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superchunk on 15 December 2016
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fatslob-:O said:
superchunk said:

You're focusing too much on flops as an end-all value for power. First of all, it very much can be half the flops as that is what all documentation of X2/Denver/Pascal states. Secondly, when you factor in that NS has a better CPU and the ram is similar, then I'd bet soundly that the NS is at least 1/2 that of a Xbox One.

Nobody even knows if the CPU or MEM will be better, that's just conjecture ... 

I don't care about Tegra's maximum performance since Nvidia has a tendency to overrate their claims, what I care about is the average case and it's not looking good for the Switch since it doesn't feature active cooling like the SHIELD console and it has a smaller form factor too ... 

Heat dissipation issues are a real thing ... 

CPU is better. The Jaguar CPU is a low-end x86 mobile chip. There are plenty of devices with just ARM A57s in them that show they are better than a Jaguar CPU. A57 is the min chip in the NS CPU though it may actually have A73 as well.

LPDDR4 is better than DDR3 in the Xbox One. The difference is that NS will have 3.2GB vs 5GB avail for games and running at 26GB/s vs XboxOne's 68GB/s. This is why I say they are comparable. (PS4 has better GDDR4 as well as faster) However, in the long-haul of game develpment, PCs can run any current AAA game at low to mid-settings on just 2GB of RAM in the GPU. NS will be fine in this area.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-lpddr4-mobile-ram-2015,28260.html

NS does in fact have active cooling. See the patent details if you wish. It runs at low speed during portable and high speed when docked so the system an run at max.

The only significant difference is the GPU power from NS to XboxOne and PS4. Here it will be ~1/2 to 2/3 of Xbox One levels which as well all know is also lower than PS4... and that is not focusing on max Tegra can do, but normal. Max is actually equivalent to Xbox One.

There is no reason, and devs in GAF have stated this as well, that 3rd parties would be prevented from porting to NS.

I expect:
PS4 = 1080p full on all textures/AA/etc
XBO = 900p full on all textures/AA/etc
NS = 720p (portable) 900p (docked) lower textures/AA/etc

Of course 1st party games will be 720p / 1080p.