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JRPGfan on 24 March 2021
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shikamaru317 said:
Captain_Yuri said:

There is now a rumour from a leaker who correctly leaked Nvidia's Ampere GPUs many months before the announcement that suggests the Switch Pro might be using next gen Nvidia's Lovelace architecture. If true, that would be nuts!

https://videocardz.com/newz/next-gen-nintendo-switch-rumored-to-feature-nvidia-ada-lovelace-gpu-architecture

Take it with a grain of salt though

That would be a truly huge move for Nintendo. When Switch released in 2017 it was using a Tegra X1 with Maxwell GPU from 2014. To go from using 3 year outdated tech on Switch to using top of the line 2021 tech on Switch Pro would be a truly huge move by Nintendo. I was assuming this thing would be using a Volta based Tegra chip honestly (but with a die shrink from 12nm to 7/8nm for better battery life), and looking at the specs of Nvidia's automotive Volta based Tegra chipset, which is 874-1410 gflops, I was expecting something like 500 gflops handheld, 1000 gflops docked for a 7/8nm Volta based Switch Pro. But if this thing is truly using Lovelace the specs could be well beyond my original expectations, perhaps even beating XB1 S specs in handheld and PS4 specs when docked. This thing is starting to sound almost more like a Switch 2 than a Switch Pro at this point, between the rumors of developers being able to release games on Switch Pro that don't release on Switch/Switch Lite, and now this Lovelace rumor.

Now this is intresting.... if it actually is that big a jump, I wonder if Nintendo will just come out and call it Switch 2.
Just say it plays all older Switch games, and that the old switch will still get support to run future nintendo titles.
(it would be akin to the PS4 vs PS5  , XB1 vs XSX situation going on with the others)

1,4 Tflops + DLSS, and this thing would be able to run games better looking than say a standard PS4.
(It would likely give the PS4pro a run for its money)