Emily Rogers: NX Below XB1/PS4 In Power; Battery Life Is Not Great

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freebs2 said:

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.

I doubt the final device will have a fan. The Google Pixel C tablet, which has a Tegra X1 sitting in it, doesn't seem to have a fan, so I'm guessing the Tegra can run cool enough without one. Maybe docked?