| Soundwave said: She mentions the fan cooling being loud ... Nintendo couldn't be making a portable that has a fan in it .... could they? That would be interesting if its in the final build. The only tablet I know of with a fan in it is the Microsoft Surface. |
Just thinking out loud... it's pretty usual for modern laptops to run at variable clocks in order to save battery and it may be the case for NX too. Also it's possible NX may need active cooling only when docked and running full speed.
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I'll make a guess.
The NX is indeed based on the Tegra X1 20nm chip, just like the devkits (as Eurogamer reported). When the console is docked it is exactly equivalent to the Nvidia Shield TV in terms of raw power (which is active cooled), so we're talking 512gflops.When detached the console runs about half-speed to save battery, so it becomes more or less equivalent to the WiiU (which is more than enough power for a portable device imo). Even running half-speed I believe the X1 wouldn't be terribly energy efficient, add a 6.2 screen and you'll have a 'not great' battery life.
I also wound't be suprised if we'll get the Tegra X2 chip for the New NX revision in a couple of years.
