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LurkerJ on 02 September 2016
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Soundwave said:
LurkerJ said:

Glad they opted for the 720p resolution. I expected this because it's just better for battery life. 

They couldn't have relied on passive cooling on a device that's dedicated to gaming, it will throttle a lot and you will not get consistent sustained performance.

It will be really interesting to see if the final version has an active fan or not. The rumor is the Tegra X2 sucks less power so they'll just swap out the X1 and remove the fan. But I'm still not sure if they'd have to throttle. I'd be OK with a fan if it means the chip can run at max power. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igoW7FFhJG8

Most mobile chips don't do well if you push them for too long. All these benchmarks mean jack if the chip can't sustain operations at max power, and this is a protable, imagine being out on a warm day and your games are running slowly because the device has built up too much heat. 

X2 may draw less power but actively cooling it would be the wiser choice, it's gonna be less noisy for sure and a revised NX with 10nm chips will be the one to get if noise is too much of an issue.