Hiku said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Of course I want it not to be underpowered, but at the same time that doesn't create an inherent bias. Stop trying to us the "i'm completely neutral guys" position to completely back up stoogyness.
I mean i'm not about to get into a fight about graphical knowledge, I think I have a better idea of it than the general consumer, but you could be more knowedgeable, who knows. I never said I expected it to be near Xbox One though, I said other people did. Quite frankily, with this leaked information, there are multiple routes Nintendo could and should have taken to make it more power heavy. I don't think there's any arguing that. Even with the similarities between the newest Maxwell and Pascal, there's no doubt using a Pascal would have been slightly better at least. I think the amount of underclocking might be taken a bit too far, too. You have a cooling system, use it more affectively. These small changes add up. It's like the people who think there isn't a difference between an intel i7 and an intel i7 k besides the ability to overclock. Believe it or not, there's small differences in just about any model that add up.
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Well just think of it this way. The Xbox One S and PS4 Slim are about as small as MS and Sony could make their systems. The Switch is what... a 6th or 7th of their size not counting the detachable Joycons? And it includes and powers a screen as well. So the thought of it being similar in power to XBO in such a small form factor without risking overheating issues was hard to imagine.
And the overheating potential, and battery life, is possibly why Nintendo would chose to underclock it.
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That's probably their mindset yes but I think they probably went to far with it. But I agree they probably had battery life in mind a lot. I'd rather have a shorter battery though personally.
