Realistically speaking.. For half a gen/pro upgrade, I think Nintendo should go straight to the xbone x route instead of x2 pascal chip that only offers 2x more performance. So lets just say Nintendo uses the Xavier specs dated from this article last month for its Switch Pro:
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-drive-xavier-soc-detailed/
1.3 TFLOPS GPU, ARM64 8 Core CPU, 256 bit LPDDR4 RAM(unknown amount but lets assume 8GB) at 137GB/s using about 20 watts of energy on a 12nm process. This is already 3.3x GPU in FLOPS, 2x total RAM, 5.5x RAM bandwidth, and at least 2-3x more powerful CPU(should be better than xbone for sure) than the switch in docked mode. While handheld mode could use 1300/2.5=~520GFLOPS in handheld mode alone, which is 1.32x vs current switch GPU
Nintendo could also offer a 1080p screen as well for handheld mode. If Nintendo wants to conserve battery life, they can set the GPU clocks at 400-600GFLOPS(latter being for "pro" mode) and reduce speed of RAM bandwidth proportional to GPU clocks. And yes, this game would play all current switch games and won't have console exclusivity.
Anyway.. my questions for everyone are:
1. How do you feel about these specs? Is this the next step that Nintendo should take with the Switch in terms of an upgrade?
2. How do you think it would fare against PS4 hardware wise?
3. What do you expect out of this system, especially with games already out on the switch?
4. How soon do you want this to come out and would you be willing to spend up to $400 on it?
tl;dr version: Here's an Imaginary scenario where Nintendo uses Xavier specs for its switch pro upgrade that offers 12nm node(or possibly a 7nm node) 1.3 TFLOPS GPU, 8GB RAM(lets say 6GB available for games) w/137GB/s bandwidth speed, and CPU that easily beats xbone/ps4, and energy usage equivalent to current switch, and with an 1080p screen at 400GFLOPS in handheld mode and 1.3TFLOPs docked.. How does this make you feel about these specs, what do you expect out of it, and how would you think it would fare against the competition?
I'll answer these questions myself in another post on this thread
edit: Please don't take the logistics of this too literally. It's just an imaginary scenario. Don't worry about battery life, when it would come out, or console exclusions or exclusivity with current switch and this hypothetical switch pro.
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-drive-xavier-soc-detailed/
1.3 TFLOPS GPU, ARM64 8 Core CPU, 256 bit LPDDR4 RAM(unknown amount but lets assume 8GB) at 137GB/s using about 20 watts of energy on a 12nm process. This is already 3.3x GPU in FLOPS, 2x total RAM, 5.5x RAM bandwidth, and at least 2-3x more powerful CPU(should be better than xbone for sure) than the switch in docked mode. While handheld mode could use 1300/2.5=~520GFLOPS in handheld mode alone, which is 1.32x vs current switch GPU
Nintendo could also offer a 1080p screen as well for handheld mode. If Nintendo wants to conserve battery life, they can set the GPU clocks at 400-600GFLOPS(latter being for "pro" mode) and reduce speed of RAM bandwidth proportional to GPU clocks. And yes, this game would play all current switch games and won't have console exclusivity.
Anyway.. my questions for everyone are:
1. How do you feel about these specs? Is this the next step that Nintendo should take with the Switch in terms of an upgrade?
2. How do you think it would fare against PS4 hardware wise?
3. What do you expect out of this system, especially with games already out on the switch?
4. How soon do you want this to come out and would you be willing to spend up to $400 on it?
tl;dr version: Here's an Imaginary scenario where Nintendo uses Xavier specs for its switch pro upgrade that offers 12nm node(or possibly a 7nm node) 1.3 TFLOPS GPU, 8GB RAM(lets say 6GB available for games) w/137GB/s bandwidth speed, and CPU that easily beats xbone/ps4, and energy usage equivalent to current switch, and with an 1080p screen at 400GFLOPS in handheld mode and 1.3TFLOPs docked.. How does this make you feel about these specs, what do you expect out of it, and how would you think it would fare against the competition?
I'll answer these questions myself in another post on this thread
edit: Please don't take the logistics of this too literally. It's just an imaginary scenario. Don't worry about battery life, when it would come out, or console exclusions or exclusivity with current switch and this hypothetical switch pro.
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