ShadowCat to [email protected]English • 2 years agoNintendo reportedly showed a demo of the ‘Switch 2’ console at Gamescom which included visuals comparable to the PS5 and Xbox Series X.www.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1242cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1242external-linkNintendo reportedly showed a demo of the ‘Switch 2’ console at Gamescom which included visuals comparable to the PS5 and Xbox Series X.www.videogameschronicle.comShadowCat to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square63fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarecircuitfarmerlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoTo use the PS5 as an example, it’s based on Zen 2 and RDNA 2, both of which are now deprecated. It would not be surprising for Nintendo to match them at this point in the cycle.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoYes it is surprising, it’s a high TDP desktop x86 SoC vs a low TDP mobile ARM SoC. Not close.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoI don’t know. It’s obviously arm. They partner with Nvidia, they want backward compat, and it’s a mobile device.
minus-squareNatanaellinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoThe Steam Deck uses the same architectures by the way, with different core counts and a few more differences in capabilities
To use the PS5 as an example, it’s based on Zen 2 and RDNA 2, both of which are now deprecated. It would not be surprising for Nintendo to match them at this point in the cycle.
Yes it is surprising, it’s a high TDP desktop x86 SoC vs a low TDP mobile ARM SoC. Not close.
Did Nintendo announce that Switch 2 is ARM?
I don’t know. It’s obviously arm. They partner with Nvidia, they want backward compat, and it’s a mobile device.
The Steam Deck uses the same architectures by the way, with different core counts and a few more differences in capabilities