| Miyamotoo said: Yes you need, you gain nothing if you have 1440p screen and 720p game, Switch would gain nothing from 1080p screen if games are still 720p. |
False.
Just because the game isn't rendering at 1440P, doesn't mean thing like UI elements can't.
You also have this thing called upscaling and post processing. FMV/Pre-rendered sequences can take advantage of higher resolutions as well.
Plus one would hope that the Switch gets Apps/Browser support which can benefit from higher resolutions to resolve cleaner text and other elements.
| Miyamotoo said: Its not point only only about screen, you do realise that games that run at higher resolution requires stronger hardware that uses more power. |
And you still are not getting it. I'm not sure if you are not reading my post correctly or I am not conveying myself sufficiently.
A more modern, more powerful, more energy efficient SoC would use less energy than the Switch does currently.
A more modern, higher quality, higher resolution display can use less energy than the Switch's current display.
Ergo, we could have had higher resolutions and less power consumption and more performance for better graphics. Case closed.
| Miyamotoo said: power consumption and battery life are reasons why in handheld mode Switch GPU runs at 307MHz compared to 768MHz in docked mode. |
Really? We have been over this. A more modern SoC can provide power saving and more performance.
Whatever clockrate Maxwell based Tegra operates at is ultimately irrellevant.
| Miyamotoo said: Pascal Tegra couldnt be done on time for Switch, but most likely future iteration of Switch will use Pascal Tegra, 20nm Tegra X1 was most efficient chip available when Nintendo was finishing Switch.
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Rubbish. nVidia was demonstrating Volta based Tegra before the Switch launched. That is Pascal Tegra's successor.
It's not like Nintendo is building the Switch from scratch... It's using off-the-shelf-components.
nVidia had working Tegra X2 silicon in 2015. It revealed such Silicon in January, 2016.
The Switch launched much later than that. It's using old technology.
Switch could have been faster, better graphics quality and have a longer battery life, but Nintendo decided to cheap out on componentry, that is all there is to it.
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