Digital Foundry: Hands-On with Nintendo Switch

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curl-6 said:

Ganoncrotch said:

DF talk about the upgrade from 720p > 1080p in MK8 for ages but never once mention the removal of the extra screen which the Wii-U was rendering at 854x480 and streaming from the system.

In games like Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon where the second screen only showed a 2D image or a mirror of the TV screen, the processing cost is minimal. Only in games like Starfox Zero that draw 3D graphics to both screens is the performance hit signficant.

Minimal sure, but still not non existant, I'm sure there is some part in the wiiu similar to the chip set in the ps4 which handles the streaming to the Vita which would handle to compression and transmission of video to the WiiU tablet, again it isn't going to be a big impact, but it is all processing which the Switch wont need to worry about while playing the ports of those games.