a 2x boost. This is assuming we get a new CPU like A72 or A73 and LPDDR4X which will lower the voltage further down. That's just my guess.. and also assuming we get the same battery size..
Will we get it though? Not holding my breath. A 1.5x boost to 600 GFLOPs at least should be attainable with a 12nm/16finfet.. Biggest question is if we can use the full clocks without overheating, like the TX1 was throtted and could only get up to 393 out of 500 GFLOPs on the 20nm node. I don't know if we could experience the same with a 16 or 12nm node.. like if the same thing could happen to TX2 that used a 16nm mode and then only 600 GFLOPs out of 750 could be utilized at the most(which I don't know if it does, since tx2 was never used in gaming)
The absolute highest it could be in docked based on how much battery the lite uses is like 600 gflops, but I'm only expecting 500-550 gflops in docked personally
Since this firmware confirmed that it is clocked higher though that shows Nintendo is willing to give it more power so maybe they will try to clock as high as they are able to in docked mode so maybe we will get 600 in docked
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The current Switch gpu can be overclocked 20% with hacks, I think it will either be that or higher for games that use it (or are allowed to use it?)
I wonder if Nintendo will slowly unlock the speed of the chip like they're doing with the current Switch. Like they will limit the speed to the default so that more developers will be tailoring their games to the older spec. Then as the sales grow and adoption increases, Nintendo will release patches to allow the system to be clocked higher for more demanding games. The high still when the new Switch install base outgrows the old Switch and more people can take advantage of the better hardware for better performing games.
That firmware that Thraktor and DF mentioned looked like 1.2 something GHz for the GPU. Divide that by current switch docked CPU and you get 1.65x the speed.
Also if you are basing off of switch lite's battery... Note that that switch lite's battery is nearly 20% smaller than OG switch. This revision though could have the same battery size or even slightly larger than OG Switch and have an even longer battery life as a result. IF they do go with a newer CPU like A72/A73 CPU and/or trade the ddr4 RAM for ddr4x RAM, they would save significantly cut down on watt usage. I'm not expecting this of course. Just giving what could be the best case what if scenario. Knowing Nintendo's past actions and prioritizing costs over power, maybe it will turn out to be a more modest 1.3-1.5x GPU boost.
The lite shows 50% improvement in efficiency so 50% improvement to 393 gflops would be about 600 gflops in docked if they choose to max out docked speeds
Do we know what the clock speed increase is? I see details in the tweets in the OP, but I don't understand what they mean.
Probably makes its easier to port games from other systems intially
Okay, thank you!
May I ask where that Emily quote is coming from? I didn't see it in a post in this thread, and I'd like to read the full quote.
Emily wrote "i believe", you wrote she's 100% sure on it.
Oooor you can keep misunderstanding things and replying disrespecting other Era members, like tour "???"
It's really all most people want but so many people seem to be against that being a thing. Here is your new more efficient chip.... enjoy the 1-2 hour battery life gain and nothing else.
Here. This follow-up is also worth bringing up.
You viewed the questions marks as disrespectful? I don't know what to say to that.
Regardless; the fact that this new model is supposedly coming in a variety of colors is enough to tell me that it won't be a stealth release at all. Even if they don't openly confirm the changes (which I doubt), we'll know when the new models drop. Emily's guess is more educated than our own, so if she believe that these models won't be stealth-dropped, i'm inclined to put a little more stock into that.
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