Who will provide the NX GPU?

[Soundwave]

TheLastStarFighter said:

Soundwave said:

It likely means the SCD is basically literally pretty much just the SoC. Everything else is stripped off (the patent even says this) presumably so the SCD can be pretty cheap. Which I'd be ok with. 

Two Tegra X2s in unison maybe with a higher bandwidth pool of RAM for 1080p resolution would be a kick-ass little rig all things considered and probably Nintendo would also save money on manufacturing costs because they'd be ordering more of the same chip. 

It's better than nothing (new Nintendo slogan?), lol. 

You're still not answering your initial statement, which makes no sense.

It would mean you have only one power supply (which comes with the base unit). A desktop Nvidia GPU like you described would require a monstrous power supply unit, now either Nintendo would have to ship that with the base NX unit, which would be stupid because it would be gross overkill for people who will never buy the SCD and it would be the size of the system itself (lol) or it would have to come with its own power supply unit. 

By the way that wouldn't be the first time that has happened to Nintendo, the Disk Drive add-on for the Famicom needed its own power supply. 

If the SCD is just a second Tegra X2 with many a few modifiers, Nintendo could just ship the base NX with one 50 watt power supply, which is reasonable, this is about the same thing the Wii U comes with. Also I just really, really, reeeeally doubt Nintendo is going to spend a lot of money on a custom design Nvidia desktop GPU, Nvidia is unlikely to give Nintendo such a sweet deal on their "real" GPUs.