Digital Foundry: Nintendo Switch CPU and GPU clock speeds revealed

[SonytendoAmiibo]

Conina said:

SonytendoAmiibo said:
And the Wii U was said to be a 176 Gflop machine? Whats the problem with this. This is a portable system that is more powerful than Nintendo's last home console. Anyone thinking this thing was going to complete with current gen are fooling themselves. This machine at these specs will be an affordable, super reliable peice of kit that will probably last for decades of gaming use. The game are on cartridge and will also last for decades. The battery will last for long gaming sessions and quick charge for convenience. This is the ultimate Nintendo machine a Nintendo fan could ask for.

So you fooled yourself:

• http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=223292&page=10#10
• http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=222902&page=3#18

SonytendoAmiibo said:
But every game made for the Scorpio HAS to also work on the standard Xbox One. Same with every game made for the PS4 Pro, it HAS to also work on the standard PS4. So bringing the Pro and Scorpio into this discussion is mute point. Every game will have a standard version so that is where you look at the power difference. The gap between Switch and standard PS4 and standard Xbox One is small.

Every Switch game also HAS to work in handheld mode. So it is a small gap between 150 GF (Switch worst case scenario) and 1300 GF (Xbox One worst case scenario)?

 

Well, it seems now that the gap just went from small to BIG. There are other threads I have posted in saying how Nintendo likes to make systems just powerful enough to get some third-party games, but makes their systems too weak to get all third-party games so as not to have competition with their own software. It seems now the Switch may only get last gen ports with some small improvements. I was just caught up in the same hype train that so many others were and now reality rears its ugly underclocked head. But as a long time Nintendo fan this is nothing new. I will still buy the Switch and play the crap out of it and reminisce on what could have been a portable powerhouse of awesomeness. I will still get to enjoy some Nintendo fun.