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Soundwave on 02 September 2016
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bigtakilla said:
Soundwave said:

Could still be a reasonable upgrade on a Wii U ... if it can match say a Nvidia 830M (laptop GPU) from 2014 that would be ok I guess. That can even run games like Batman Arkham Knight and The Witcher 3 at 720p. My worry is Nintendo will needlessly gimp the chip. 

But how well could it run them,  especially if third parties are phoning it in? If the frame rate is garbage or the textures and other effects have to be turned down is it even worth It? And how long would a game that's pushing the system last in portable mode?

Seems like a modern day Wii to me from a hardware perspective.

This is an 830M running Batman: Arkham Knight (keep in mind this is a PS4/XB1 only console game) ... it's not bad to be honest. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQxNpEaCsiw

If Nintendo can get that fidelity in a portable for even 3 hours on the road, even if you reduce the resolution a bit further to 1024x600 ... I'd be pretty happy with that. 

And I think the Tegra X2 should be capable of that, my worry is Nintendo will gimp the chip and cheap out on the battery.