Ljink96 said:
I'd imagine more process heavy games require more efficiency and maxwell is less efficient than pascal architecture. Pascal can run like maxwell and even perform better than it at lower clock speeds. So both matter. It's all about efficiency for a console like switch and pascal can run cooler than maxwell at the same level clock speeds and perform better. If games that are very intensive are shown on switch, I don't think we'd be able to gauge our final conclusions if it's based off a 2014 chip or a 2015/2016 chip but there would be telltale signs in the heat of the console and how loud the fans are. I belive about a year ago it was reported that Switch would be using industry leading chips and Maxwell would also not fit that bill at this point. Unless, it's a highly custom maxwell, which isn't out of the realm of possibility. Hell, we'd really be able to tell by the price alone. Unless Nintendo struck a monster deal with NVIDIA to make a rumored $250 machine with pascal. |
How are you going to measure the heat and sound of the fans? Heck, you won't even be able to accurately measure the resolution or frame rate of the games from the reveal. No, the only way is to have the console dissected.
