| fleischr said: I'm betting big on this one: Blast processing |
chakkra said:
Well, the NS is basically a Tablet and so far tablets have never needed a docking station for charging nor doing TV output. So yes, I do believe there is some extra power in that piece. |
| Miyamotoo said: It big, its bigger than handheld unit, so most likely games some extra processor power. I guess that games on handheld runs at 720p and on TV at 1080p. |
| Mar1217 said: Gameplay footage showed us than the dock version of Zelda BOTW runs better and looks better than the portable device alone. So yeah, it probably boost the performance when it's docked |
Teriol said:
this. it is to bulky to be just a HDMI port, nintendo has a patent for a device like a suplementary procesing power to boost another one, so this has to be it. |
| torok said: No extra GPU. Dual GPU, specially assymetric, is hard to develop for. I would guess that the dock has a power source and fans for active cooling. When detached, NX probably uses 15 to 20 W tops (thermal and battery limits). When docked, it gets extra cooling and infinite battery, so it probably increases its footprint. X1S uses 70 W, but it has an HDD, so I guess NX can try to get a bit closer to it. NX is said to use Pascal, so it is a Tegra X2 (Parker) device. Tegra X1 reachs 750 Gflops using 20 W. I could suppose that it could ramp up to at least 1 Tflop, putting it close to X1. Obs.: I hate to use flops to compare GPUs. It's like saying that a car with a 3000 cc engine is faster than one with a 2500cc one. |
Well, RIP...
If only my dock prediction thread had taken off, there'd be crow avatars for you all. T_T
